Beth Arthur Lane Pond Number 3 Fishing Guide, Marathon County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Beth Arthur Lane Pond Number 3 is one of the Marathon County listings for Wisconsin. The water sits 1,122 feet up. At 10 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The whole outline is near 1.0 miles, and most of it is walkable. On size it sits at the modest end of our Marathon County list. Start from Stratford, 9.3 miles down the road. Marshfield is 9.9 miles and Mosinee 15 miles. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Beth Arthur Lane Pond Number 3

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Marathon County names brown trout, common carp and yellow perch. The county list is broader than any single water. This water gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 69°F and January reads 12°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. Open water usually runs from mid April until about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Time your trip to this water by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Ten Pool, 2.7 miles out. Confirm before you fish this water.