Fishing at Baker Pond, Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  Baker Pond is a Somerset County water, Maine side. The ground round it is lake country bush. The water covers some 57 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 1.1 miles in total. You are 11 miles from Cornville. Madison follows at 14 miles, then Skowhegan at 15 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Baker Pond

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Somerset County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat Baker Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 66°F and January reads 14°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Baker Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Mud Pond, 0.9 miles out. For Baker Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.