Fishing at Chickawaukie Pond, Knox County, Maine

• Overview

  Set in Knox County, Chickawaukie Pond is a Maine water. The bank is 115 feet above sea level. The water covers around 355 acres, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. Around 3.0 miles of margin, front to back. It ranks high for size among our Knox County listings. You are 2.5 miles from Rockland. It is 142 miles to Manchester, the nearest city. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Chickawaukie Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Records held for Knox County cover brown trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and blueback herring. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat Chickawaukie Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 67°F for July and 21°F for January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early April. Open water usually runs from early April until about mid December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Chickawaukie Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. There is a slipway on the shore, half a mile from the water we list. There is a jetty half a mile off, worth knowing on a busy day. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Maces Pond at 1.9 miles is the sensible second choice. Treat access at Chickawaukie Pond as something to verify.