Mountain View Pond in Piscataquis County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Maine, Mountain View Pond belongs to Piscataquis County. This is pine and birch country. Roughly 526 acres of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. With 3.9 miles or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in Piscataquis County are bigger. Greenville lies 6.4 miles from the water. Sangerville lies 29 miles off, Dover-Foxcroft another 32 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Mountain View Pond

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. 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. Open biodiversity records for Piscataquis County list Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and brown trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Anyone new to Mountain View Pond should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 10°F and July at about 64°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. It sets the rhythm of the year at Mountain View Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Burnham Pond is 2 miles distant. Check the position at Mountain View Pond before loading the car.