Seal Cove Pond fishing: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel

Target species: Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch

The lake

Seal Cove Pond covers 258 acres in Maine, across Hancock County. It is a lake: 90.2% of it is 27 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 44 feet (13.4 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

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Stocking: 2,475 fish, 2010–2025

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife records list 2,475 fish released into this water from 2010 to 2025.

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  • Brown Trout: 2,475 in 2010–2025

Depth: down to 44 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 44 ft (13.4 m). 90.2% of the water is 27 feet or shallower. We hold 31 depth contours for this water, drawn from 47 soundings.

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  • 0–3 ft: 26.8% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 17.5% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 8.7% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 3% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 2.5% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 0.6% of the water

4 target fish, led by Atlantic Salmon

  • Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Chain Pickerel — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 58°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.6. These readings span 2016–2018. The latest reading is from 2018, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.

Where this data comes from

  • Maine DEP — Maine DEP: depth soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.