Fishing at Moulton Pond, Hancock County, Maine

• Overview

  Out in Hancock County, Maine, sits Moulton Pond. The bank is 472 feet above sea level. At about 49 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 1.2 miles in total. Head to Dedham, 1.7 miles away, for anything you forgot. The big place round here is Sherbrooke, 167 miles distant. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Moulton Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, brown trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and blueback herring. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Moulton Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 68°F and January reads 18°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The lid usually goes in early April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around early April and the freeze near mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Anyone fishing Moulton Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. For a change of water, Mitchell Pond is 0.9 miles distant. Ask locally about Moulton Pond if anything is unclear.