Pluff Pond

This Door County water is Pluff Pond, a lake with a published profile of about 1 acres and a maximum depth of 5 feet, so you can get the scale of the place before you ever make a cast.

Start with the basics

I would make the first trip about learning the water, not conquering it by making an honest pass along the best bank cover, any obvious weeds, and the deepest water I can reach before I started running around looking for something better.

What you can fish for

At the moment, Pluff Pond does not have enough species data for a trustworthy fishing list; before i planned around a specific fish, i would check the latest exact-water dnr information, and and then let the actual bites decide what comes next.

Keeping the first trip simple

If a buddy asked me how to start on Pluff Pond, I would pick a small part of the lake and try to understand it before worrying about everything else, and I would still look at the current Wisconsin regulations before fishing.