Round Pond in Androscoggin County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Round Pond is one of the Androscoggin County waters in Maine. The bank is 476 feet above sea level. Around 161 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. A shoreline of some 2.4 miles keeps the choices simple. Livermore Falls sits 3.4 miles from the bank. For a city, Sherbrooke is 106 miles off. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Round Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Androscoggin County list brown trout, rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, smallmouth bass and black crappie. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Round Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 68°F in July and bottom out at 16°F in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Round Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A ramp is mapped within half a mile. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Long Pond at 0.6 miles is the sensible second choice. Where Round Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.