Fishing at Rabbit Pond, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  The Piscataquis County entry here is Rabbit Pond, in Maine. Land around it is mixed forest. Small at around 9 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Piscataquis County list. Start from Greenville, 8.3 miles down the road. Sangerville lies 15 miles off, Dover-Foxcroft another 18 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Rabbit Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Piscataquis County records list Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat Rabbit Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 64°F and January near 11°F on the long-run figures. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It sets the rhythm of the year at Rabbit Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Failing this one, try North Pond, 0.7 miles away. What applies at Rabbit Pond may have changed since it was mapped.