Pierce Pond Fishing Guide, Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  You will find Pierce Pond in Somerset County, Maine. What surrounds it is rolling bush. This is sizeable water at about 1,184 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. The perimeter runs near 14 miles, so plan the walk before you start. On our Somerset County list it sits near the top for size. Nearest place of any size is Kingfield, 21 miles away. Greenville is 27 miles and Strong 32 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Pierce Pond

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Open biodiversity records for Somerset County list Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and rainbow trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Pierce Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 64°F in July and bottom out at 11°F in January. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That shapes the year on Pierce Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. A launch point is recorded some half a mile off. This sits inside Pierce Pond Watershed, so read the reserve notices first. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Otter Pond at 1.6 miles is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Pierce Pond in what we hold.