Millet Pond, Michigan: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Millet Pond is an Ontonagon County water, Michigan side. This is pine and birch ground. Small at around 11 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Michigan listings. The closest town, Iron River, is 30 miles distant. Stambaugh, Iron River follows at 31 miles, then Ontonagon at 34 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Millet Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Ontonagon County cover yellow perch, pink salmon, walleye, brook trout and northern pike. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. The shape of Millet Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 65°F in July and bottom out at 10°F in January. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. At Millet Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Mattie Lake is 1.2 miles off. Check the position at Millet Pond before loading the car.