Whetstone Pond, Maine: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Whetstone Pond is set in Piscataquis County, Maine. This is mixed forest ground. This is sizeable water at about 256 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. A shoreline of some 3.0 miles keeps the choices simple. It ranks high for size among our Piscataquis County listings. Sangerville lies 10 miles from the water. Dover-Foxcroft is 16 miles and Greenville 17 miles. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Whetstone Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brook trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Whetstone Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 13°F in January up to 66°F in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Whetstone Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Piper Pond, 1.8 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Whetstone Pond in what we hold.