Tenant Lake Fishing near Edinburg, New York

• Overview

  Tenant Lake stands in Warren County, New York. It sits in pine and birch. At about 76 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 2.2 miles on foot. It is among the larger waters listed here for Warren County. Some 9.7 miles away sits Edinburg, the nearest settlement. Northville lies 10 miles off, Hadley another 13 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Tenant Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Warren County: brown trout, brook trout, pumpkinseed, yellow perch and white sucker. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Fish Tenant Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 65°F; by January the average is down near 16°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Time your trip to Tenant Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Sand Lake at 1.7 miles is the nearest alternative. What applies at Tenant Lake may have changed since it was mapped.