Fishing Mud Pond in Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  Mud Pond is a Somerset County water, in Maine. This is pine and birch ground. At roughly 10 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Somerset County are larger. Greenville lies 16 miles from the water. The nearest city of size is Sherbrooke, 96 miles away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Mud Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Somerset County list Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and rainbow trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Mud Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 64°F at the top of summer and 10°F at the bottom of winter. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late November in an average year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Mud Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. The nearest alternative is Dead Stream Pond, 0.4 miles out. Treat access at Mud Pond as something to verify.