Ponds at Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish & Wildlife Area
The Gurney Road Pond has a catchable trout program in the Spring at
this site. The first Saturday of April at 5:00 am the pond will be
open to trout fishing. An Inland Trout Stamp is required of all
licensed anglers. There are also some bluegill, largemouth bass and
channel catfish in the pond and can be caught anytime.
The IDNR Heavy Equipment Crew renovated several of the ponds on the
site during the Winters of 1999-2001. Because the fish populations in
most of those were out-of-balance or had undesirable fish species, i.e.
carp bullheads they were eradicated and restocked. Those ponds
completed and fishable are: Geiss Road Pond, Gridley Road Pond, North
Bike Trail Pond, Philadelphia Road Pond, Otter Pond, Bullfrog Pond,
South Highway 11 Pond, Edward Lane Pond, Painter Pond and Herrmann Road
Pond. For more information on pond location contact the site office.
(info from fisheries biologist Dan Stephenson)