Fishing Loon Pond in Hancock County, Maine

• Overview

  The Hancock County entry here is Loon Pond, in Maine. It sits at 371 feet above sea level. At 11 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. On size it sits at the modest end of our Hancock County list. Greenbush sits 22 miles from the bank. The big place round here is Sherbrooke, 182 miles distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Loon Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. 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. Fish documented in Hancock County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and blueback herring. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Loon Pond decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 67°F at the top of summer and 15°F at the bottom of winter. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Open water usually runs from mid April until about early December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Loon Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Otter Pond at 0.4 miles is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Loon Pond in what we hold.