Fishing at Bunganut Pond, York County, Maine

• Overview

  Set in York County, Maine, this is Bunganut Pond. It lies 276 feet above sea level. It measures some 303 acres, and wind has room to build across it. At about 5.0 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Size puts it in the front rank of our York County list. Waterboro is the closest town at 2.1 miles. After that come Alfred at 2.3 miles and Springvale at 5.5 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Bunganut Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for York County names brown trout, alewife, Atlantic salmon and blueback herring. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Bunganut Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 69°F on average, January about 20°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Averages place the thaw at early April and the freeze at mid December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It sets the rhythm of the year at Bunganut Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Shaker Pond is 1.3 miles distant. Nothing on Bunganut Pond should be assumed from this page alone.