toober
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Markham pond 45 is a storm pond at Mingay and 16th... go north on Mingay and the pond is on your left. You can park along the road there, or take the first left and park at the little circle at the end.
I arrived at this pond at 8:30 AM on a partly cloudy weekday morning. I fished the west end of the pond because it's small and weedy, plus there is a lot of interesting structure at the narrow section connecting the small bays to the main part of the pond.
It looks like you can access the pond from all directions, but you may have to tramp through some brush to do it. There is a mowed down trail along the west end of the pond, leading from the circle at the end of the side road.
Here are some pics of the pond from the southwest corner, where I did most of my fishing.
Looking north.
Looking east.
I caught 6 largies in about an hour and a half using my ultralight combo. The biggest two are shown below. Two others were a little smaller, and the final two were smallfry.
Caught using a spinner, red blade with black spots. I stopped using the spinner shortly thereafter due to the weeds.
Caught using a dark-red grub with a chartreuse twister-tail, rigged weedless with no weight, using a darting retrieve. This fish hit the bait just under the surface and caused quite a commotion when I set the hook. I love that! (Sorry for the weird angle on the pic!)
This place looks like prime largemouth habitat, and I got good results here. Come prepared to fish in slop.
toober
I arrived at this pond at 8:30 AM on a partly cloudy weekday morning. I fished the west end of the pond because it's small and weedy, plus there is a lot of interesting structure at the narrow section connecting the small bays to the main part of the pond.
It looks like you can access the pond from all directions, but you may have to tramp through some brush to do it. There is a mowed down trail along the west end of the pond, leading from the circle at the end of the side road.
Here are some pics of the pond from the southwest corner, where I did most of my fishing.
Looking north.
Looking east.
I caught 6 largies in about an hour and a half using my ultralight combo. The biggest two are shown below. Two others were a little smaller, and the final two were smallfry.
Caught using a spinner, red blade with black spots. I stopped using the spinner shortly thereafter due to the weeds.
Caught using a dark-red grub with a chartreuse twister-tail, rigged weedless with no weight, using a darting retrieve. This fish hit the bait just under the surface and caused quite a commotion when I set the hook. I love that! (Sorry for the weird angle on the pic!)
This place looks like prime largemouth habitat, and I got good results here. Come prepared to fish in slop.
toober