Mud Pond Fishing in Sullivan County, New York

• Overview

  Mud Pond lies in Sullivan County, in New York. The water sits 2,129 feet up. At 18 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It sits higher than most water we list in New York. The nearest town is Livingston Manor, 3.6 miles away. For a city, Albany is 72 miles off. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Mud Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Sullivan County include brown trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass and white sucker. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. On Mud Pond that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 65°F in July and bottoms out near 19°F in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in early April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early April until roughly mid December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Mud Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Forest Lake, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Mud Pond are worth checking on the day.