Palmers Pond Fishing near Deposit, New York

• Overview

  You will find Palmers Pond in Broome County, New York. The water sits 1,152 feet up. Small at around 2 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Broome County. The closest town, Deposit, is 0.7 miles distant. Susquehanna lies 12 miles off, Bainbridge another 16 miles. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Palmers Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Broome County include smallmouth bass, common carp, brown trout, rock bass and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Palmers Pond fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 67°F and January near 21°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. 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. On Palmers Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is a slipway on the shore, half a mile from the water we list. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. If the gate is shut, Deposit Reservoir at 1.7 miles is the nearest alternative. Where Palmers Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.