Shingletree Pond, New York: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Shingletree Pond in Essex County, New York. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. The water measures roughly 4 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is a small entry by Essex County standards. Some 9.4 miles away sits Mineville, the nearest settlement. Port Henry follows at 11 miles, then Crown Point at 14 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Shingletree Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Essex County list brown trout, brook trout, white sucker and pumpkinseed. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Shingletree Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 66°F, with January the cold end at about 16°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. From about mid April to around early December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Time your trip to Shingletree Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. You will be walking about half a mile from the nearest car park. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Courtney Pond, 0.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Shingletree Pond.