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

• Overview

  Set in Gogebic County, Corpse Pond is a Michigan water. Around the bank it is lake country bush. About 6 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Gogebic County. Iron River is the closest place, 25 miles off. Green Bay is the closest city, 135 miles away. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Corpse Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for Gogebic County list bluegill, yellow perch, walleye, largemouth bass and white sucker. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Corpse Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 65°F and January at 10°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Anyone fishing Corpse Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Avant Pond is 0.6 miles distant. Confirm access to Corpse Pond locally before you travel.