Fourth Pond Fishing in Hancock County, Maine

• Overview

  Hancock County, Maine, is where Fourth Pond sits. This is pine and birch country. The water covers some 39 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. With about 0.9 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Ground here is low by Maine standards. Penobscot at 5.4 miles is the nearest place to stop. Sedgwick is 7.1 miles away, with Castine at 8 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Fourth Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Open biodiversity records for Hancock County list Atlantic salmon, brown trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and blueback herring. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fourth Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 20°F to 68°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. After early April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near early April and comes back about mid December in a typical year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Fourth Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Parking within half a mile means no long carry with tackle. Kingdom Woods Conservation Area covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Third Pond is 1 mile distant. What applies at Fourth Pond may have changed since it was mapped.