Moose Pond Fishing Guide, Penobscot County, Maine

• Overview

  This water sits in Penobscot County, Maine. The surroundings are rolling bush. It covers about 6 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Penobscot County list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 15 miles away sits Patten, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is Lévis, 134 miles distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Moose Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Reported across Penobscot County: Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass and chain pickerel. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Moose Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 66°F; by January the average is down near 11°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about early December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan any trip to Moose Pond around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is a car park half a mile from the bank. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Deasey Ponds, 1.6 miles away. Confirm access to Moose Pond locally before you travel.