Mill Pond in Hennepin County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Mill Pond is listed under Hennepin County, Minnesota. It lies 833 feet above sea level. Roughly 39 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Minnesota listings. Some 0.5 miles away sits Champlin, the nearest settlement. For a city, Minneapolis is 16 miles off. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Mill Pond

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Hennepin County include bluegill, common carp and largemouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Mill Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 72°F and January at 12°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. The season between ice runs from about early April to late November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It holds true on Mill Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. You can launch from a ramp around half a mile away. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. A pier or jetty stands 120 yards away, which helps on a crowded bank. A picnic spot sits half a mile from the bank. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Failing this one, try Lemans Lake, 0.9 miles away. What applies at Mill Pond may have changed since it was mapped.