Mountain Catcher Pond Fishing Guide, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Mountain Catcher Pond is one of the Piscataquis County waters in Maine. The country round it is pine and birch from end to end. At about 81 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. A shoreline of some 1.5 miles keeps the choices simple. You are 23 miles from Patten. After that come Millinocket at 38 miles and East Millinocket at 41 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Mountain Catcher Pond

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Reported across Piscataquis County: Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Mountain Catcher Pond fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 9°F and July at about 65°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Mountain Catcher Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. The nearest alternative is Morrell Pond, 1.2 miles out. Nothing on Mountain Catcher Pond should be assumed from this page alone.