Old Mill Pond

For anglers around Barron County, Old Mill Pond is a local lake with verified water details of about 2 acres and a maximum depth of 9 feet, and those numbers are a useful reality check before you start making a fishing plan.

The kind of water this is

I would rather fish a handful of good-looking spots well by checking what is happening around the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach because good fishing usually gets simpler once one clue starts repeating.

The fishing side of the page

I do not have a clean exact-water species list for Old Mill Pond right now; that is one of those cases where a quick dnr check is worth more than a guess, and and let current conditions sort out the details.

A laid-back first trip

If I wanted the first trip to Old Mill Pond to actually teach me something, I would give the easy-to-read cover and depth changes a fair shot before trying anything fancy, and I would not rely on an old screenshot or somebody's memory for current limits.