Every year thousands of anglers come to the Village of Montauk to board the party boats or battle striped bass in the surf beneath the lighthouse. Amidst the excitement, little notice is taken of the 192 acre freshwater pond that occupies the center of town.

Fort Pond is a great place to spend a day or night in search of bass, carp, walleye, or the abundance of white and yellow perch. It is easily accessible and offers an ample amount of shoreline access. Grab your favorite tackle, rod, and reel, and head east to the hidden gem in …

Fort Pond, a large freshwater lake, spans a distance from the village north to Fort Pond Bay, which is a large bay on the Long Island Sound side of Montauk. Several hotels and restaurants rim the lake and also the bay, and the Montauk Manor sits on a high hill overlooking it all.

Harvest on Fort Pond is one of Montauk's top-rated restaurants. Established in 1994 it's been a local favorite for over 25 years. Executive Chef Jake Williams serves creative, sharable Montauk Italian inspired by local Montauk seafood and homegrown produce.

Located in the heart of Montauk, the pond offers 180-plus acres of fishing, over three miles of shoreline, and depths of 25 feet. Add all this together, and you have the perfect home for smallmouth and largemouth bass, walleye that have grown to almost state-record size, an ample supply of panfish and some huge carp!

Fort Pond at Kirk Park in Montauk, NY is a 192 acre freshwater pond that occupies the center of town. Yet Fort Pond offers exceptional fishing for freshwater game fish like smallmouth bass and walleye.

Located at the end of Navy Road/Street in Montauk. This site features a 22-acre park with breathtaking views overlooking Fort Pond Bay. The park contains a dirt parking lot, picnic tables, a small launching ramp suitable for kayaks or canoes, a long fishing pier known as the “Edward V. Ecker Sr. Pier,” easy access to Hither Woods Preserve ...

With water surrounding us on three sides anything you want to do on the water you can do here. Find information on tours, surfing, snorkeling and scuba, waterskiing, kitesurfing and windsurfing, paddleboarding, canoeing, kayaking, sailing, boating and jet skiing.

Bass, sunfish, perch, and walleyes inhabit Montauk’s ponds and lakes. Fort Pond is the largest, but others are deep in the woods, like Oyster Pond in Montauk Point State Park or Fresh Pond in Hither Hills State Park. Fresh water fishing requires a license—ask at the NY State Park office at Montauk Downs.

Fort Pond is 173 acres in size and, as such, is the second largest freshwater pond on Long Island after Lake Ronkonkoma, a kettlehole pond in western Suffolk County. (Lake Montauk was the largest freshwater body on Long Island until it was permanently opened to Block Island Sound in the mid-1920s.).