Page Pond Fishing Guide, Broome County, New York

• Overview

  Page Pond lies in Broome County, New York. The bank gives way to lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 9 acres — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Broome County are larger. The nearest town is Deposit, 6.5 miles away. The big place round here is Syracuse, 71 miles distant. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Page Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Broome County include smallmouth bass, common carp, brown trout, rock bass and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Page Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 67°F and January near 21°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Page Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Beaver Pond is 1.2 miles off. For Page Pond in particular, ask before you travel.