Ladd Pond, Washington: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Ladd Pond is one of the Lewis County listings for Washington. This is mixed woodland country. The nearest place of any size is Morton, 3.8 miles away. Tacoma sits 46 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Close neighbours run: McKinley Lake 4.8 miles, 6.3 miles out stands Duck Lake, Goose Lake 6.5 miles, 8.9 miles out stands Mineral Lake and Riffe Lake 9.3 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Ladd Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Reported across Lewis County: Coho salmon, rainbow trout, Chinook salmon and largemouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Ladd Pond light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put August near 61°F and January near 36°F. Whether it freezes depends on the year. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Anyone fishing Ladd Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, McKinley Lake at 4.8 miles is the nearest alternative. For Ladd Pond in particular, ask before you travel.