Fishing at Prong Pond, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Look for Prong Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine. The setting is rolling bush on every side. Roughly 460 acres of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. Around 7.7 miles of bank, which is a long day on foot. Few waters listed in Piscataquis County are bigger. Head to Greenville, 6 miles away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Sherbrooke, 115 miles away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Prong Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Piscataquis County list Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Prong Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 65°F and January about 10°F. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Expect Prong Pond to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. The closest car park is 0.9 miles away, so pack accordingly. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Little Mud Pond sits 1.7 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Prong Pond in what we hold.