Places Pond, Pennsylvania: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Places Pond falls in Wyoming County, part of Pennsylvania. The water sits 896 feet up. Surface area runs to about 4 acres — small enough to read in one session. Our Wyoming County list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest place of any size is Tunkhannock, 5.8 miles away. The big place round here is Allentown, 72 miles distant. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Places Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Wyoming County list smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, brown trout, brook trout and black crappie. The list covers the county rather than this water alone, so treat it as a guide. On Places Pond the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 69°F at the top of summer and 24°F at the bottom of winter. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. The lid usually goes in late March, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late March until roughly late December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Places Pond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Jayne Pond sits 3.2 miles off and takes the overflow. Where Places Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.