Kezar Pond Fishing Guide, Oxford County, Maine

• Overview

  Kezar Pond belongs to Oxford County, Maine. The bank is 358 feet above sea level. At some 1,190 acres it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. At about 7.3 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Size puts it in the front rank of our Oxford County list. Lovell is the closest place, 2.9 miles off. Manchester is the closest city, 80 miles away. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Kezar Pond

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Oxford County records list brown trout, Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout and smallmouth bass among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The shape of Kezar Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 17°F to 68°F. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter locks it down, and early April brings it back. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early April and starts locking again about early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Kezar Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Little Pond sits 1.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Kezar Pond before loading the car.