Robbins Lake Fishing Guide, Guilford County, North Carolina

• Overview

  The Guilford County end of North Carolina holds Robbins Lake. Open plain runs right down to the water. Supplies mean a trip to Forest Oaks, 0.4 miles off. Pleasant Garden follows at 3.9 miles, then Greensboro at 7.9 miles. Other water within reach: Forest Oaks Lake some 1.2 miles off, Forbis Lake within 2.1 miles, Lynnwood Lake some 2.2 miles off, Yowland Lake within 3.4 miles and Joseph Allred Lake some 3.6 miles off. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Robbins Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Species logged across Guilford County include bluegill, green sunfish, redbreast sunfish and black crappie. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Take Robbins Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 38°F to 77°F. Fish stay active all year, but they move with the heat. March through May is the strongest run, with autumn a second stretch. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. Robbins Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Recorded parking is 0.9 miles off, far enough to travel light. For the panfish, a small hook, a float and a piece of worm outfish everything fancy. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Forest Oaks Lake, 1.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Robbins Lake in what we hold.