Rock Pond

Rock Pond covers 57 acres in Essex County. The recorded maximum depth at Rock Pond is 20 feet.

What to Expect at Rock Pond

The verified 20-foot maximum gives Rock 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 Rock Pond

Fish reported from Rock Pond include american eel, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, golden shiner, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, white perch, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch.

Bass

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

Crappie, Perch and Sunfish

A soft-plastic minnow or live minnow placed beside cover is a sound crappie approach on Rock Pond. For sunfish on Rock Pond, keep a cricket or tiny jig close to weed edges and shaded wood. For Rock Pond yellow perch, work a light jig slowly along the first firm-bottom break.

Walleye and Larger Predators

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

A Simple Fishing Plan for Rock Pond

Choose three different structural stops before changing sections on Rock Pond. Compare incoming water, the old channel and a point leading toward the deeper end of Rock Pond.

When to Fish Rock Pond

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