Hatch Pond fishing

Fishing at Hatch Pond has Brook Trout, Golden shiner, Creek chub, and Brown bullhead on the stocking report. It is stocked about once a year since 2011, most often in September and October. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

September 1, 2025

Plants on record

15

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

4.2 in

Elevation

1,164 ft

Access and facts

Nearest town
North Hudson, New York
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
No

An 8-acre backcountry pond in the Hammond Pond Wild Forest, about 1.5 miles from the road and reached via a foot trail. Reclaimed in 1953 and stocked annually with brook trout fingerlings ever since.

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How Hatch Pond is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of September. In 2025 it was September 1, 2025, about when it usually is.

Fish at Hatch Pond

Fishing Hatch Pond is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 15 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 15 plants
Plants
15 of 15
Last stocked
September 1, 2025
Average length
4.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 2502011
  • 2002012
  • 5002013
  • 5002014
  • 5002015
  • 5002016
  • 5002017
  • 4002018
  • 6002019
  • 3202020
  • 5002021
  • 5002022
  • 5002023
  • 5002024
  • 5002025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 1, 2025 Brook Trout 500 4.5 in report
September 1, 2024 Brook Trout 500 4.3 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 500 4.2 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 500 4.5 in report
September 1, 2021 Brook Trout 500 3.9 in report
September 1, 2020 Brook Trout 320 3.9 in report
September 1, 2019 Brook Trout 600 4.2 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 400 4.2 in report
October 1, 2017 Brook Trout 500 4.1 in report
October 1, 2016 Brook Trout 500 4.2 in report
October 1, 2015 Brook Trout 500 4.3 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 500 3.8 in report
September 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 4.4 in report
November 1, 2012 Brook Trout 200 4.8 in report
October 1, 2011 Brook Trout 250 4.2 in report

Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

  • Golden shiner : Caught alongside brook trout in DEC's 2017 biological survey of the pond; brook trout there is already covered by this project's stocking record. (source)
  • Creek chub : Caught alongside brook trout in DEC's 2017 biological survey of the pond; brook trout there is already covered by this project's stocking record. (source)
  • Brown bullhead : Caught alongside brook trout in DEC's 2017 biological survey of the pond; brook trout there is already covered by this project's stocking record. (source)

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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