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Freshwater fishing: On golden ponds

Originally published: July 27, 2012 6:12 PM
Updated: August 1, 2012 10:37 AM

Photo credit: Linda Rosier | Joanna Kowalski, of Maspeth, Queens, takes in the view from a submerged park bench on the shore of Hempstead Lake inside Hempstead Lake Park in West Hempstead. (June 10, 2012)

NASSAU

FREEPORT RESERVOIR, 18-acre pond bordered by Merrick and Freeport; bass, carp, sunfish, crappie.

GRANT POND, 6 acres in Hewlett; bass, bluegill, carp.

HEMPSTEAD LAKE, 167 acres in West Hempstead; Nassau's largest freshwater body; bass, pickerel, perch, crappie, bluegill, carp, sunfish. Catch and release only. No targeting black bass May 1-June 1. Aug. 4 and Oct. 13: Fishing...