Double Pond Fishing near High Springs, Florida

• Overview

  You will find Double Pond in Columbia County, Florida. The land about it is warm bottomland. Surface area runs to about 6 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Columbia County. Nearest place of any size is High Springs, 13 miles away. Gainesville is the closest city, 33 miles away. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Double Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records collected within a few miles name Suwannee bass, largemouth bass and spotted sunfish. Records come from public data, not from a stocking programme. Take Double Pond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 81°F and January near 54°F. Every month fishes, though midsummer narrows the useful hours. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. March through May is the strongest run, with October and November a second stretch. That is the shape of the year on Double Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. This one is mapped as intermittent, so a wasted trip is a real risk in a dry year. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Sampson Lake is 0.4 miles distant. Confirm access to Double Pond locally before you travel.