Tumbledown Dick Pond Fishing Guide, Piscataquis County, Maine

• Overview

  Out in Piscataquis County, Maine, sits Tumbledown Dick Pond. It lies 981 feet above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 21 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. You are 18 miles from Millinocket. The big place round here is Lévis, 126 miles distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Tumbledown Dick Pond

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Species logged across Piscataquis County include 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. Work Tumbledown Dick Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 66°F at the top of summer and 12°F at the bottom of winter. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Anyone fishing Tumbledown Dick Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. The nearest alternative is Leavitt Pond, 1.2 miles out. Check the position at Tumbledown Dick Pond before loading the car.