Fish Pond in Fremont County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Fremont County, Idaho. The water sits 6,112 feet up. With some 28 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. For a base, Ashton sits 17 miles out. The nearest city of size is Billings, 175 miles away. Others worth noting: Silver Lake roughly 3 miles, Golden Lake just 4.4 miles, Island Park Reservoir roughly 7.8 miles, Ashton Reservoir just 15 miles and Mikesell Reservoir Number 2 roughly 15 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Fish Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Public occurrence data for Fremont County names rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brook trout, sockeye salmon and Coho salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Work Fish Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 16°F to 60°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Fish Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Silver Lake, 3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Fish Pond may have changed since it was mapped.