Booth Quarry Pond in Knox County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Booth Quarry Pond in Knox County, Maine. Salt water lies 0.5 miles off. The water measures roughly 2 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Knox County list. For supplies, Vinalhaven is 1.3 miles out. Stonington lies 9.9 miles off, Owls Head another 13 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Booth Quarry Pond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Across Knox County, recorded fish include brown trout, alewife, rainbow smelt, blueback herring and American shad. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Booth Quarry Pond light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 24°F in January and 65°F in July. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early April until roughly late December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Booth Quarry Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Mapping shows a jetty some half a mile off. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Carvers Pond, 1.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Booth Quarry Pond if anything is unclear.