Brettun's Pond Fishing Spot

• County: Androscoggin
• Acreage: 165
• Mean Depth: 18'
• Max Depth: 42'
• Website: http://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/lakesurvey_maps/androscoggin/brettuns_pond.pdf
• Last Modified By: carpmaster on 02/19/10 08:00 PM
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Brettun's Pond is located in the Town of Livermore, Maine, at the intersection of Route 4 and Route 108. The pond is fed by several springs and two streams. Brettun's Pond is known to hold smallmouth bass, brown trout, brook trout, hornpout, perch, and pickerel. Trolling, casting artificial lures, flyfishing, and bait fishing are all popular on the pond. Ice fishing season begins January 1st each year. Open water fishing begins on April 1, if you can find open water. less, Brettun's is suitable to most trailerable watercraft. Boats often seen on the pond range from canoes to ski boats, and there are several wind-powered craft out on the pond when the weather is favorable. Brettun's Pond has a public boat ramp located on Route 4 near the pond's outlet. There is no dock, and the ramp is best suited to small craft. A small public beach is located on Route 4 at the boat ramp area.

Brettun's Pond is a headwater pond to Martin
Stream, a major tributary to the Nezinscot River. The
pond's shoreline is heavily developed with permanent and
seasonal homes. Access to Brettun's Pond is via an
unimproved boat launch located just off State Route 4 near
the outlet.
Brettun's Pond is managed for both coldwater and
Ivarmwater sportfish. Historically, management of brown
trout was emphasized, but more recently with the
expansion of the hatchery system, brook trout are now stocked annually. Brown trout are better suited to compete
with the warmwater species, and to survive with the water
quality that exists at the pond. Brook trout are not expected
to survive through the hot summer months, but annually
stoekings can provide a very attractive seasonal fishery.
Fisheries popular with the warmwater angler
include smallmouth bass, white perch, and chain pickerel.
In 1987, the Department received complaints regarding the
declining population of smallmouth bass in Brettun's Pond.
Subsequent surveys by Fishery Division biologists showed
that habitat for young smallmouth bass is poor and
consequently their survival may be quite low. Bass
numbers in the pond probably declined as fishing pressure
and removal of older bass increased. In 1990, 175 adult
smallmouth bass were stocked into Brettun's Pond to
bolster the population. Surveys the following two years
revealed no significant increase in' recruitment of young
bass resulted from the stocking.