Fishing at Turner Pond, Somerset County, Maine

• Overview

  Turner Pond lies in Somerset County, Maine. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. Around 124 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. The full circuit measures close to 2.3 miles on foot. It sits higher than most water we list in Maine. Lac-Mégantic lies 19 miles from the water. Then Linière, 25 miles, and Saint-Côme--Linière, 30 miles. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Turner Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Reported across Somerset County: Atlantic salmon, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Turner Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 10°F to 64°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. From about late April to around late November, expect open water on the long-run figures. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Turner Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Little Turner Pond at 1.6 miles is the sensible second choice. None of that is settled for Turner Pond in what we hold.