Newburg Pond 243 in Washington County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Wisconsin holds Newburg Pond 243, in Washington County. Height above sea level is 853 feet. It covers about 10 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Ground here is low by Wisconsin standards. Head to Newburg, 0.2 miles away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Milwaukee, 28 miles distant. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Newburg Pond 243

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. County-wide records name common carp, pumpkinseed and green sunfish. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On this water a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 70°F; by January the average is down near 18°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. After early April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Break-up sits around early April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Plan any trip to this water around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. There is recorded parking some 150 yards off. Somewhere to sit and eat is half a mile out. A toilet block sits half a mile away. This sits inside Kratzsch Conservancy, so read the reserve notices first. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Daly Lake, 2.5 miles out. Nothing on this water should be assumed from this page alone.