White Lily Pond Fishing near Cropseyville, New York

• Overview

  Set in Rensselaer County, White Lily Pond is a New York water. It sits at 1,552 feet above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 24 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Cropseyville sits 6.9 miles from the bank. The big place round here is Albany, 19 miles distant. Nearest other option: Long Pond at 0.9 miles, Second Pond within 1 mile, Lake Elizabeth at 1.1 miles, Mill Pond within 1.1 miles and Peckham Pond at 1.3 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on White Lily Pond

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Fish documented in Rensselaer County include brown trout, common carp, pumpkinseed, chain pickerel and yellow bullhead. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. White Lily Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 19°F and July at about 68°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in early April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about mid December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Anyone fishing White Lily Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Parking within half a mile means no long carry with tackle. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Long Pond at 0.9 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at White Lily Pond for certain.