Archie Pond in Iron County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Archie Pond is an Iron County water, Michigan side. It sits in pine and birch country. It covers about 11 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The closest town, Crystal Falls, is 7 miles away. Green Bay is the closest city, 103 miles away. What else is close: Merrick Lake some 0.4 miles off, Stager Lake 1 mile away, Beaver Lake some 1.1 miles off, Seven Springs Lake 1.6 miles away and Dead Mans Lake some 1.7 miles off. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Archie Pond

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across Iron County include brown trout, yellow perch, northern pike, walleye and white sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Archie Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 66°F; the cold one sits at 10°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Archie Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Merrick Lake, 0.4 miles out. The position on Archie Pond is worth confirming on the day.