Fishing at Round Pond, Lewis County, New York

• Overview

  You will find Round Pond in Lewis County, New York. It sits at 1,362 feet above sea level. Surface area is around 45 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Lowville at 20 miles is the nearest place to stop. Kingston sits 66 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Round Pond

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Lewis County cover white sucker, brown trout and pumpkinseed. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. At Round Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 14°F to 65°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near early December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That shapes the year on Round Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. A boat ramp sits about half a mile from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Long Pond is 0.3 miles off. Treat Round Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.