Spectacle Lakes in LaGrange County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Spectacle Lakes in LaGrange County, Indiana. The water sits 961 feet up. Surface area runs to about 3 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our LaGrange County list. Kendallville is the closest town at 8 miles. The nearest city of size is Fort Wayne, 29 miles away. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Spectacle Lakes

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Fish documented in LaGrange County include bluegill, rainbow darter, johnny darter and largemouth bass. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The near bank of Spectacle Lakes is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 72°F and January near 22°F on the long-run figures. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually goes in late March, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up sits around late March on average, with the water closing again about mid December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Spectacle Lakes the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Goose Pond sits 0.5 miles off and takes the overflow. What applies at Spectacle Lakes may have changed since it was mapped.