Since the location of the platform wasn't an address we could put into Garmin, we put in the address of The Bait Shop, located nearby. When we got there we found it was next to the pond and in a person's garage adjacent to their home. A very friendly woman greeted us and told us that she knits clothing for her friend's children while she waits for customers. To our surprise, she had just about everything you could think of in the garage, several lures I've never seen before and even Uncle Josh's Pork Bait which I have only ever seen for sale online. She had live bait including a large tank of minnows AND, you'll never guess, a fishing vending machine that rivals Phoenix's live bait machine. It had lures and everything in it.
As wonderful as this little experience was, our experience at Leland Pond was lacking. We got to the platform and two men sitting on buckets had taken over the entire platform (which was pretty large) and did not appear willing to share the platform at all, even when I mentioned driving a long distance. We found a couple of areas across the street as possibilities but you would need waders and/or two functioning feet (I'm still in a cast from surgery) to navigate and balance on rocks near the bridge. This might have been a good place to fish but we will never know. I should also mention that every person we have ever come in contact with while fishing has been great to talk to (and it is one of the reasons that I love going fishing in Central NY) so these two guys were a big surprise.
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