Witch Hole Pond near Bar Harbor: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Witch Hole Pond is one of the Hancock County waters in Maine. The sea is 0.4 miles distant. This is a pocket water of some 24 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is low-lying compared with other Maine water we list. The closest town, Bar Harbor, is 2.1 miles distant. Trenton lies 6.8 miles off, Sullivan another 8.6 miles. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Witch Hole Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across Hancock County: Atlantic salmon, brown trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and blueback herring. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Witch Hole Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 20°F in January to roughly 67°F in July. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Averages suggest open water from about early April through to roughly mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That is the shape of the year on Witch Hole Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. A jetty or pier is mapped about half a mile from here. There are toilets half a mile off. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Beaver Ponds is 0.9 miles distant. Treat access at Witch Hole Pond as something to verify.