Fishing Loon Stream Deadwater in Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  This water sits in Somerset County, Maine. The bank gives way to lake country bush. At 7 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Somerset County. Head to Linière, 32 miles away, for anything you forgot. Saint-Côme--Linière is 36 miles and Saint-Georges 43 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Loon Stream Deadwater

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Somerset County names Atlantic salmon, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Loon Stream Deadwater that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 63°F, with January the cold end at about 8°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That is the shape of the year on Loon Stream Deadwater.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Horse Pond is 2.7 miles off. The position on Loon Stream Deadwater is worth confirming on the day.