Long Pond near Patten: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Out in Piscataquis County, Maine, sits Long Pond. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. It runs to roughly 51 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 1.1 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Supplies mean a trip to Patten, 21 miles off. Millinocket is 34 miles away, with East Millinocket at 37 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Long Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Piscataquis County include Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Long Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 64°F and January reads 9°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. The season on Long Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A campsite is mapped about half a mile away, which makes an early start easier. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. High Pond, 0.2 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Long Pond.