Little Chase Stream Pond in Somerset County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Little Chase Stream Pond sits in Somerset County, out in Maine. The surface lies 1,230 feet up. It covers about 22 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Greenville lies 17 miles from the water. Beyond it, Sangerville at 37 miles and Kingfield at 40 miles. No border sits close enough to matter. Nothing about it is complicated once you have walked it.

• Where to Fish on Little Chase Stream Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Little Chase Stream Pond light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 64°F and January near 10°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Anyone fishing Little Chase Stream Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Misery Pond at 1.1 miles is the sensible second choice. Check the position at Little Chase Stream Pond before loading the car.