Mountain Pond Fishing in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

• Overview

  You will find Mountain Pond in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Elevation runs to 1,778 feet. It covers about 5 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Luzerne County list holds plenty of bigger water. Beech Mountain Lakes sits 3.3 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Further out sit Freeland (5.2 miles) and Mountain Top (6.2 miles). No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Mountain Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. County-wide records name brown trout, brook trout and largemouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Mountain Pond the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 69°F for July and 24°F for January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Once it clears, about late March, the fishing comes on quickly. Climate figures give an open season running late March to late December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Mountain Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lake Francis, 2.4 miles away. Nothing here settles the position at Mountain Pond for certain.