Fishing Skate Creek in St. Lawrence County, New York

• Overview

  Skate Creek is one of the St. Lawrence County listings for New York. The setting is pine and birch. For supplies, Gouverneur is 21 miles out. Kingston sits 70 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Within easy reach: Round Pond roughly 2.5 miles, Dodge Pond lies 3 miles on, Greenfield Pond roughly 3 miles, Twin Lakes lies 3.6 miles on and Long Pond roughly 3.6 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Skate Creek

  Depth figures are not published for this one. After rain the colour clears from the surface first, so fish the edges. Gravel runs and silted pools fish quite differently, so treat them apart. Open biodiversity records for St. Lawrence County list rock bass, smallmouth bass and pumpkinseed. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. The near bank of Skate Creek is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 14°F in January and 66°F in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Cold months ice the margins and pools; moving water stays workable, and everything opens by mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Skate Creek rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. A slipway half a mile out gives trailer access. Parking sits 0.9 miles out, which makes for a walk with tackle. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Round Pond is 2.5 miles distant. Check the current arrangement for Skate Creek.