Draper Pond Fishing Guide, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Draper Pond lies in Piscataquis County, Maine. The bank is 1,076 feet above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 14 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Millinocket is the closest town at 23 miles. Lévis is the closest city, 119 miles away. What else is close: Deer Pond within 0.4 miles, 0.6 miles out stands Rocky Pond, Kidney Pond within 0.7 miles, 0.8 miles out stands Little Rocky Pond and Celia Pond within 1.3 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Draper Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across Piscataquis County, recorded fish include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Take Draper Pond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 65°F and January reads 11°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Draper Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. A picnic spot sits half a mile from the bank. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. The nearest alternative is Deer Pond, 0.4 miles out. For Draper Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.