Midnight Pond in Piscataquis County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Out in Piscataquis County, Maine, sits Midnight Pond. The surface lies 1,070 feet up. Around 77 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. With about 1.5 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. You are 39 miles from Patten. Millinocket lies 42 miles off, East Millinocket another 48 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Midnight Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Piscataquis County names Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Midnight Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 64°F in July and bottoms out near 9°F in January. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Midnight Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Round Pond is 2.7 miles distant. For Midnight Pond in particular, ask before you travel.