Sabbath Day Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Sabbath Day Pond lies in Franklin County, in Maine. Height above sea level is 2,365 feet. With some 65 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The bank runs about 1.3 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Compared with other Maine water on our list, it sits high. Phillips sits 16 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Mexico is 20 miles and Rumford 20 miles. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Sabbath Day Pond

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across Franklin County: Atlantic salmon, brown trout, rainbow trout and brook trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Sabbath Day Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 10°F to 63°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Sabbath Day Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Round Pond is 0.7 miles off. The position on Sabbath Day Pond is worth confirming on the day.