Pleasant Pond Fishing near Fryeburg, Maine

• Overview

  Pleasant Pond belongs to Oxford County, Maine. The setting is pine and birch. The water covers some 223 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The full circuit measures close to 3.1 miles on foot. It ranks high for size among our Oxford County listings. Fryeburg at 4.6 miles is the nearest place to stop. It is 75 miles to Manchester, the nearest city. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Pleasant Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Reported across Oxford County: brown trout, Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Pleasant Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 68°F, with January the cold end at about 17°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. 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. The season on Pleasant Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Black Brook Bog covers ground next to the water; its rules will apply on that side. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. The nearest alternative is Long Pond, 1.7 miles out. Where Pleasant Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.