Ginholt Pond Fishing near Stafford, Connecticut

• Overview

  The Capitol Planning Region end of Connecticut holds Ginholt Pond. This is mixed forest ground. At 6 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Stafford lies 1.8 miles from the water. Stafford Springs lies 2.9 miles off, Crystal Lake another 5.2 miles. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Ginholt Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Survey and observation records for Capitol Planning Region include bluegill, pumpkinseed, yellow perch, chain pickerel and brook trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Read Ginholt Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 24°F in January and 70°F in July. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late March. Ice clears near late March and comes back about late December in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Ginholt Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. Sunset Ridge Road Open Space runs up to the bank here, which usually means extra restrictions. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Ellithorpe Reservoir is 0.2 miles off. Nothing on Ginholt Pond should be assumed from this page alone.