Fishing at Deep Pond, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Deep Pond is one of the Piscataquis County listings for Maine. Beyond the shoreline you have lake country bush. About 6 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Piscataquis County list. The nearest place of any size is Patten, 22 miles away. The big place round here is Lévis, 121 miles distant. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Deep Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Reported across Piscataquis County: 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. Fish Deep Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 63°F at the top of summer and 9°F at the bottom of winter. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Deep Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Russell Pond, 0.5 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Deep Pond is worth confirming on the day.