Fishing at Lost Pond, Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  The Somerset County entry here is Lost Pond, in Maine. Height above sea level is 1,572 feet. It covers about 8 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Somerset County list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 23 miles from Linière. Lévis sits 89 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lost Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Species logged across Somerset County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and rainbow trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lost Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 64°F, while January sits near 9°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at late November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. At Lost Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Muskrat Pond sits 1.2 miles off and takes the overflow. Signs at Lost Pond carry more weight than any list.