Fishing at Peaked Mountain Pond, Aroostook County, Maine

• Overview

  Set in Aroostook County, Maine, this is Peaked Mountain Pond. It lies 1,486 feet above sea level. At 14 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Aroostook County list holds plenty of bigger water. Saint-Pamphile lies 45 miles from the water. The nearest city of size is Lévis, 101 miles away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Peaked Mountain Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Aroostook County cover 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. Peaked Mountain Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 7°F to 64°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan around that when you fish Peaked Mountain Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Little Pleasant Pond, 1.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Peaked Mountain Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.