Longs Pond Fishing Guide, Thurston County, Washington

• Overview

  Thurston County, Washington, is where Longs Pond sits. This is pine and hardwood ground. Small at around 9 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is low-lying compared with other Washington water we list. Head to Tanglewilde, 0.9 miles away, for anything you forgot. Beyond it, Tanglewilde-Thompson Place at 0.9 miles and Lacey at 1.6 miles. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Longs Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Thurston County records list Chum salmon, largemouth bass and bluegill among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Longs Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put August at about 65°F and December near 39°F. There is no frozen season to plan round. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer squeezes it into the edges of the day. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. It holds true on Longs Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is somewhere to leave the car, 170 yards off. There is a jetty 120 yards off, worth knowing on a busy day. A picnic spot sits half a mile from the bank. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lake Lois sits 0.3 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Longs Pond in what we hold.