Little Cobbosseecontee Lake Fishing in Kennebec County, Maine

• Overview

  The Kennebec County end of Maine holds Little Cobbosseecontee Lake. It sits at 154 feet above sea level. With some 91 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The full circuit measures close to 1.4 miles on foot. Ground here is low by Maine standards. The closest town, Manchester, is 1.3 miles distant. Winthrop follows at 4.8 miles, then Augusta at 5.4 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Little Cobbosseecontee Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Kennebec County list brown trout, Atlantic salmon, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and black crappie. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Little Cobbosseecontee Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 69°F and January near 18°F on the long-run figures. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around early April. The open-water window runs from around early April to about mid December in an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Little Cobbosseecontee Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Launching is at Turtle Run Road Boat Ramp, about half a mile away. Lakeside Marina sits half a mile away and handles boats. A pier or jetty stands half a mile away, which helps on a crowded bank. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Kezar Pond, 1.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback.