Old Mill Pond Fishing near Bath, Maine

• Overview

  Old Mill Pond lies in Sagadahoc County, in Maine. The sea is 1.1 miles distant. Surface area runs to about 10 acres — small enough to read in one session. Start from Bath, 2.6 miles down the road. Woolwich is 3.2 miles and Phippsburg 3.6 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking. Nothing about it is complicated once you have walked it.

• Where to Fish on Old Mill Pond

  Federal mapping classes it as an estuary, so the water is tidal and salinity moves with the season. Tide runs this water, so time the session to the flow. Oyster and old piling give the only hard structure in sight. County-wide records name rainbow smelt, alewife, blueback herring, American eel and brown trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Old Mill Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 68°F and January near 22°F on the long-run figures. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The water is typically free of ice between early April and mid December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Anyone fishing Old Mill Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. There is a launch about half a mile from the bank. A carry of half a mile from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. Mapping shows a jetty some half a mile off. The water borders Fiddler's Reach Meadows, so reserve rules are likely to apply. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Sewell Pond, 1.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. For Old Mill Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.