Buttermilk Pond Fishing Guide, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Buttermilk Pond falls in Piscataquis County, part of Maine. Land around it is pine and birch. Surface area is around 183 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 2.6 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Brownville is the closest place, 9.7 miles off. It is 130 miles to Sherbrooke, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Buttermilk Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Piscataquis County, recorded fish include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Buttermilk Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 66°F; the cold one sits at 12°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Buttermilk Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Burden Pond at 1.4 miles is the sensible second choice. For Buttermilk Pond in particular, ask before you travel.