Copper Pond in Gogebic County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Copper Pond falls in Gogebic County, part of Michigan. This is pine and birch ground. About 5 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Gogebic County. The town to know is Wakefield, 7.3 miles out. It is 129 miles to Thunder Bay, the nearest city. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Copper Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Reported across Gogebic County: bluegill, yellow perch, walleye, largemouth bass and white sucker. The county list is broader than any single water. Anyone new to Copper Pond should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 65°F and January about 11°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That shapes the year on Copper Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Failing this one, try Bass Lake, 6.3 miles away. For Copper Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.