Trickey Ponds near Linière: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Trickey Ponds is a Somerset County water, in Maine. The land about it is lake country bush. Small at around 21 acres: two anglers spread out cover most of it. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Maine listings. Linière is the closest place, 20 miles off. Then Saint-Côme--Linière, 26 miles, and Saint-Georges, 34 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Trickey Ponds

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Somerset County cover Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Anyone new to Trickey Ponds should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 63°F at the top of summer and 9°F at the bottom of winter. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Trickey Ponds runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Failing this one, try Alder Pond, 1.1 miles away. What applies at Trickey Ponds may have changed since it was mapped.