Mohawk Pond

Mohawk Pond covers 16 acres in the Northwest Hills region. The verified maximum depth at Mohawk Pond is 26 feet.

What to Expect at Mohawk Pond

The verified 26-foot maximum gives Mohawk Pond enough depth for fish to move away from the bank without turning the lake into a purely open-water fishery.

Fish and Useful Baits at Mohawk Pond

Fish reported from Mohawk Pond include black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, eastern creek chubsucker, golden shiner, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, rainbow trout, redbreast sunfish, white sucker, and yellow perch. Brown trout is listed separately as stocked in Mohawk Pond. The stocking entry is a management record for Mohawk Pond, not a promise that those fish will be present at every spot or on every trip.

Bass

Begin the largemouth search on Mohawk Pond with a moving bait, then pick apart wood or weeds with a worm.

Crappie, Perch and Sunfish

For Mohawk Pond crappie, hold a 1/16-ounce jig or minnow beside wood instead of dragging it through snags. Bluegill in Mohawk Pond are practical targets with a worm or small jig suspended beside shallow cover. Yellow perch in Mohawk Pond are commonly caught with a small jig tipped with a minnow or worm near bottom.

Walleye and Larger Predators

Chain pickerel in Mohawk Pond can be found with spoons, spinnerbaits and small swimbaits along vegetation.

A Simple Fishing Plan for Mohawk Pond

Start where two kinds of cover meet on Mohawk Pond. Then compare vegetation, shaded shoreline and firm-bottom changes around Mohawk Pond before searching open water.

When to Fish Mohawk Pond

Spring at Mohawk Pond favors warming coves, feeder mouths and protected spawning banks. Once summer heat settles over Mohawk Pond, work the deepest active cover instead of assuming every fish has moved to the bottom. Windblown points on Mohawk Pond become worth checking when autumn baitfish move shallow.