Boardway Ponds Fishing Guide, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Boardway Ponds is listed under Piscataquis County, Maine. The bank gives way to rolling bush. At 14 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It sits higher than most water we list in Maine. The nearest place of any size is Greenville, 23 miles away. Further out sit Millinocket (23 miles) and Brownville (23 miles). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Boardway Ponds

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Piscataquis County: 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 Boardway Ponds for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 10°F in January to roughly 64°F in July. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on Boardway Ponds more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Seventh Roach Pond, 0.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Boardway Ponds.