Quackenbush Pond, New York: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Quackenbush Pond is listed under Lewis County, New York. The country round it is rolling bush from end to end. Surface area runs to about 10 acres — small enough to read in one session. Supplies mean a trip to Carthage, 14 miles off. Kingston sits 55 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Quackenbush Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Lewis County: white sucker, brown trout and pumpkinseed. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Quackenbush Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 67°F, the coldest about 16°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Quackenbush Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. 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. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Fitzgerald Pond sits 1.6 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Quackenbush Pond in what we hold.