Sewell Pond Fishing near Bath, Maine

• Overview

  In Maine, Sewell Pond belongs to Sagadahoc County. Height above sea level is 10 feet. It runs to roughly 47 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Around 1.1 miles of margin, front to back. It ranks high for size among our Sagadahoc County listings. You are 3.4 miles from Bath. Woolwich is 3.5 miles away, with Phippsburg at 3.8 miles. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Sewell Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Time trips to the tide table rather than the clock here. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Sagadahoc County include rainbow smelt, alewife, blueback herring, American eel and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Sewell Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 68°F, with January the cold end at about 22°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly mid December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. That is the shape of the year on Sewell Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Sewall Pond Conservation Area covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. If the gate is shut, Old Mill Pond at 1.7 miles is the nearest alternative. Signs at Sewell Pond carry more weight than any list.