Goose River Reservoir Fishing in Waldo County, Maine

• Overview

  Goose River Reservoir is set in Waldo County, Maine. Salt water lies 1.7 miles off. Ground here is low by Maine standards. Start from Belfast, 1.2 miles down the road. Swanville lies 5.4 miles off, Northport another 7.5 miles. Not far off: Hurds Pond a shade over 2.7 miles, Belfast Reservoir Number Two just 3 miles, McClure Pond a shade over 3.2 miles, Belfast Reservoir Number One just 3.4 miles and Cain Pond a shade over 3.7 miles. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Goose River Reservoir

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Public occurrence data for Waldo County names brown trout, Atlantic salmon and alewife. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Goose River Reservoir the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 19°F in January and 68°F in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice-out usually falls in early April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running early April to mid December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That is the shape of the year on Goose River Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Hurds Pond is 2.7 miles off. The position on Goose River Reservoir is worth confirming on the day.