Knights Pond Fishing in Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  Knights Pond stands in Somerset County, Maine. The surface lies 938 feet up. It runs to roughly 128 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. A shoreline of some 2.0 miles keeps the choices simple. The closest town, Greenville, is 14 miles away. For a city, Sherbrooke is 99 miles off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Knights Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Somerset County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Knights Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 65°F and January at 11°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly early December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Knights Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. The nearest alternative is Little Indian Pond, 1.5 miles out. None of that is settled for Knights Pond in what we hold.