Upper Mint Springs Lake is a lake in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Upper Mint Springs Lake is one of the named lake waters in Albemarle County, so I would begin around one easy-to-read area near the launch and avoid a long move until I get a clear read from the nearby water. I would rather understand one section well than skim five, so I would stay around one promising piece of water until I find a repeatable bite in the first setup.
The known size and water figures for Upper Mint Springs Lake are about 4 surface acres and 81 acre-feet of storage, or roughly 26.4 million gallons, so I would use them as context for how large an area to fish while fishing one straightforward piece of water until I get a useful answer from the first setup.
Fish recorded for Upper Mint Springs Lake include Bluegill and Largemouth Bass, so I would make one first-choice species the opening focus around one sheltered piece of water and stay with it until I see enough in the first setup. For largemouths at Upper Mint Springs Lake, I would start with a search bait around one short section of bank and move to a jig or Texas rig when I learn something from the first area.
On Upper Mint Springs Lake, I would begin around one nearby section of bank with one clear target and make the simplest change first only after I get a useful answer from the first area. The moment I see enough in the first few casts, I would stay with one manageable shoreline stretch on Upper Mint Springs Lake before making the next move. When I learn something from the first few casts, I would treat one easy-to-read shoreline stretch as the first useful reference point for my next visit to Upper Mint Springs Lake.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.