Harvey Pond Fishing near Phillips, Maine

• Overview

  Harvey Pond is a Franklin County water, Maine side. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. About 10 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Our Franklin County list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Phillips, 8.3 miles off. The big place round here is Sherbrooke, 78 miles distant. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Harvey Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Franklin County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout and rainbow smelt. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Harvey Pond light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 64°F and January near 11°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Harvey Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. A carry of half a mile from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. A rest area sits about half a mile from the water. Facilities run to toilets half a mile from the water. The water borders Smalls Falls Public Reserved Land, so reserve rules are likely to apply. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Mud Pond is 1.1 miles off. Treat Harvey Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.