Shortfoots Pond Fishing in Monroe County, Tennessee

• Overview

  Shortfoots Pond stands in Monroe County, Tennessee. Elevation runs to 942 feet. Small at around 12 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Head to Englewood, 9.8 miles away, for anything you forgot. Knoxville sits 47 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Shortfoots Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Fish documented in Monroe County include brown trout, redline darter and snubnose darter. The county list is broader than any single water. Work Shortfoots Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 76°F and January about 38°F. The surface stays open the year round. Heat pushes fish deep from June onwards, so start early. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. Anyone fishing Shortfoots Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Tellico Lake at 2.8 miles is the sensible second choice. Where Shortfoots Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.