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Hardy Pond Pond

📍 Newaygo County, Michigan

The largest impoundment on the Muskegon River. Known for excellent walleye, smallmouth bass, and muskie. Great trolling water.

4,025
Acres
45 ft
Max depth
58
Fish species
2
Boat launches
Public access


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🐟 Fish Species in Hardy Pond

Atlantic Salmon Good
Salmo salar
Smallmouth Bass Excellent
Micropterus dolomieu
Walleye Excellent
Sander vitreus
Brown Trout Good
Salmo trutta
Channel Catfish Good
Ictalurus punctatus
Chinook Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Coho Salmon Good
Oncorhynchus kisutch
White Crappie Good
Pomoxis annularis
Yellow Perch Good
Perca flavescens
Muskellunge Fair
Esox masquinongy
Tiger Muskie Fair
Esox masquinongy x lucius
Gizzard Shad Good
Dorosoma cepedianum
Golden Shiner Good
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Lake Herring Good
Coregonus artedi
Redear Sunfish Good
Lepomis microlophus
Brown Bullhead Good
Ameiurus nebulosus
Rock Bass Good
Ambloplites rupestris
White Bass Good
Morone chrysops
Blackstripe Topminnow Good
Fundulus notatus
Bluntnose Minnow Good
Pimephales notatus
Brook Silverside Good
Labidesthes sicculus
Brook Stickleback Good
Culaea inconstans
Central Mudminnow Good
Umbra limi
Common Shiner Good
Luxilus cornutus
Deepwater Sculpin Good
Myoxocephalus thompsonii
Emerald Shiner Good
Notropis atherinoides
Fathead Minnow Good
Pimephales promelas
Finescale Dace Good
Phoxinus neogaeus
Ghost Shiner Good
Notropis buchanani
Golden Redhorse Good
Moxostoma erythrurum
Goldfish Good
Carassius auratus
Lake Chub Good
Couesius plumbeus
Lake Chubsucker Good
Erimyzon sucetta
Least Darter Good
Etheostoma microperca
Longnose Sucker Good
Catostomus catostomus
Mimic Shiner Good
Notropis volucellus
Mottled Sculpin Good
Cottus bairdii
Ninespine Stickleback Good
Pungitius pungitius
Northern Pearl Dace Good
Margariscus nachtriebi
Northern Redbelly Dace Good
Phoxinus eos
Pugnose Minnow Good
Opsopoeodus emiliae
Quillback Good
Carpiodes cyprinus
Redfin Shiner Good
Lythrurus umbratilis
Sand Shiner Good
Notropis stramineus
Shorthead Redhorse Good
Moxostoma macrolepidotum
Silver Chub Good
Macrhybopsis storeriana
Silver Redhorse Good
Moxostoma anisurum
Slimy Sculpin Good
Cottus cognatus
Spoonhead Sculpin Good
Cottus ricei
Spotfin Shiner Good
Cyprinella spiloptera
Spottail Shiner Good
Notropis hudsonius
Spotted Sucker Good
Minytrema melanops
Starhead Topminnow Good
Fundulus dispar
Threespine Stickleback Good
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Trout-Perch Good
Percopsis omiscomaycus
Western Banded Killifish Good
Fundulus diaphanus
Western Creek Chubsucker Good
Erimyzon oblongus
White Sucker Good
Catostomus commersonii
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📋 Hardy Pond Stocking Records

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📅 Best Time to Fish Hardy Pond

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Boat Launches

📍 Hardy Dam Rd, Newaygo, MI 49337
Paved ramp Free 40 parking spots
Restrooms, dock
📍 Ensley Center Rd, Newaygo, MI 49337
Paved ramp Free 25 parking spots
Dock


📏 Fishing Regulations

Regulations locked Size limits, daily bag limits, and seasonal rules for every species in this lake.
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🌤 Current Hardy Pond Weather Conditions

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