Pleasant Lake Fishing Guide, St. Lawrence County, New York

• Overview

  New York holds Pleasant Lake, in St. Lawrence County. The land about it is mixed forest. The water covers some 43 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. There is roughly 1.0 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Start from Hannawa Falls, 20 miles down the road. For a city, Gloucester is 80 miles off. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Pleasant Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Species logged across St. Lawrence County include rock bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Treat Pleasant Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 66°F and January near 13°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from mid April until about early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Pleasant Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Clear Pond, 2.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Pleasant Lake is worth confirming on the day.