Fishing at Botting Pond, Aroostook County, Maine

• Overview

  Set in Aroostook County, Botting Pond is a Maine water. What surrounds it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 6 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Aroostook County list holds plenty of bigger water. Patten sits 28 miles from the bank. After that come Presque Isle at 35 miles and Easton at 38 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Botting Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Aroostook County include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Treat Botting Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 65°F in July and bottom out at 8°F in January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Botting Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Lower LaPomkeag Lake, 1.4 miles away. Treat Botting Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.