King Fisher Park

I took a trip to one of the kettle ponds on Staten Island. This park is primitive but there are fish in the pond.

The locals say there are bass, bluegills and a few carp.  Oh and there are lots of turtles. I fished here using the Sky High 5 weight fly rod and a #12 green hornsberg fly. I like to fish this fly before summer comes and when the weather is cooler in the fall. For years, I have caught many fish with this fly.

 

Due to the amount of rain that has fallen this spring, the pond has overflown its shoreline. 

I have never seen King Fisher Pond like this before. There are few access points for fishing and the overflow of water, is more than a foot deep in the surrounding woods.