Phillip Pond Fishing Guide, Alger County, Michigan

• Overview

  Look for Phillip Pond in the Alger County part of Michigan. Everything around it is pine and birch. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. Most waters listed here for Alger County are larger. For supplies, Munising is 6.4 miles out. Green Bay is the closest city, 141 miles away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Phillip Pond

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Alger County include yellow perch, rainbow smelt, northern pike and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Phillip Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 15°F and July at about 65°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Phillip Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Sister Lake is 0.3 miles off. Nothing here settles the position at Phillip Pond for certain.