Some of the best times I have had is when there is a place that almost never to be reached for fishing.
One location is Hobbs Pond in Wells, Maine. This spot is readily accessible to a lot of people but almost no one ever brings gear to fish. When they do they will find as I have that the fish are rather limited on what they like to strike. I wont give away all the tricks but one thing I use is spoons. A simple $5 pack of spoons from Walmart is what I use. Depending on the time of season and the water level you are more of less likely to find these fish: Northern Chain Pickerel, Bass, Crappie, Brook Trout. The best secret of the pond is the far stretch that can only be accessed by a kayak. I have tried a canoe before and got stuck because of the rapidly changing depth of the water. Once you get past the launching area you will need a bigger boat to hold the amount of fish you will catch.
Another location that was recently mentioned to me was a small pond, more like a water collection area, on the top of a mountain in Wymann, Maine. This pond is one of the most hard fought ones I have been too. If you look it up you will find that the pond is at an elevation of 3142 ft above sea level. Thus it takes some time to get their. Also located on one of the toughest sections of the Appalachian Trail this hike is well worth it. There is a Appalachian Trail volunteer who stays up there for 5 months of the year, they also make sure that all the hiking and other traffic is in a nice manner in regard to the care of the environment. When I hiked to the pond we, my dad and I, were not prepared in regard to the packs we had. I used a day pack and my dad used my old backpack. We hiked up on a Saturday morning and left Sunday morning. My pack weighed 45 lbs and had all my fishing gear and back up clothing also a rubber raft. My dad had all his gear and food. Both of us are in good shape, and it took us 4 hours to hike the trail which was starting at an elevation of 1883 ft then went to 3142 ft. The fishing was well worth it. We were able to catch a lot of brook trout. It would be worth it to take a week to fish here as there is a couple more ponds near enough that it would be worth the time.
