Little Black Ponds in Aroostook County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Little Black Ponds is set in Aroostook County, Maine. It sits in rolling bush. At roughly 8 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Our Aroostook County list holds plenty of bigger water. Start from Haut-Madawaska, 22 miles down the road. Lévis is the closest city, 111 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Little Black Ponds

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Little Black Ponds for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 63°F and January reads 6°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. That is the shape of the year on Little Black Ponds.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Mapping shows a campsite some 0.9 miles from the water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Black Pond at 0.6 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Little Black Ponds should be assumed from this page alone.