Upper Kilgore Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Upper Kilgore Pond stands in Somerset County, Maine. The surface lies 1,207 feet up. It covers about 14 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Somerset County standards. You are 25 miles from Kingfield. Sherbrooke sits 89 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Upper Kilgore Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. 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. Records held for Somerset County cover Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and rainbow trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Work Upper Kilgore Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 64°F and January near 11°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. From about late April to around early December, expect open water on the long-run figures. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Expect Upper Kilgore Pond to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. The nearest alternative is Kilgore Pond, 0.6 miles out. Confirm before you fish Upper Kilgore Pond.