Benjamin Pond, Pennsylvania: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Benjamin Pond is one of the Lackawanna County listings for Pennsylvania. The water sits 1,512 feet up. At 6 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Lackawanna County are larger. Moscow is the closest place, 5.2 miles off. Then Avoca, 7 miles, and Dupont, 7.2 miles. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Benjamin Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Lackawanna County list brown trout, bluegill and black crappie. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Benjamin Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 67°F and January at 22°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early April. Open water usually runs from early April until about mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Benjamin Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Watres Reservoir is 1.1 miles distant. Confirm access to Benjamin Pond locally before you travel.