Little Notch Pond Fishing Guide, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Set in Piscataquis County, Little Notch Pond is a Maine water. The ground around here is rolling bush. It covers about 8 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Piscataquis County standards. Some 5.7 miles away sits Greenville, the nearest settlement. After that come Sangerville at 26 miles and Dover-Foxcroft at 29 miles. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Little Notch Pond

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Piscataquis County: Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Take Little Notch Pond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 64°F and January near 10°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Little Notch Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Big Notch Pond is 0.2 miles off. None of that is settled for Little Notch Pond in what we hold.