Yoder Pond Fishing near Rushmere, Virginia

• Overview

  Yoder Pond stands in City of Newport News, Virginia. It sits 1.5 miles in from the sea. The water measures roughly 10 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is a small entry by City of Newport News standards. Rushmere is the closest place, 8.8 miles off. The nearest city of size is Newport News, 9.3 miles away. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Yoder Pond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Species logged across City of Newport News include bluegill, common carp, koi, northern pike and chain pickerel. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Yoder Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 39°F in January up to 79°F in July. Winter is a mild inconvenience here, nothing more. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. Yoder Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. A slipway is marked about 0.9 miles from here. Deep Creek Landing Marina sits 0.9 miles away and handles boats. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. Mapping shows a jetty some half a mile off. There are toilets half a mile off. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Lake Corbin, 2.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Yoder Pond for certain.