Bell Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Bell Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine. The setting is rolling bush on every side. The water measures roughly 19 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Head to Greenville, 8.7 miles away, for anything you forgot. Sangerville lies 15 miles off, Dover-Foxcroft another 18 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Bell Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Piscataquis County include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and brown trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Bell Pond fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 64°F, with January the cold end at about 11°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around early December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. That is the shape of the year on Bell Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is McLellan Pond, 0.4 miles out. For Bell Pond in particular, ask before you travel.