Kidney Pond Fishing Guide, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Kidney Pond lies within the bounds of Piscataquis County, Maine. The setting is pine and birch on every side. Roughly 97 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 2.0 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Nearest place of any size is Millinocket, 23 miles away. Lévis sits 120 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Kidney Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Piscataquis County include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and brown trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Kidney Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 65°F and January about 11°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late November. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. At Kidney Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. Toilets are half a mile away, which matters on a long session. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Draper Pond is 0.7 miles off. Treat Kidney Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.