Tamarack Pond fishing

Fishing at Tamarack Pond has Brook Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times 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, 2024

Plants on record

13

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

4 in

Elevation

1,779 ft

Access and facts

Shore access
Yes

Reached via an unmarked trail off the Canoe Carry Trail, which connects Lows Lake to the Oswegatchie River within the Five Ponds Wilderness.

Sources: access.shore , shore_notes , speciesFound

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How Tamarack Pond is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of October. In 2024 it was September 1, 2024, earlier than usual.

No plants recorded in 2016.

Slender Pond (0.3 mi), Cowhorn Pond (1.2 mi), Cat Mountain Pond (1.6 mi), Glasby Pond (2.4 mi), and Olmstead Pond (3.2 mi) were stocked more recently. Slender Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout, Cowhorn Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout, Cat Mountain Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout, Glasby Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout, and Olmstead Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout.

Fish at Tamarack Pond

Fishing Tamarack Pond is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 13 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 13 plants
Plants
13 of 13
Last stocked
September 1, 2024
Average length
4 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 8502011
  • 6502012
  • 8502013
  • 6502014
  • 6502015
  • 8502017
  • 7002018
  • 6002019
  • 6002020
  • 6002021
  • 6002022
  • 6002023
  • 6002024

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 1, 2024 Brook Trout 600 4.2 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 600 3.8 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 600 4 in report
October 1, 2021 Brook Trout 600 4.6 in report
October 1, 2020 Brook Trout 600 4.2 in report
October 1, 2019 Brook Trout 600 3.8 in report
October 1, 2018 Brook Trout 700 4.4 in report
October 1, 2017 Brook Trout 850 4 in report
September 1, 2015 Brook Trout 650 3.8 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 650 3.5 in report
October 1, 2013 Brook Trout 850 3.4 in report
November 1, 2012 Brook Trout 650 4.7 in report
October 1, 2011 Brook Trout 850 3.7 in report

Species found here

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

  • Brook Trout : DEC's Five Ponds and Pepperbox Wildernesses unit management page lists this pond as containing brook trout. (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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