Mud Pond Fishing near Dedham, Maine

• Overview

  Set in Hancock County, Mud Pond is a Maine water. It lies 161 feet above sea level. The water covers some 34 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The bank runs about 0.9 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Maine listings. You are 3 miles from Dedham. For a city, Sherbrooke is 163 miles off. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Mud Pond

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Hancock County names Atlantic salmon, brown trout and alewife. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Mud Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 68°F and January reads 18°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early April. In an average year the thaw lands around early April and the freeze near mid December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan any trip to Mud Pond around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Thurston Pond sits 1 mile off and takes the overflow. Rules at Mud Pond are worth checking on the day.