Cox Pond Fishing in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

• Overview

  This water sits in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Country round the bank runs to mixed forest. It covers about 3 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Grand Traverse County list. The nearest place of any size is Traverse City, 7.2 miles away. Green Bay is the closest city, 116 miles away. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Cox Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Records held for Grand Traverse County cover rock bass, yellow perch, white sucker, smallmouth bass and bluegill. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Cox Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 20°F in January and 68°F in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at mid December. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. That shapes the year on Cox Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. A ramp is mapped within half a mile. There is recorded parking some 140 yards off. Toilets show in mapping about half a mile away. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Yonkers Lake, 1.8 miles out. For Cox Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.