Helms Pond fishing

Fishing at Helms Pond has Brook Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2014, most often in September. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

September 1, 2025

Plants on record

11

Since 2014

Species recorded

1

Average size

4.2 in

Elevation

2,123 ft

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How Helms 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.

No plants recorded in 2016.

Blue Mountain Lake (1.7 mi) was stocked more recently. Blue Mountain Lake is also stocked with Brook Trout.

Fish at Helms Pond

Fishing Helms Pond is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 11 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 11 plants
Plants
11 of 11
Last stocked
September 1, 2025
Average length
4.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 3002014
  • 3002015
  • 3002017
  • 2402018
  • 3002019
  • 1902020
  • 3002021
  • 3002022
  • 3002023
  • 3002024
  • 3002025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 1, 2025 Brook Trout 300 – report
September 1, 2024 Brook Trout 300 3.9 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 300 4 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 300 4 in report
September 1, 2021 Brook Trout 300 3.8 in report
September 1, 2020 Brook Trout 190 4.6 in report
September 1, 2019 Brook Trout 300 4.2 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 240 5 in report
September 1, 2017 Brook Trout 300 5 in report
September 1, 2015 Brook Trout 300 4.1 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 300 3.2 in report

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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