Woodruff Pond in Clinton County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Woodruff Pond is one of the Clinton County listings for New York. The surroundings are mixed forest. Around 78 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. The whole outline is near 1.4 miles, and most of it is walkable. Ground here is low by New York standards. Cumberland Head is the closest place, 1.9 miles off. The big place round here is Ville-Marie, 53 miles distant. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Woodruff Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Clinton County include brown trout, white sucker, brook trout and pumpkinseed. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. The near bank of Woodruff Pond is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 17°F to 70°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in early April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about early April to mid December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Woodruff Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A boat ramp sits half a mile away, so trailered boats can get on. For boats, Treadwell Bay Marina & Resort lies half a mile out. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. Fishing from a pier is possible half a mile away. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. None of that is settled for Woodruff Pond in what we hold.