Dodge Pond Fishing Spot
- County: New London
- Acreage: 34
- Public Fishing: Yes
- Mean Depth: 24'
- Max Depth: 51'
- Last Modified By: angryjohn on 07/26/13 09:38 PM
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second trip to the pond and things were very diffrent. We had a great day, with my partner catching his biggest ever a 4.4 lb chain pickeral. There was a 3lb bass that he also got. I had a few nice bass over a pound and a 2.4 lb pickeral myself. From a boat or yak things are much better. Still waiting to see some trout.....
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I got no bites at this lake but it is very shallow. I think with a boat i would have had some diffrent luck but the water looks very clean, not brown like the rest of the lakes in the area. This is one of the few in niantic that i will be going back for a second go around.
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caught some nice bass out of here, but don't use shinners, the turtles will drive you crazy
Dodge Pond Baits and Tackle
Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices
- Blue/silver Castmaster with bucktail
Saltwater Fly Check Prices
- Stripers surface feeding on quarter size Butterfish from dawn until about 8:30AM
- Flatwing Deceiver
Live Bait (Other) Check Prices
- live eals
- Sandworms and Squid
- eel
Other Check Prices
- blue crab on chicken
- blue crab!
- chicken
- crabs
In-Line Spinner Check Prices
- Spin-flies with a brown body and gold spinner worked best. Probably a caddis-fly or brown trout paint pattern. 1/16 or 1/8 oz.
Jigging Spoon Check Prices
- i was using a little silver spoon 1/8 by little cleo, and was doing ok when not getting into a tree. There is not much room to cast, and any error one way or another and your in the brush.
Worm Check Prices
- used both watermelon and green pumpkin
- watermelon gold flake
Frog Bait Check Prices
Tube Check Prices
- Only hitting the tube and worm. Fish on every 50-100 yard run.
Soft Swimbait Check Prices
- i was using a 4.8 inch fat swing impact
Roundhead Jig Check Prices
- i was using a keitech 2" spider, and my partner was throwing there 4" worm. Both were working
Bass Jig Check Prices
- my regular watermelon red flake
Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices
Dodge Pond Description
(T LMB CB YP) Season: Open 6:00 am 3rd Saturday April-last day February.
*******Other: Motors prohibited.*******
Lake Area: 34.3 Acres Grass Access Road Surface: Paved Ramp Surface: Dirt ADA Accessible: No Additional Info: Shallow pond. The 29.9-acre Dodge Pond is located in East Lyme, and has a maximum depth of 51 feet and a mean depth of 24 feet. Houses have been built on two-thirds of the shore, and the southwestern shore remains forested. A large U.S. Navy sonar laboratory sits in the deepest part of the lake, connected to the shore by a dock. Motors are prohibited in the pond because the vibrations interfere with the sonar research. Swimming has been prohibited in the pond, and the Connecticut Department of Public Heath has issued a fish consumption warning because of high mercury content.