Nineteen Seventy-six Pond in Comanche County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Nineteen Seventy-six Pond is one of the Comanche County listings for Oklahoma. What surrounds it is pine and hardwood. Surface area runs to about 4 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Comanche County. Lawton lies 8.6 miles from the water. Cache is 11 miles away, with Elgin at 11 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Nineteen Seventy-six Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name largemouth bass, green sunfish, Rio Grande longear sunfish, bluegill and longear sunfish. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Nineteen Seventy-six Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 38°F and July at about 83°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold never closes this one. The first and last hours carry the summer; the middle is slow. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. That shapes the year on Nineteen Seventy-six Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lower Rabbit Pond sits 1.7 miles off and takes the overflow. For Nineteen Seventy-six Pond in particular, ask before you travel.