Upper McNally Pond Fishing Guide, Aroostook County, Maine

• Overview

  The Aroostook County end of Maine holds Upper McNally Pond. The setting is lake country bush on every side. At about 113 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Bank access stretches around 2.3 miles in total. Head to Saint-Pamphile, 43 miles away, for anything you forgot. The nearest city of size is Lévis, 103 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Upper McNally Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt, brook trout and lake whitefish. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Take Upper McNally Pond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 7°F to 63°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Upper McNally Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Horseshoe Pond sits 2.3 miles off and takes the overflow. For Upper McNally Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.