Bear Pond Fishing near Millinocket, Maine

• Overview

  Bear Pond is a Piscataquis County water, Maine side. The land about it is mixed forest. It covers about 7 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Piscataquis County list. The nearest place of any size is Greenville, 23 miles away. Further out sit Millinocket (23 miles) and Brownville (25 miles). The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Bear Pond

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Fish documented in Piscataquis County include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Bear Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 10°F and July at about 64°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late November. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. At Bear Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Monkey Pond at 0.6 miles is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Bear Pond as something to verify.