Lost Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Within Somerset County, Maine, you have Lost Pond. The water sits 1,263 feet up. About 5 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Somerset County. Nearest town is Lac-Mégantic, 25 miles off. Sherbrooke sits 76 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Lost Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Somerset County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and rainbow trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Lost Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 64°F on average, January about 10°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Expect a solid lid for months and a thaw around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Lost Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Clearwater Pond is 0.4 miles distant. Nothing on Lost Pond should be assumed from this page alone.