Fishing Lily Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  You will find Lily Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine. The country here is pine and birch. This is a pocket water of some 20 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Greenville sits 8.5 miles from the bank. Beyond it, Sangerville at 16 miles and Dover-Foxcroft at 20 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lily Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Piscataquis County, recorded fish include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Lily Pond the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 64°F and January at 11°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Lily Pond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Bunker Ponds, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Lily Pond as something to verify.