Burgess Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Kennebec County, Burgess Pond is a Maine water. This is pine and birch country. It covers about 24 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest town is Livermore Falls, 4 miles away. The nearest city of size is Sherbrooke, 109 miles away. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Burgess Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Kennebec County: brown trout, Atlantic salmon, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and black crappie. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Burgess Pond the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 17°F to 68°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Open water usually runs from mid April until about early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Time your trip to Burgess Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Rack Pond, 0.6 miles out. Treat access at Burgess Pond as something to verify.