Pilick Pond is a lake in Sanders County, Montana.
Pilick Pond is a lake in Sanders County, Montana and covers about 15.76 acres.
The small size of Pilick Pond makes quiet casts and short moves more useful than carrying a pile of tackle.
Fish listed for Pilick Pond include Largescale Sucker, Northern Pikeminnow, Pumpkinseed, and Yellow Perch.
Across the channel lip of a main-lake point, keep a small jig tipped with a worm or minnow close to bottom on a shelf for yellow perch.
Across the quiet end of an outside bend, do not let the deepest number control the whole day; nearby cover, firm bottom, and food usually matter more than the deepest hole by itself.
Along the quiet end of the nearest cove, early in the year, protected water and the first warm afternoon can be the best clues; as the water heats up, check deeper edges without assuming every fish is on the bottom; cooling fall water often makes points and firm banks useful again.
Beside the channel lip of the old channel, a medium spinning rod, 8-pound line, a small box of jigs, a few crankbaits, and a simple bottom rig cover most situations; change depth or speed before changing every piece of tackle.
Around the weed line of a deep bend, record the wind, water color, depth of the working lure, and cover after a bite; those four notes are more useful on the next trip than a long list of spots that did not produce.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.