Fishing near Putnam Lake in Putnam County, NY

3.74 Rating based on 49 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 77
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 143
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Putnam Lake Fishing Photos

Good Spawn Action near Putnam Lake

Good Spawn Action

fished shallow, saw fish sitting on beds.
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ball pond bass near Putnam Lake

ball pond bass

an hours work of fishing at ball pond
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Putnam Lake fishing photo 4

world record trout by my uncle
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Top Fishing Spots near Putnam Lake

Ball Pond
Ball Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.833
# Reviews: 12
Views: 17673

Squantz Pond
Squantz Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 2
Views: 10005

East Branch Reservoir
East Branch Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 781

Candlewood Lake
Candlewood Lake

Avg. Rating: 3.833
# Reviews: 6
Views: 20911

Still River
Still River

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 4373

East Branch Croton River
East Branch Croton River

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 1511

Putnam Lake Area Fish Species

Recent Putnam Lake Fishing Reports

Spawn Fishing! Ball Pond, Friday, June 3 Fishing Report Jun 08, 2011

Spawn Fishing! Ball Pond, Friday, June 3

Ball Pond, CT -

A great early morning! we started at 5:00, caught lots of big bass sitting on beds!...

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Bass Day Fishing Report Jun 20, 2010

Bass Day

Ball Pond, CT -

We hit up ball pond yesterday. Got there around 7:30 and fished until around 12:30. I got 5 Largemouth and Dave got 10 of them. None were really hu...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Posin trip Fishing Report Nov 26, 2008

Posin trip

Candlewood Lake -

This is posin trip...

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East Branch Reservoir 5-16-10 Fishing Report May 16, 2010

East Branch Reservoir 5-16-10

East Branch Reservoir, NY -

Fished east branch on Sunday morning caught six bass, one black crappie, and a huge blue gill on a black tube. bass average 3 -3 1/2 LB ....

Avg. Rating: 5
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first time at candlewood Fishing Report Aug 08, 2009

first time at candlewood

Candlewood Lake -

Captain Sean and I were going out here this was my first time and he had not fished here in many years. We stopped at the local bait shop. I think i...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Candlewood II Fishing Report Sep 02, 2009

Candlewood II

Candlewood Lake -

Okay, well this is the second trip to this lake I've ever made. The first trip was great. With some experience the getting in the water was much...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Baits and Tackle used near Putnam Lake

Check Prices

  • tubes, senkos,
  • some on shiners some o lures spinner baits worms cranks
  • Rubber Worms Texas Rig

    Mepps #3

    Rapala X-Rap
  • tube
  • RUBBER CRAW FISH
  • worm on bottom reel in slowly
  • TOPWATER RAPLA BLACK & SILVER !!
  • SWIMJIG BLACK & GRAY
  • TOPWATER WORKS BEST FOR ME RAPLA BLACK & SILVER
  • LIPLESS CRANKBAIT

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Just Jigged a spoon with some live bait. out of 12 Crappies only 4 where keepers.

Creature Check Prices

  • strike king hellgramite
    strike rocket shad

Minnow Check Prices

  • Slow troll wife minnows,drifting on top
  • Drifting

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • RAPLA TOPWATER BLACK & SILVER
  • RAPALA TOPWATER POPPER
  • Chug Bug
  • TOPWATER BLACK & SILVER POPPER
  • TOPWATER POPPER SHAD
  • RAPALA TOPWATER POPPER SLIVER & BLACK !!
  • VERY NICE PICKERAL ON TOPWATER GREAT FIGHT
  • STILL WATER TOPWATER POPPER
  • TOPWATER POPPER
  • topwater pencil

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • BLACK & WHITE

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • WHITE WITH RED TRAILER SPINNERBAIT
  • Blue/Green
  • Nothing special spinnerbait
  • Booyah spinnerbaits,Some crankbaits

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • frog topwater

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Longcast minnow, suspending jerkbait

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Rubber worms, Mepps,Blue Fox Vibrax,Spinnerbait

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Hendrickson Emerger, Hendrickson Comparadun,

Worm Check Prices

  • We both had real good luck on senkos this day
  • Senko
  • 5" Watertmelon seed yum dinger wacky
  • wacky watermelon dingy
  • watermelon seed yum dinger
  • O-Wacky style 4" yum watermelon dinger
  • wacky yum watermelon dinger
  • o-wacky rigged 4" yum watermelon dinger
  • 6" zoom Green weenie 2/0 matzuko sickle hook
  • zoom green weenie

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • RAPALA...SHALLOW RUN

  • FOUND THIS SMALL SWINBAIT IN A TREE
  • STORM WILDEYE JIG

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Artiflical

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • 1-1/2lber, and a 1-1/4lber on a spinner bait. Couple 1lbers, and shorts on dropshot I think
  • Dropshot
  • Dropshot, and Small Spinner Bait
  • 2-1/2lber on c-rig
    1-1/2lber, couple 1-1/4ber, 1lbers, and shorts on spinner bait, and dropshot
  • Drop shot mostly

Craw Check Prices

  • CRAWFISH GRAY YELLOW BUTTOM W/ PEPPER JERKING ON BUTTOM CRAZY HIT GREAT FIGHT !!!!!
  • CRAWFISH GRAY W PEPPER YELLOW BUTTOM
  • Threw it close to the shore after spotting the bass and he immediately attacked it.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Lucky Craft, American shad pointer 4 inch
  • Caught it on a Rattle lure.Red

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • Rebel Crawfish Lure

Crankbait Check Prices

  • crankbait shallow runner shad
  • rapala lipless baby bass
  • Baby Bass
  • 1/4 oz 2-5 ' running

Emerger Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Powerbait minnows Drop shot

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • CASTING SPOON WITH GREEN GRUB
  • GREEN SPOON ADDED GREEN GRUB
  • Pheobes

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • on bottom reel slowly
  • Drag worms across the bottom and you will catch massive bass and multiple types of pan fish.
  • let it sink and reel slowly in
  • worm on bottom
  • bobber
  • floating on bobber
  • float worm without leader down in river
  • used Euro crawlers,and trout worms.fished the bottom.got snagged a few times,lost tackel,,tipical....

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • CRAWFISH LIPLESS CRANKBAIT
  • PURPLE & WHITE
  • L TRAP CRAWFISH

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • BLACK & SILVER REBEL POPPER !! LM BASS 4 1/2 (1)LBS (4) LM BASS ALL UNDER SIZED 10,11,9,7
  • TOP WATER POPPER
  • STILLWATER LURE POPPER

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

  • 1/16 white road runner in current with a reeling and jigging motion

Grub Check Prices

  • grubs,meal worms said fishing was hot last couple of days.

Other Check Prices

  • Married Larry
  • Married Larry!
    (Senko)
  • Just Jigging with a spoon..
  • Just jigging with a spoon..
  • Rubber Craw Papi

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