Round Pond Fishing near Greenville, Maine

• Overview

  Somerset County in Maine is where Round Pond sits. Everything around it is lake country bush. Roughly 36 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. For supplies, Greenville is 17 miles out. Sherbrooke sits 95 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Other water within reach: Island Pond at 0.6 miles, Horseshoe Pond within 0.9 miles, Long Pond at 1.2 miles, Ellis Pond within 1.2 miles and Flatiron Pond at 1.7 miles. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Round Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Somerset County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and rainbow trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Round Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 10°F to 64°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near late November. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Anyone fishing Round Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Island Pond at 0.6 miles is the nearest alternative. Confirm access to Round Pond locally before you travel.