Lucky Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Out in Somerset County, Maine, sits Lucky Pond. It sits in mixed forest. The water covers some 133 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Around 3.6 miles of bank, which is a long day on foot. Greenville sits 17 miles from the bank. Lévis is the closest city, 107 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lucky Pond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Public occurrence data for Somerset County names Atlantic salmon, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Lucky Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 64°F and January near 10°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Lucky Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Part of this sits inside or beside Moosehead Lake East Shore Public Reserved Land, so read the notices. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Should this one be busy, Spencer Pond is 3.4 miles off. Confirm before you fish Lucky Pond.