Babcock Pond Fishing Spot
- County: New London
- Acreage: 119
- Max Depth: 6'
- Elevation: 381'
- Website: http://www.fishingworks.com/lakes/connecticut/new-london/moodus/babcock-pond/
- Last Modified By: pramsey on 08/14/11 10:28 PM
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This is a decent spot if you dont want to deal with powerboats, but the word is out and i had a lot more company that i thought. I expected one or two others and i must have seen ten. I am not calling it the 95 during rush hour, but it is not solitary.
Babcock Pond Baits and Tackle
Dry Fly Check Prices
- Caught using a yellow haired caddis ~#16 size.
- Caught on a yellow sally size 14. Had a bite using a yellow and red streamer.
- Used a tan caddis #14 or so size. Such a small fish, probably not even worth recording, but oh well at least got something. Took quick photo and let em go.
- Yellow drakes and orange/yellow sulfers.
Nymph Check Prices
- A cross between a pheasant tail and a copper jack.
- Nymphs, muddler minnows, and black ghosts all returned results
- Green nymphs worked well.
Also had luck with white streamers, muddler minnows, and zonkers. - Green bh nymph
Streamer Check Prices
- We had the most luck fishing with muddler minnows and black ghosts. Also had success using green and white wholly buggers. Stay below the surface this time of year. Blue winged olives and other mayflies could be a good option as well.
Wet Fly Check Prices
- Wolly bugger, orange
Crankbait Check Prices
- kvd black chartreuse squairbill
- kvd
In-Line Spinner Check Prices
- Black/white spin-fly
Worm Check Prices
Soft Swimbait Check Prices
- keitech 4" AYU
- Keitech ayu
Creature Check Prices
- Switched to the watermelon seed baby brush hawg
Bass Jig Check Prices
- Stanley 1/4 oz jig head and net bait paca chunk in black trailer.
Minnow Check Prices
- Mummies
Babcock Pond Description
Babcock Pond, Colchester (119 acres) Species: (LMB YP S CP BB) Other: 8 mph speed limit.Shore fishing access and boat launch. Babcock Pond, though small,offers superb marshland paddling. This shallow pond, lying within the Babcock Pond Wildlife Management Area, sports huge, unbroken rafts of fragrant waterlily, along with other abundant aquatic vegetation, including pickerelweed, water shield, yellow pondlily, and at least two species of bladderworts yellow-and purple-flowered. Because of the aquatic vegetation, paddling here can present a challenge, especially late in the season, and works best with the goal of a leisurely visit to study the plants. Expect to see: wood duck; rafts of fragrant waterlily and water shield. The dock that may be in photos is no longer in place, but there is still a carry-in launch point.