Grants Pond Fishing near Strong, Maine

• Overview

  Franklin County in Maine is where Grants Pond sits. The bank is 1,056 feet above sea level. At roughly 9 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. On size it sits at the modest end of our Franklin County list. Some 5.5 miles away sits Strong, the nearest settlement. For a city, Sherbrooke is 93 miles off. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Grants Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for Franklin County names Atlantic salmon, brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout and rainbow smelt. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Grants Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 65°F at the top of summer and 14°F at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Grants Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Jessie Pond is 1.1 miles distant. Where Grants Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.