Fishing Long Pond in Aroostook County, Maine

• Overview

  This water sits in Aroostook County, Maine. The water sits 1,240 feet up. It measures about 119 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 2.5 miles of margin, front to back. Saint-Pamphile is the closest place, 41 miles off. For a city, Lévis is 100 miles off. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Long Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Species logged across Aroostook County include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and lake whitefish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Long Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 7°F in January to roughly 63°F in July. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Long Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Squirrel Pond is 1.2 miles distant. Confirm before you fish Long Pond.