First Pond Fishing in Pike County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  First Pond is set in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Height above sea level is 1,070 feet. It runs to roughly 73 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. About 1.4 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. For supplies, Pine Ridge is 2 miles out. Then Saw Creek, 2.1 miles, and Pocono Ranch Lands, 4.3 miles. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on First Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Pike County list yellow perch, brown trout and bluegill. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At First Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 70°F and January near 24°F on the long-run figures. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late March. On average, late March opens the water and late December closes it again. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. First Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Second Pond, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on First Pond should be assumed from this page alone.