Bryants Pond, Pennsylvania: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Bryants Pond is a Luzerne County water, in Pennsylvania. Elevation runs to 1,201 feet. About 16 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Some 2.5 miles away sits White Haven, the nearest settlement. Allentown sits 37 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Bryants Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Public occurrence data for Luzerne County names brown trout, brook trout and largemouth bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Bryants Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 68°F in July and bottom out at 23°F in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early April. Average temperatures cross freezing around early April in spring and again near late December in autumn. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Bryants Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Olympus Pond, 1.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Bryants Pond for certain.