Did you know there are 2200 lakes in Maine?  I can’t even find the number of ponds…and then there are the rivers and streams…Bucksport and Orland are two towns about 15 minutes North East of Searsport Shores Campground.  A quick Google search found 11 ponds for you with public access for fishing and swimming…take a look…

Bucksport Lakes & Ponds

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Information contained herein obtained from “The Enterprise” Source Book 1997-98

Brewer Lake- (also Orrington, Holden); boat launch, Lake Rd. Orrington.

Hancock Pond- 59 acres; 25 ft max depth; hand carry, off Rte. 46. Brook trout, pickerel, smelt.

Long Pond- 222 acres; 29 feet. max depth; hand carry, Lower Long Pond Rd. Brook trout, smallmouth bass, white perch, salmon, pickerel.

Silver Lake– 630 acres; 33 ft. max depth; public boat launch, Silver Lake Rd. Smallmouth bass, white perch, pickerel.

Thurston Pond- 141 acres; 25 ft. max depth; hand carry, off King’s Mtn. Rd., Orrington. White perch.

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Orland Lakes, Ponds and Rivers

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Information contained herein obtained from “The Enterprise” Source Book 1997-98

Alamoosook Lake and Dead River- 1,133 acres, 28 ft. max depth; public boat launch at Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery, E. Orland. Brook and brown trout, smallmouth bass, white perch, salmon, pickerel.

Craig Pond-218 acres; 69 ft. max depth; public access, Craig Pond Trail, off Hatchery Rd., East Orland. Foot traffic only Memorial Day to Labor Day. Brook trout, salmon, togue, smelt.

Hothole Pond- Hand-carry access via Moosehorn Stream only. Many beaver dams.

Narramissic (Orland) River- is fresh water from Alamoosook dam to Orland Village dam. Access is Orland Village, behind sewer pump house. To get to saltwater in Orland Village turn east from Rte. 1 onto the River Rd. through the Village, then straight across Rte. 175, and straight to the end of Fish Point.

Toddy Pond– (also Surry, Penobscot, Blue Hill); 1,987 acres; 122 ft. max depth; public boat launch, Rte. 1, E. Orland. Brown and brook trout, smallmouth bass, white perch, salmon, togue, smelt.

Upper Patten Pond (also Surrey, Ellsworth); 361 acres; 32 ft. max depth; hand carry off Rte. 1, Surry. Brook and brown trout, white perch, salmon, smelt.

Fishing licenses you ask?

In Maine everyone over the age of 12 needs a license for freshwater fishing (not salt water).  They’re easy to get at the Searsport Town Office…a 15 day license is $47 (only about $3/day), a 7 day license is $43, a 3 day license is $23 and a single day out with a fishing pole in a pond or lake of your choice is $11.