Sucker Pond Fishing in Cattaraugus County, New York

• Overview

  Sucker Pond stands in Cattaraugus County, New York. The bank is 1,686 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 13 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Delevan at 3.8 miles is the nearest place to stop. Buffalo sits 37 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Sucker Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Cattaraugus County cover brown trout, white sucker, fantail darter, rainbow trout and rainbow darter. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Sucker Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 66°F and January reads 20°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early April and starts locking again about mid December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan any trip to Sucker Pond around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Frog Pond at 1.1 miles is the sensible second choice. What applies at Sucker Pond may have changed since it was mapped.