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Great Pond is a public lake in Kennebec County, Hancock County and Cumberland County, Maine, managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. It is public water managed for fishing by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Public access confirmed via VT F&W fishing access area.
One of the Belgrade Lakes (Great Pond, Long Pond, Messalonskee) — warmer, more fertile central-Maine lakes with largemouth and smallmouth bass, yellow and white perch, black crappie and a stocked brown trout fishery.
Great Pond covers about 12,101 acres in the Central Maine region. Anglers here mostly fish for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, white perch; black crappie, brown trout are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Salmon Lake and Messalonskee Lake.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, MEIFW trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: Many Maine waters close to fishing from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise unless otherwise posted — always check the current Maine IF&W open water and ice fishing regulations for this specific water.
Boats: Moosehead, Sebago and the big lakes take full-size boats with developed launches; many North Woods ponds are fly-fishing-only or restricted to hand-carry access. Maine requires boater education for personal watercraft operators.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Maine state parks (several on Sebago, Moosehead and the Rangeley Lakes) and in the North Maine Woods private-land recreation network (day-use/camping fee applies on those roads).
Tackle: Maine's fishing regulations are highly water-specific — general law sets a 5-trout/salmon combined limit and a 25-bass limit on most waters, but hundreds of lakes and rivers carry special rules (fly-fishing-only, artificial lures only, reduced limits). Always check the current Maine IF&W law book for this specific water.
Boat ramps: 3 mapped — Long Pond Boat Ramp, Put-in, Great Pond Launch.
Camping: 3 sites mapped nearby — Campsite, Campsite, BSA Camp Bomazeen.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16 or older needs a Maine fishing licence — the resident annual is about $27, the non-resident annual about $69, with non-resident 1-day (~$14) and 3-day (~$45) licences also sold. Maine residents 70 and older need no licence, and anyone under 16 fishes free. Buy from Maine IF&W at maine.gov/ifw. A Maine fishing licence covers this water — it has a Maine GeoLibrary-listed public boat launch.
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