Leadbetter Pond Fishing in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Leadbetter Pond is listed under Piscataquis County, Maine. The ground around here is lake country bush. At about 90 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 2.4 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. The closest town, Patten, is 46 miles distant. Saint-Pamphile is 47 miles away, with Sainte-Perpétue at 57 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Leadbetter Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Piscataquis County records list Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and brown trout among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Leadbetter Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 8°F and July at about 64°F, the water has a wide range to work through. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Leadbetter Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Spider Lake is 2.2 miles off. Nothing on Leadbetter Pond should be assumed from this page alone.