Foster Pond Fishing in Lake County, Ohio

• Overview

  The Lake County end of Ohio holds Foster Pond. Height above sea level is 971 feet. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. Most waters listed here for Lake County are larger. Kirtland lies 3.2 miles from the water. Then Mentor, 4.2 miles, and Willoughby, 5.7 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Foster Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Lake County cover yellow perch, white perch, rainbow trout, rainbow smelt and bluegill. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Foster Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 71°F; by January the average is down near 25°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late March. Ice usually gives way near late March, and forms again about late December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. At Foster Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• 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. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Corning Lake sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Foster Pond for certain.