Little Jim Pond Fishing Guide, Franklin County, Maine

• Overview

  Little Jim Pond lies in Franklin County, in Maine. What surrounds it is pine and birch. It runs to roughly 77 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The bank runs about 1.3 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Maine listings. Start from Kingfield, 27 miles down the road. For a city, Sherbrooke is 70 miles off. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Little Jim Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Franklin County cover Atlantic salmon, brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout and rainbow smelt. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Read Little Jim Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 63°F and January near 10°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. That is the shape of the year on Little Jim Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Butler Pond is 1 mile off. Check the position at Little Jim Pond before loading the car.