Narrow Pond Fishing in Aroostook County, Maine

• Overview

  This water sits in Aroostook County, Maine. The land about it is mixed forest. It measures about 152 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Some 3.2 miles of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Saint-Pamphile lies 42 miles from the water. Linière is 48 miles and Saint-Côme--Linière 50 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Narrow Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Aroostook County names Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, lake whitefish and Arctic charr. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Narrow Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 64°F and January near 8°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. On Narrow Pond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Mile Pond is 1.2 miles distant. Confirm before you fish Narrow Pond.