Polliwog Pond in Franklin County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Franklin County, New York, this is Polliwog Pond. The surface lies 1,621 feet up. Around 216 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. Few waters listed in Franklin County are bigger. Tupper Lake lies 9.3 miles from the water. Saranac Lake is 11 miles and Lake Placid 19 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Polliwog Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Franklin County names brook trout, white sucker and brown trout. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Polliwog Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 65°F and January near 13°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Polliwog Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. Mapping shows a campsite some 100 yards from the water. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. If the gate is shut, Little Polliwog Pond at 0.6 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Polliwog Pond for certain.