Peterson Pond

Peterson Pond is a reservoir in Box Elder County, Utah and covers about 8.4 acres, reaches about 17.9 feet at its deepest point and holds roughly 64.7 acre-feet.

Peterson Pond is small water, so a careful lap around the bank can show most of the useful cover.

Fish and Baits

Fish listed for Peterson Pond include Bluegill, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, and Largemouth Bass.

One direct bluegill tactic on Peterson Pond is to use a small jig, worm, or tiny plastic around green weeds and protected pockets.

While looking for largemouth bass on Peterson Pond, work a soft plastic, jig, or spinnerbait around weeds and protected cover.

A useful channel catfish plan on Peterson Pond is to fish cut bait or a nightcrawler on the bottom along a channel edge or warm flat.

The first common carp pass on Peterson Pond should place corn or a dough bait on the bottom along a shallow flat.

How to Read the Water

Start where two things meet: weeds and open water, rock and mud, a point and a drop, or clear water and dirty water; fish that edge at more than one depth before leaving it; try the windblown bank, then use a smaller lure in clear water.

Season by Season

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; test a shaded bank, then match lure size to the fish.

A Simple Tackle Plan

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; try deeper shade during summer afternoons, then separate open water from cover.

Record the wind, water color, productive depth, 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; test the clearest edge, then save the heaviest tackle for deep cover.