Gates Pond is a lake in Connecticut, near Southeastern Connecticut County.
Gates Pond is a lake in the Southeastern Connecticut region, but a dependable acreage figure was not found. A dependable maximum-depth figure was not found for Gates Pond, so it should not be guessed from a similarly named water.
Without trustworthy acreage or depth figures for Gates Pond, the safest approach is to read the water in front of you instead of assuming it fishes like another lake with the same name.
Fish reported from Gates Pond include bluegill and largemouth bass.
When largemouth bass hold tight to cover on Gates Pond, a compact jig or weedless worm is more useful than repeated open-water casts.
Bluegill and other sunfish in Gates Pond take worms, crickets and tiny jigs along shade and vegetation.
Fish one shoreline slowly before crossing the water on Gates Pond. Then compare vegetation, shaded shoreline and firm-bottom changes around Gates Pond before searching open water.
A sunny spring afternoon can pull Gates Pond fish toward dark bottom, wood and new vegetation. Summer fish in Gates Pond may feed shallow at dawn before settling beside cover or deeper structure. Cooling water can bring Gates Pond fish back to points and banks where bait gathers.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.