Spy Pond

Spy Pond covers 102 acres in Middlesex County. The recorded maximum depth at Spy Pond is 36 feet.

What to Expect at Spy Pond

The verified 36-foot maximum gives Spy 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 Spy Pond

Fish reported from Spy Pond include american eel, banded killifish, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, common carp, golden shiner, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, tiger muskellunge, white perch, white sucker, and yellow perch.

Bass

A spinnerbait, square-bill and Texas rig cover the most useful largemouth situations on Spy Pond. For smallmouth bass on Spy Pond, keep a bottom-contact bait ready for points and channel edges.

Crappie, Perch and Sunfish

Slow vertical presentations around wood and suspended cover are dependable for Spy Pond crappie. Bluegill and other sunfish in Spy Pond take worms, crickets and tiny jigs along shade and vegetation. Keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to the bottom when perch are the target on Spy Pond.

Walleye and Larger Predators

Use a spoon or flashy swimbait along the weed edge when targeting Spy Pond northern pike. A spoon or compact swimbait worked beside weeds is a practical chain pickerel choice on Spy Pond. For Spy Pond tiger muskies, search points and weed edges with bucktails, jerkbaits or trolling plugs.

A Simple Fishing Plan for Spy Pond

Choose three different structural stops before changing sections on Spy Pond. Compare vegetation, shade and firm-bottom changes around Spy Pond before searching open water.

When to Fish Spy Pond

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