Pemaquid Pond Fishing in Lincoln County, Maine

• Overview

  Pemaquid Pond sits in Lincoln County, out in Maine. The land about it is pine and birch. It measures some 2.4 sq miles, and wind has room to build across it. Size puts it in the front rank of our Lincoln County list. You are 3.4 miles from Damariscotta. After that come Nobleboro at 4.5 miles and Bristol at 5.1 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Pemaquid Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Lincoln County include brown trout, alewife and Atlantic salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Pemaquid Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 68°F and January at 21°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in early April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The season between ice runs from about early April to mid December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan any trip to Pemaquid Pond around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. The closest car park is half a mile away, so pack accordingly. McCurdy Island Preserve covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, McCurdy Pond is 0.6 miles off. Check the position at Pemaquid Pond before loading the car.