Hedgehog Pond Fishing in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Hedgehog Pond is a Piscataquis County water, in Maine. It sits at 1,329 feet above sea level. It covers about 4 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Piscataquis County list holds plenty of bigger water. Supplies mean a trip to Millinocket, 20 miles off. Brownville lies 26 miles off, East Millinocket another 27 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Hedgehog Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Open biodiversity records for Piscataquis County list Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Hedgehog Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 65°F, while January sits near 11°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Hedgehog Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Rabbit Pond at 0.6 miles is the nearest alternative. The position on Hedgehog Pond is worth confirming on the day.