Foote Pond Fishing Guide, Gibson County, Indiana

• Overview

  Foote Pond sits within Gibson County in Indiana. The water sits 390 feet up. Around 65 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. Nearest place of any size is Poseyville, 7 miles away. The big place round here is Evansville, 25 miles distant. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish. The water is easy to walk round in a long session.

• Where to Fish on Foote Pond

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Gibson County cover bluegill, channel catfish, gizzard shad and longear sunfish. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Foote Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 78°F in July and bottom out at 30°F in January. Temperature moves within a narrow band, and so does the fishing. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. That is the shape of the year on Foote Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the catfish, fish bottom baits into the deeper holes and let them sit. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Conservation Lake is 14 miles distant. What applies at Foote Pond may have changed since it was mapped.