North Pond Fishing Guide, Suffolk County, New York

• Overview

  North Pond is a Suffolk County water, in New York. It sits at 49 feet above sea level. It covers about 3 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Suffolk County. The nearest town is Wading River, 1.6 miles away. Then East Shoreham, 2 miles, and Ridge, 3.4 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on North Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The tide is the timetable on this water; two hours either side of the change usually fish hardest. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Suffolk County: alewife, blueback herring and pumpkinseed. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At North Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 73°F and January near 30°F on the long-run figures. A lid forms in a hard winter only. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. The season on North Pond rarely departs from it. Long dry spells drop the level and concentrate them.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. You will be walking about half a mile from the nearest car park. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Lake Panamoka, 0.4 miles out. Treat access at North Pond as something to verify.