Fishing Abbee Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Abbee Pond is set in Piscataquis County, Maine. The surface lies 568 feet up. Surface area runs to about 20 acres — small enough to read in one session. The nearest place of any size is Brownville, 1.9 miles away. It is 140 miles to Sherbrooke, the nearest city. Others close at hand: Jaquith Pond 1.9 miles, Norton Pond some 3.5 miles off, Schoodic Lake 5 miles, Dow Pond some 6.4 miles off and Ebeemee Lake 7.3 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Abbee Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Abbee Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 14°F to 67°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to early December. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. On Abbee Pond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Jaquith Pond sits 1.9 miles off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Abbee Pond.