A crisp, open sky after dark, with a light NW breeze and no real change in pressure. Give the quiet corner out of the wind the first hour at Horsehead Pond. Middle-of-the-road numbers across the board. Take the steady approach over the searching one. Shortening days concentrate the feeding into fewer hours.
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Horsehead Pond stands in Lake County, Florida. Land around it is warm bottomland. The water measures roughly 6 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is a small entry by Lake County standards. Nearest town is Four Corners, 6.3 miles off. Citrus Ridge is 6.6 miles away, with Horizon West at 8.3 miles. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.
Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Nearby survey and observation records mention dollar sunfish, bluegill, largemouth bass, warmouth and redear sunfish. Reported species tell you what lives around here, nothing more. The shape of Horsehead Pond decides where the fish sit.
Averages here run 82°F at the top of summer and 59°F at the bottom of winter. The season is continuous, with heat as the only real check. October and November give a second good stretch as it cools. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. At Horsehead Pond the season follows that pattern closely.
Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. The nearest alternative is Hidden Lake, 3.2 miles out. Check the position on Horsehead Pond before loading the car.
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| 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 1 | 1 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.3 | 3 | 1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3 |
| 67° | 68° | 68° | 67° | 66° | 65° | 63° | 61° | 62° | 65° | 68° | 70° | 72° | 73° | 74° | 74° | 73° | 69° | 65° | 62° | 60° | 59° | 59° | 57° |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.81 | 29.82 | 29.83 | 29.84 | 29.85 | 29.87 | 29.86 | 29.85 | 29.83 | 29.82 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 29.81 | 29.83 | 29.84 | 29.86 | 29.89 | 29.9 | 29.91 |
| 92 | 91 | 89 | 78 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 80 | 77 | 66 | 56 | 52 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 49 | 60 | 64 | 76 | 77 | 70 | 76 |
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