Fishing Kidney Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Piscataquis County in Maine is where Kidney Pond sits. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level. It runs to roughly 43 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The bank runs about 0.9 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Greenville lies 22 miles from the water. For a city, Lévis is 107 miles off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Kidney Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Piscataquis County include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Kidney Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 9°F to 64°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Kidney Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. The nearest alternative is Jewett Pond, 3.2 miles out. Check the position on Kidney Pond before loading the car.