Fishing Blackmore Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Blackmore Pond is one of the Piscataquis County waters in Maine. It lies 909 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 2 acres — small enough to read in one session. Most waters listed here for Piscataquis County are larger. You are 34 miles from Patten. The nearest city of size is Lévis, 109 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Blackmore Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Piscataquis County: Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Fish Blackmore Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 9°F and July at about 65°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Blackmore Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Little Moose Pond sits 1.2 miles off and takes the overflow. Where Blackmore Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.