Fishing Hammond Lake

AKA: Tioga-Hammond Lakes

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Hammond Lake, PA

Popular Fish Species Hammond Lake, PA

Crappie Fishing

Hammond Lake is home to both black and white crappie. When fishing for crappie, light line and small hooks are key when fishing live or prepared baits. Crappie jigs are also productive her in a wide variety of colors. With a history of good crappie fishing, Hammond Lake continues to deliver good quantities of nice, fat slabs. The lake has healthy populations of both white crappie and black crappie. These two species typically tend to school separately. However, once located around cover, you may find that you catch both species, due to the fact they often share the same cover. Crappie fishing can be found in varying size schools, hanging around brush, vegetation, wood or other cover. Using a fish finder any time of year can help locate these crappie schools, which tend to stack vertically around cover. Live bait and small jigs are the most common method for crappie here. In spring and fall focus on the 8 to 12 foot range. As the crappie move deep in summer and winter, follow points out deep, as well as find ledges near channels, especially areas with brush or timber in deeper water. The best time to catch crappie tends to be at dawn and dusk.

Hammond Lake Popular Fish - Hybrid Striped Bass

Hybrid Striped Bass Fishing

Hybrid striped bass, also known as wipers, are a favorite of many locals and fishing guides at Hammond Lake, as they are plentiful and grow to bragging size. As a hybrid of striped bass and white bass, they have great potential for spawning massive numbers and growing to large sizes. Fishing for hybrid stripers is a matter of locating schools of bait, and schools of hybrid striped bass are likely to be in the area. Mornings, during Fall, hybrids can be caught on topwater or shallow running lures, as they are feeding on baitfish at the surface. When they move deeper, fish finders improve your odds of locating both bait and schools of wipers. Live bait, spoons and jigs are very very effective here, and these hungry fish can be caught year round.

Hammond Lake Popular Fish - Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass Fishing

As a popular bass fishing tournament lake, Hammond Lake is well known to locals and anglers in the region as a good bass lake. Both weekend and tournament anglers have been catching bass in good numbers, and fish over 4 pounds are not uncommon. Anglers can also catch smallmouth bass, which reside here in decent numbers. Fishing for largemouth bass can be quite rewarding, with an occasional bass over 6 pounds being caught. In Hammond Lake, bass often move shallow and become fairly aggressive when they are in a feeding mood. Use shallow crankbaits around rip rap. Around grass, use worms, jigs, topwater and spinnerbaits. In deeper water, drop shot rigs, big worms, jigs and spoons are good options. In winter, spend your time fishing deeper structure where the bass spend much of their time. Decades of careful fisheries management by the Pennsylvania Game Commission has helped to maintain a thriving bass fishery here.

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, bluegill, hybrid sunfish, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, yellow perch and hybrid striped bass at Hammond Lake in Pennsylvania.

Hammond Lake Fishing Video

An excellent destination for boating, camping, hiking and fishing, Hammond Lakes are also considered twin lakes. This 640-acre lake in north-central PA, is located in Tioga-Hammond Lakes Recreation Area. Well known for excellent crappie fishing, it is also provides good fishing for hybrid striped bass and bluegill. Bass, walleye, perch and other sunfish are also available here.

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Hammond Lake Amenities

Marina: NO
Boat Rental: NO
Boat Launch Ramp: YES, three
Campgrounds: YES
RV Hookups: YES
Lodging: NEARBY
Convenience Store: NEARBY
Bait & Tackle: NO
Restaurant: NEARBY

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Campers Launch
Located in the Ives Run Campground, mid lake on the south side, this is a nice, four-lane, concrete boat launch ramp with concrete parking for about eighty vehicles with boat trailers.

Ives Run Boat Ramp
There are two, three-lane, concrete ramps here. It is located in the southwest corner of the lake and has plenty of gravel parking.