Lost Pond Fishing in Aroostook County, Maine

• Overview

  Lost Pond falls in Aroostook County, part of Maine. It lies 768 feet above sea level. About 13 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Aroostook County list. Caribou lies 21 miles from the water. It is 129 miles to Lévis, the nearest city. Within a short run: McClusky Lake 0.9 miles, Silver Lake at 2.2 miles, Beaver Pond 3 miles, Pennington Pond at 3.8 miles and Bog Lake 5.8 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lost Pond

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Aroostook County records list Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, lake whitefish and Arctic charr among the fish reported. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Lost Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 64°F and January near 7°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Lost Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. McClusky Lake at 0.9 miles is the sensible second choice. What applies at Lost Pond may have changed since it was mapped.