Fishing Finchs Millpond in Wilson County, North Carolina

• Overview

  Finchs Millpond is one of the Wilson County listings for North Carolina. The setting is pine and hardwood on every side. It covers about 21 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Some 5.7 miles away sits Wilson, the nearest settlement. The nearest city of size is Raleigh, 36 miles away. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Finchs Millpond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Records held for Wilson County cover bluegill, redbreast sunfish and tadpole madtom. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Finchs Millpond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 79°F; the cold one sits at 40°F. The hard part of the year is the heat, not the cold. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to be out. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Plan around that when you fish Finchs Millpond. The first warm week of the year changes everything here.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Parking is close: a car park sits half a mile from the bank. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Lake Wilson is 4.7 miles distant. Treat Finchs Millpond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.