Little King Lake Fishing in Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  This water sits in Somerset County, Maine. Elevation runs to 1,414 feet. It runs to roughly 91 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 1.9 miles of margin, front to back. It is high ground by Maine standards. Supplies mean a trip to Kingfield, 28 miles off. After that come Lac-Mégantic at 30 miles and Phillips at 36 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Little King Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Somerset County cover Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and rainbow trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Take Little King Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 63°F, while January sits near 10°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Little King Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, King and Bartlett Lake is 1.8 miles distant. Nothing on Little King Lake should be assumed from this page alone.