Fishing at Pattee Pond, Kennebec County, Maine

• Overview

  Pattee Pond sits within Kennebec County in Maine. It sits in lake country bush country. It measures some 523 acres, and wind has room to build across it. Shoreline length is close to 5.7 miles, and each section fishes a little differently. Size puts it in the front rank of our Kennebec County list. The nearest town is Winslow, 3.1 miles away. The big place round here is Sherbrooke, 129 miles distant. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Pattee Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Reported across Kennebec County: brown trout, Atlantic salmon, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and black crappie. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Pattee Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 18°F in January to roughly 69°F in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. The lid tends to go about early April and return around mid December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Pattee Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Failing this one, try Kennebec River Reservoir, 3.5 miles away. Check the position at Pattee Pond before loading the car.