Bonny Pond Fishing Guide, Androscoggin County, Maine

• Overview

  Look for Bonny Pond in the Androscoggin County part of Maine. The sea is 19 miles distant. Small at around 15 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Most waters listed here for Androscoggin County are larger. Some 2 miles away sits Monmouth, the nearest settlement. It is 111 miles to Manchester, the nearest city. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Bonny Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Androscoggin County: brown trout, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon and smallmouth bass. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Bonny Pond the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 18°F to 69°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. After early April the shallows warm and the fish move up. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early April and starts locking again about mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Bonny Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Island Pond, 0.6 miles away. The position on Bonny Pond is worth confirming on the day.