Fishing at Mountain View Pond, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Mountain View Pond is one of the Piscataquis County waters in Maine. The water sits 1,591 feet up. Small at around 15 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It sits higher than most water we list in Maine. Some 22 miles away sits Brownville, the nearest settlement. Lévis is the closest city, 126 miles away. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Mountain View Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Piscataquis County names Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Mountain View Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 10°F to 64°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. At Mountain View Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Fox Pond is 1.1 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Mountain View Pond for certain.