Hunewill Pond Report

Hunewill Pond - CA (Mono County)


by Kens Sporting Goods Staff
7-31-2026
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We haven't had any clients on the pond for a few weeks so I decided to head out there this morning to see what was going on. It was a beautiful 3 hours on the water and the fishing was pretty good. I netted 7 fish and missed or farmed at least a dozen others. I also had one fish take me to into my backing, I never got to see him so I don't know if he was tail hooked or just big and angry. All of the fish I landed were about 17" to 20" and very feisty. That being said, there are lots and lots of weeds in the pond right now, there's a very limited amount of water that is fishable at all with probably 90+ percent of the pond not being very fishable. If you are willing to tangle with the weed situation you should be able to have a pretty good time out there but if the weeds are too much for you to want to deal with I would recommend not going until later in the season when the weather cools. I caught fish this morning on damsel nymphs, black mini leeches and black/silver soft hackles.

Below is the report from June 07, 2026 for reference:
We received a couple of complaints about the weeds on the pond this week so I took some time this morning and went out there myself to have a go. There are definitely a lot of weeds in the pond right now, launching my tube was a little difficult as there are some thick matts of weeds up against the North shore, likely from the wind blowing the weeds up there after mowing. Once I got out 20 or 30 feet I noticed it was really too weedy to fish, my plan was to just kick around the pond looking for some water that was somewhat weed free. As I moved towards the West side of the pond I ran into a pretty good clearing and started throwing some casts with a small leech pattern and a soft hackle dropper, first or second cast I got hit, a couple casts later I hooked and landed a nice 16" rainbow. I fished this area for a half hour or so and landed 2 more fish, farmed 3 or 4 and got hit several more times without hooking up. I moved on to see what kind of shape the rest of the pond was in, as I kicked over to the South side it was very weedy, too weedy to really bother fishing then when I got over to the East side I ran into another much larger clear area and in short order was able to catch a couple more 14" to 16" bows and farm several more. All in all I'd say there is about 10 or 15% of the pond that is fishable, I did hook up some weeds now and then but it wasn't that bad in the more clear areas. That being said I would let you know that if you're willing to tolerate these conditions you should be able to have a pretty good time on the pond. I'll try to keep a close eye on the conditions and if it gets bad enough that there are no clear areas to fish I'll let you know.




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