Fishing at Little Beaver Pond, Oxford County, Maine

• Overview

  Look for Little Beaver Pond in Oxford County, Maine. Height above sea level is 1,490 feet. It runs to roughly 44 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 1.1 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It sits higher than most water we list in Maine. Milan at 25 miles is the nearest place to stop. Then Colebrook, 26 miles, and Phillips, 31 miles. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Little Beaver Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Oxford County include brown trout, Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Little Beaver Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 64°F; the cold one sits at 11°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Anyone fishing Little Beaver Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Beaver Pond, 0.9 miles away. For Little Beaver Pond in particular, ask before you travel.