Little Moose Pond Fishing Guide, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Little Moose Pond is a Piscataquis County water, in Maine. The bank is 817 feet above sea level. Surface area runs to about 22 acres — small enough to read in one session. About 0.9 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Patten is the closest town at 32 miles. Millinocket is 45 miles and East Millinocket 49 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Little Moose Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Piscataquis County: Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Little Moose Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 65°F and January near 9°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Little Moose Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Blackmore Pond at 1.2 miles is the sensible second choice. The position on Little Moose Pond is worth confirming on the day.