Fishing Trout Pond in Franklin County, Maine

• Overview

  Trout Pond lies in Franklin County, in Maine. It stands 1,348 feet above sea level. With some 57 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The bank runs about 1.2 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. The town to know is Lac-Mégantic, 17 miles out. Linière is 31 miles away, with Saint-Côme--Linière at 35 miles. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Trout Pond

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Franklin County list Atlantic salmon, brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout and rainbow smelt. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Trout Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 64°F and January about 10°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late November in autumn. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That shapes the year on Trout Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Elaine Pond is 2.2 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Trout Pond.