Tracy Lake, also known as Bonds Creek Lake, is in the Pennsboro City Park three miles north of the town center. It is a 12-acre man-made lake surrounded by steep-sided, wooded hills and a dam at its northern end that drains into the Bonds Creek watershed. A rough fisherman's trail approximately 2 miles long circles the lake along the shore and on the remnants of old ATV trails. Old ATV trails and logging roads are abundant in the hills surrounding Tracy Lake.
Pennsboro, WV
Contact: James Jones Jr
Park Road
Pennsboro,WV 26415
Picnic area closes for winter season Sept. 1st and reopens in May. Open daylight to dark.
The lake area is always open; including night fishing.
Free
3 miles NW of Pennsboro. Accessible from Rt 50/22 via a 1-mile gravel road.
The lake was built in 1962 with a maximum depth of 33 feet and an average depth of 20 feet. An unpaved boat ramp, picnic tables, and primitive camping are available. A trail surrounding most of the lake provides bank fishing access. Electric motors only are allowed and the use of live minnows as bait is prohibited.
Tracy Lake provides winter and spring trout fishing, and warmwater fishing for largemouth bass, bluegill, and channel catfish. Trout are stocked once both January and March. Tracy Lake has a healthy bass population, which produces several large bass each year.
National Forest Stamp is not required.
Other rules: No motor driven vehicles off main roads. No beer,alcohol or drugs on park grounds. No firearms on park property. No hunting.
Boating: Electric motors only
Limited primitive camping. No water currently available.
Spring Trout: Stocked once in January and once in March
Fall Trout: Does not receive Fall trout stocking
Live minnows may not be used as bait
Night fishing is allowed
http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/maps/impoundments/pdf/tracy.pdf
Picnic area has 2 shelters which may be reserved free of charge. Donations accepted.
There are hiking/mountain biking trails under development to begin summer 0f 2011 at two old road sites in the lake area.
This information has been verified.
