Fishing Sunrise Lake in Sullivan County, New York

• Overview

  Sunrise Lake is listed under Sullivan County, New York. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. Surface area is around 62 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 1.3 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Supplies mean a trip to Barryville, 7.3 miles off. It is 58 miles to Paterson, the nearest city. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Sunrise Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Records held for Sullivan County cover brown trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass and white sucker. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Fish Sunrise Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 69°F, the coldest about 22°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early April. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near mid December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That shapes the year on Sunrise Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Hull Pond, 1.8 miles away. Nothing here settles the position at Sunrise Lake for certain.