Foxton Lake Fishing Guide, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  Foxton Lake is listed under Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The surface lies 1,601 feet up. It covers about 24 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For a base, Susquehanna sits 3.9 miles out. It is 85 miles to Syracuse, the nearest city. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Foxton Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. A reservoir gives you a hard edge, a shelf, and not much else. Records held for Susquehanna County cover brown trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass, yellow perch and brown bullhead. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Foxton Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 67°F at the top of summer and 21°F at the bottom of winter. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. After early April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up near early April, freeze-up near mid December: that is the shape of an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Foxton Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Ross Pond, 0.9 miles away. Nothing here settles the position at Foxton Lake for certain.