Little Dutton Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Little Dutton Pond belongs to Hancock County, Maine. The country round it is mixed forest from end to end. The water measures roughly 7 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Hancock County. Some 14 miles away sits Bradley, the nearest settlement. For a city, Sherbrooke is 176 miles off. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Little Dutton Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, brown trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and blueback herring. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Anyone new to Little Dutton Pond should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 67°F, while January sits near 17°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Little Dutton Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Dutton Pond at 0.9 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Little Dutton Pond should be assumed from this page alone.