Swift River Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Swift River Pond in Oxford County, Maine. It stands 2,211 feet above sea level. It covers about 10 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Oxford County standards. The closest town, Phillips, is 12 miles away. Strong is 18 miles and Mexico 20 miles. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Swift River Pond

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Records held for Oxford County cover brown trout, Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout and smallmouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Swift River Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 63°F in July and bottom out at 10°F in January. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. That shapes the year on Swift River Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Witham Pond is 0.7 miles off. Check the position on Swift River Pond before loading the car.