Fishing Tracy Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Look for Tracy Pond in Piscataquis County, Maine. It lies 1,056 feet above sea level. At roughly 11 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Our Piscataquis County list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Millinocket is 22 miles out. It is 121 miles to Lévis, the nearest city. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Tracy Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Reported across Piscataquis County: Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout, brown trout and Arctic charr. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Tracy Pond the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 65°F; by January the average is down near 11°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Time your trip to Tracy Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. You can leave the car about half a mile from the water. Toilets show in mapping about half a mile away. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Failing this one, try Elbow Pond, 0.4 miles away. Check the current arrangement for Tracy Pond.