Robinson Pond Fishing in Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  Robinson Pond is a Somerset County water, in Maine. Around the bank it is lake country bush. The water covers some 34 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Maine listings. Some 22 miles away sits Linière, the nearest settlement. After that come Saint-Côme--Linière at 27 miles and Saint-Georges at 34 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Robinson Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Somerset County cover Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and rainbow trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Robinson Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 63°F and January reads 8°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid usually goes in late April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Expect Robinson Pond to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. St. John Ponds Ecological Reserve covers ground next to the water; its rules will apply on that side. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Third Saint John Pond at 0.7 miles is the sensible second choice. For Robinson Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.