Fishing Poverty Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  You will find Poverty Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine. This is lake country bush country. At about 40 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Sangerville is the closest town at 7.5 miles. Beyond it, Dover-Foxcroft at 9.9 miles and Greenville at 16 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end. There is enough here to keep coming back.

• Where to Fish on Poverty Pond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Poverty Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 13°F to 66°F. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Poverty Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Fourth Davis Pond sits 1.1 miles off and takes the overflow. Rules at Poverty Pond are worth checking on the day.