Harakleys Pond Fishing near Storrs, Connecticut

• Overview

  Set in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, this is Harakleys Pond. It sits in pine and birch country. It covers about 9 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest town is Storrs, 8.7 miles away. Further out sit South Woodstock (9 miles) and Stafford Springs (10 miles). A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Harakleys Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region records list bluegill, smallmouth bass, yellow bullhead and largemouth bass among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Harakleys Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 70°F and January near 24°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late March. Break-up sits around late March on average, with the water closing again about late December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on Harakleys Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Fishing from a pier is possible half a mile away. Part of this sits inside or beside Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, so read the notices. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Sabo Pond sits 0.3 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Harakleys Pond for certain.