Fishing Seventeenmile Pond in Jackson County, Florida

• Overview

  Seventeenmile Pond stands in Jackson County, Florida. The setting is scrub and brush. At about 242 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 2.1 miles keeps the choices simple. It ranks high for size among our Jackson County listings. Supplies mean a trip to Marianna, 15 miles off. Tallahassee sits 62 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Seventeenmile Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Documented catches and surveys in the area cover blackbanded darter, largemouth bass, redfin pickerel and speckled madtom. It is a record of sightings and surveys, so use it as a guide. The near bank of Seventeenmile Pond is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 81°F; the cold one sits at 50°F. Cold never shuts this water down; heat is the only limit. Season rules are a separate question. Late winter and spring fish steadiest here. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Seventeenmile Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Mulehead Pond, 4.1 miles away. Nothing on Seventeenmile Pond should be assumed from this page alone.