Mattanawcook Pond is a reservoir in Maine, near Penobscot County.
Mattanawcook Pond is a pond in Penobscot County, Maine and covers about 830 acres, with a deepest recorded spot of 22 feet, and the recorded storage amount is about 2,363 acre-feet.
Mattanawcook Pond has an old channel, incoming water and quiet coves, and small water-level changes can move fish from the bank to the first drop.
Fish reported from Mattanawcook Pond include black crappie, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, white perch, and yellow perch.
For bass in Mattanawcook, use a tube, Ned rig or small crankbait on rock for smallmouth, and fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish in Mattanawcook, use a small jig or live minnow beside brush for black crappie, and use a worm or tiny jig near weeds and shade for pumpkinseed, and fish a small jig, minnow or worm close to the bottom for yellow perch.
For pike, pickerel or muskellunge in Mattanawcook, throw a small spoon or flashy swimbait along weeds for chain pickerel.
For brown bullheads in Mattanawcook, put a nightcrawler or small piece of cut bait on the bottom in quiet water, especially after sunset.
For deep-water fish in Mattanawcook, use a small jig, minnow or worm when white perch gather over deep flats and drop-offs.
Spring on Mattanawcook is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is a good time to fish shade, weeds and the first drop into deeper water. Fall on Mattanawcook can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Mattanawcook, check incoming water, one bend in the old channel and a point near deep water with a moving lure, then slow down with a jig or worm where you get a bite.
A medium spinning rod with 8- to 10-pound line handles most jigs, worms and small lures at Mattanawcook, while a medium-heavy rod is better for bass jigs and heavier bottom rigs.
On Mattanawcook, pick one cove and the closest point or drop into deep water, then fish that small area well before making a long move.
Not every trip. A better place on Mattanawcook is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
On Mattanawcook, it shows that a lot of the water sits away from the bank and around the old channel or deep end.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.