Pleasant Pond near Richmond: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Pleasant Pond is a Kennebec County water, in Maine. It stands 125 feet above sea level. Roughly 943 acres of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Few waters listed in Kennebec County are bigger. Richmond lies 6.2 miles from the water. Gardiner is 6.3 miles and Randolph 6.6 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Pleasant Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name brown trout, Atlantic salmon and largemouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Pleasant Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 69°F and January about 19°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter locks it down, and early April brings it back. Break-up sits around early April on average, with the water closing again about mid December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That is the shape of the year on Pleasant Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. If the gate is shut, Horseshoe Pond at 3.1 miles is the nearest alternative. Where Pleasant Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.