Long Pond near Tremont: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Out in Hancock County, Maine, sits Long Pond. The water sits 62 feet up. About 941 acres, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. With 13 miles or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Size puts it in the front rank of our Hancock County list. Tremont is the closest town at 5.3 miles. The big place round here is Manchester, 180 miles distant. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Long Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Hancock County: Atlantic salmon, brown trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and blueback herring. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The shape of Long Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 67°F and January at 21°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The open-water window runs from around early April to about mid December in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. At Long Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping puts a reserve boundary across this water; check what it allows. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. If the gate is shut, Echo Lake at 1.3 miles is the nearest alternative. Signs at Long Pond carry more weight than any list.