Tom Peck Pond fishing

Fishing at Tom Peck Pond is on a natural lake, stocked with Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Golden Shiner, Common Shiner, Northern Redbelly Dace, and Fathead Minnow, and 4 more. 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

April 1, 2025

Plants on record

14

Since 2011

Species recorded

2

Average size

4.7 in

Elevation

1,713 ft

Access and facts

Water type
natural lake
Nearest town
North Elba
Shore access
Yes

Reached via an informal foot trail off the dirt road to Connery Pond; shoreline is a wide margin of grassy wetland, about half the pond lies in the Saranac Lakes Wild Forest.

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

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How Tom Peck Pond is stocked

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

No plants recorded in 2012.

Connery Pond (0.5 mi), Lake Placid (1.6 mi), and Warren Pond (2 mi) were stocked more recently. Connery Pond is also stocked with Brown Trout, Lake Placid is also stocked with Brown Trout, and Warren Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout.

Fish at Tom Peck Pond

Fishing Tom Peck Pond is most likely to be for Brook Trout. Brook Trout accounts for 12 of 14 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout.

Brook Trout 12 plants
Plants
12 of 14
Last stocked
September 1, 2023
Average length
4.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Brown Trout 2 plants
Plants
2 of 14
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
8 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 2002011
  • 3002013
  • 4002014
  • 4002015
  • 4002016
  • 4002017
  • 3202018
  • 4802019
  • 2602020
  • 4002021
  • 4002022
  • 4002023
  • 4302024
  • 2102025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 210 8 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 430 8 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 400 4 in report
October 1, 2022 Brook Trout 400 4.5 in report
October 1, 2021 Brook Trout 400 4 in report
September 1, 2020 Brook Trout 260 4.5 in report
September 1, 2019 Brook Trout 480 4 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 320 4 in report
September 1, 2017 Brook Trout 400 4 in report
October 1, 2016 Brook Trout 400 4 in report
September 1, 2015 Brook Trout 400 4 in report
October 1, 2014 Brook Trout 400 4 in report
October 1, 2013 Brook Trout 300 3.9 in report
October 1, 2011 Brook Trout 200 5.2 in report

Species found here

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

  • Golden Shiner : DEC's June 2019 biological survey caught 277 golden shiners in this pond, a non-native addition since a 1984 survey. (source)
  • Common Shiner : Documented in DEC's June 2019 general biological survey of this pond. (source)
  • Northern Redbelly Dace : Documented in DEC's June 2019 general biological survey of this pond. (source)
  • Fathead Minnow : Documented in DEC's June 2019 general biological survey of this pond. (source)
  • Creek Chub : Documented in DEC's June 2019 general biological survey of this pond. (source)
  • Pearl Dace : Documented in DEC's June 2019 general biological survey of this pond. (source)
  • White Sucker : Documented in DEC's June 2019 general biological survey of this pond. (source)
  • Brown Bullhead : Documented in DEC's June 2019 general biological survey of this pond. (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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