Spectacle Pond

Spectacle Pond fishing

Fishing at Spectacle Pond is on a natural lake, stocked with Brook Trout, Brown Trout, and Brown Bullhead. It is stocked about 1.9 times a year since 2011, most often in April and September. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

September 1, 2025

Plants on record

28

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

5.7 in

Elevation

1,168 ft

Access and facts

Water type
natural lake
Nearest town
Schroon
Shore access
Yes

A 1.7-mile trail leads to the south shore from the Spectacle Pond Trailhead off Adirondack Road in Schroon.

Sources: water_type , access.shore , shore_notes , nearest_town , speciesFound , fishing_notes

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How Spectacle Pond is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of April. In 2025 it was September 1, 2025, later than usual.

Fish at Spectacle Pond

Fishing Spectacle Pond is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 28 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 28 plants
Plants
28 of 28
Last stocked
September 1, 2025
Average length
5.7 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fishing Spectacle Pond

Spectacle Pond is a 33-acre (13 ha) pond in the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area of New York State. The waterbody contains brown bullhead and brown trout. A 1.7 mi (2.7 km) trail leads to the south shore of Spectacle Pond.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Fish stocked per year

  • 1,1502011
  • 1,2002012
  • 1,3002013
  • 1,7002014
  • 1,7002015
  • 1,8002016
  • 1,2002017
  • 1,2602018
  • 1,7402019
  • 9052020
  • 1,5002021
  • 1,5002022
  • 1,5002023
  • 1,4502024
  • 1,2002025

Stocking history

Showing 15 of 28 plants Showing 28 plants

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 1, 2025 Brook Trout 1,200 4.5 in report
September 1, 2024 Brook Trout 1,200 4.3 in report
March 1, 2024 Brook Trout 250 7 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 1,200 4.2 in report
March 1, 2023 Brook Trout 300 7 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 1,200 4.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brook Trout 300 7 in report
September 1, 2021 Brook Trout 1,200 3.9 in report
April 1, 2021 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
September 1, 2020 Brook Trout 780 3.9 in report
March 1, 2020 Brook Trout 125 8 in report
September 1, 2019 Brook Trout 1,440 4.2 in report
April 1, 2019 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 300 6 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 960 4.2 in report
October 1, 2017 Brook Trout 1,200 4.1 in report
October 1, 2016 Brook Trout 1,200 4.2 in report
April 1, 2016 Brook Trout 600 8 in report
October 1, 2015 Brook Trout 1,200 4.3 in report
May 1, 2015 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 1,200 3.8 in report
April 1, 2014 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
September 1, 2013 Brook Trout 800 3.4 in report
May 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
November 1, 2012 Brook Trout 700 4.7 in report
April 1, 2012 Brook Trout 500 6 in report
October 1, 2011 Brook Trout 650 4.2 in report
May 1, 2011 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
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Species found here

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

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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