Pugwash Pond Fishing near Greenville, Maine

• Overview

  Pugwash Pond stands in Piscataquis County, Maine. The surface lies 699 feet up. It covers about 3 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Piscataquis County list. The closest town, Greenville, is 15 miles away. Brownville follows at 17 miles, then Dover-Foxcroft at 21 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Pugwash Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Piscataquis County records list Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Pugwash Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 64°F; by January the average is down near 11°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Pugwash Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Gulf Hagas Parking offers parking about half a mile from the water. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, East Chairback Pond is 1.3 miles distant. The position on Pugwash Pond is worth confirming on the day.