Great Mountain Pond is a reservoir in Connecticut, near Western Connecticut County.
Great Mountain Pond is a reservoir in the Western Connecticut region, but a dependable acreage figure was not found. A dependable maximum-depth figure was not found for Great Mountain Pond, so it should not be guessed from a similarly named water.
Without trustworthy acreage or depth figures for Great Mountain 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 Great Mountain Pond include black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, channel catfish, common carp, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, and yellow perch.
For Great Mountain Pond largemouth, use a shallow crankbait or swim jig to locate fish, then slow down with a jig or soft plastic.
Crappie at Great Mountain Pond respond to a small jig or live minnow beside brush and suspended cover. Use a tiny jig or natural bait under a float when fishing Great Mountain Pond for bluegill and related sunfish. A small minnow or worm on a light rig fits yellow perch fishing at Great Mountain Pond.
For Great Mountain Pond pickerel, cover weed edges with a flashy moving lure and use a short leader when bite-offs become common.
Let the first repeated bite identify the useful depth on Great Mountain Pond. Then compare incoming water, the old channel and a point leading toward the deeper end of Great Mountain Pond.
Early spring on Great Mountain Pond calls for a slow presentation near the first break outside protected water. At midday in summer, Great Mountain Pond anglers should slow down beside shade, weeds or a nearby depth change. Fall on Great Mountain Pond is a good time for small crankbaits and swimbaits around moving forage.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.