Mud Pond Fishing near Linière, Maine

• Overview

  Mud Pond is a Somerset County water, Maine side. The land about it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 17 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. The nearest town is Lac-Mégantic, 21 miles away. Linière is 27 miles away, with Saint-Côme--Linière at 32 miles. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Mud Pond

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Mud Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 64°F, with January the cold end at about 10°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late November: that is the shape of an average year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish Mud Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Long Pond sits 1.1 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Mud Pond for certain.