Emmons Pond Fishing near Bethlehem Village, Connecticut

• Overview

  Set in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, this is Emmons Pond. The bank gives way to lake country bush. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. Most waters listed here for Northwest Hills Planning Region are larger. You are 4.5 miles from Bethlehem Village. Washington is 4.8 miles away, with New Preston at 4.9 miles. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Emmons Pond

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Northwest Hills Planning Region include bluegill, brown trout, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed and black crappie. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Emmons Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 70°F and January near 23°F on the long-run figures. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late March. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late March and starts locking again about late December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. On Emmons Pond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Mount Tom Pond is 1.2 miles off. None of that is settled for Emmons Pond in what we hold.