Fishing at Brock Pond, Marinette County, Wisconsin

• Overview

  Look for Brock Pond in the Marinette County part of Wisconsin. The surface lies 1,194 feet up. Roughly 25 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Supplies mean a trip to Kingsford, 19 miles off. After that come Niagara at 20 miles and Iron Mountain at 20 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Brock Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. County-wide records name brown trout, rainbow trout and largemouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Brock Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 66°F and January about 11°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid April until roughly late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Brock Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Round Lake is 1.1 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Brock Pond for certain.