Fishing Lost Pond in Penobscot County, Maine

• Overview

  Lost Pond is listed under Penobscot County, Maine. Height above sea level is 220 feet. At 9 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 Penobscot County list. Etna lies 1.4 miles from the water. Sherbrooke is the closest city, 141 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lost Pond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Penobscot County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout and smallmouth bass. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Read Lost Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 68°F at the top of summer and 16°F at the bottom of winter. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Lost Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Mud Pond, 1.2 miles out. Nothing here settles the position at Lost Pond for certain.