Little Duck Pond Fishing in Cumberland County, Maine

• Overview

  Set in Cumberland County, Maine, this is Little Duck Pond. The ground around here is pine and birch. The water covers some 33 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline comes to about 1.1 miles, small enough to learn in a day. For supplies, North Windham is 4.3 miles out. Manchester sits 78 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Little Duck Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Cumberland County list brown trout, Atlantic salmon, blueback herring, rainbow trout and smallmouth bass. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Little Duck Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 20°F in January up to 68°F in July. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Once it clears, about early April, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from early April until about mid December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That shapes the year on Little Duck Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. This sits inside East Windham Conservation Area, so read the reserve notices first. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Forest Lake, 1.8 miles away. Nothing on Little Duck Pond should be assumed from this page alone.