Fishing at Chandlers Millpond, Westmoreland County, Virginia

• Overview

  Virginia holds Chandlers Millpond, in Westmoreland County. The surroundings are farm and woodlot. At about 48 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Few waters listed in Westmoreland County are bigger. Nearest place of any size is Warsaw, 11 miles away. Then Cobb Island, 11 miles, and Tappahannock, 12 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Chandlers Millpond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Records held for Westmoreland County cover alewife, blueback herring, white perch, bluegill and blue catfish. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. On Chandlers Millpond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 36°F in January and 77°F in July. Ice comes and goes from one year to the next. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Chandlers Millpond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. The nearest alternative is Travis Pond, 1.5 miles out. None of that is settled for Chandlers Millpond in what we hold.