Smarts Pond Fishing near Newfield, Maine

• Overview

  Look for Smarts Pond in York County, Maine. The ground round it is mixed forest. This is a pocket water of some 13 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Newfield is the closest town at 4.2 miles. The big place round here is Manchester, 50 miles distant. Water in the same corner: Hansen Pond at 0.6 miles, Shapleigh Pond 0.7 miles away, Mirror Lake at 1.4 miles, Mud Pond 1.4 miles away and Round Pond at 1.5 miles. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Smarts Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across York County, recorded fish include brown trout, alewife, Atlantic salmon, blueback herring and American shad. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Smarts Pond fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 68°F on average, January about 19°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The season between ice runs from about early April to mid December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Smarts Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This sits inside Hansen Pond Preserve, so read the reserve notices first. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Hansen Pond is 0.6 miles off. Treat access at Smarts Pond as something to verify.