Petes Pond Fishing in Aroostook County, Maine

• Overview

  Petes Pond falls in Aroostook County, part of Maine. The country here is lake country bush. Surface area runs to about 21 acres — small enough to read in one session. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Maine listings. Saint-Pamphile at 35 miles is the nearest place to stop. Lévis sits 100 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Petes Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Aroostook County list Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Petes Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between 6°F in January and 63°F in July. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. The season on Petes Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Sag Pond sits 2.5 miles off and takes the overflow. Where Petes Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.