Bunnells Pond Fishing near Honesdale, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  Bunnells Pond is one of the Wayne County waters in Pennsylvania. The surface lies 1,089 feet up. At about 35 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The whole outline is near 1.3 miles, and most of it is walkable. Honesdale at 1.1 miles is the nearest place to stop. After that come Waymart at 8.4 miles and Hawley at 8.5 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Bunnells Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Species logged across Wayne County include yellow perch, bluegill, largemouth bass and brown trout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Treat Bunnells Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 68°F, while January sits near 22°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. After early April the shallows warm and the fish move up. In an average year the thaw lands around early April and the freeze near mid December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. That is the shape of the year on Bunnells Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Parking is not close: half a mile from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Freethy Pond sits 1.7 miles off and takes the overflow. Ask locally about Bunnells Pond if anything is unclear.