Fishing Kitchen Cove in Washington County, Maine

• Overview

  Set in Washington County, Kitchen Cove is a Maine water. Height above sea level is 295 feet. You are 24 miles from St. Stephen. Calais lies 25 miles off, McAdam another 35 miles. Other water within reach: Bonney Brook Lake within 2.2 miles, Pond Lake the better part of 2.2 miles, Amazon Lake within 3.2 miles, Little River Lake the better part of 4.5 miles and Lower Oxbrook Lake within 4.8 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Kitchen Cove

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Flats either side fish on the drop as bait is pushed off them. Tide runs this water, so time the session to the flow. Across Washington County, recorded fish include alewife, Atlantic salmon and rainbow smelt. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Kitchen Cove light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 67°F and January near 15°F on the long-run figures. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near early December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Expect Kitchen Cove to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Bonney Brook Lake is 2.2 miles off. Treat Kitchen Cove as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.