Frost Pond Fishing in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Frost Pond sits in Piscataquis County, out in Maine. It lies 886 feet above sea level. It measures about 39 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 1.5 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Patten at 26 miles is the nearest place to stop. Further out sit Millinocket (37 miles) and East Millinocket (41 miles). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Frost Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Piscataquis County cover Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Frost Pond the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 65°F, while January sits near 9°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Frost Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Blunder Pond, 3.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For Frost Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.