Ice Fishing

Ice fishing in the Region is an extremely popular sport. Our lakes, Big Wood Lake, Little Big Wood, Holeb Pond, Long Pond, and Spencer Lake, are usually thick enough to travel on by season open (January 1st) and stay frozen well into March. Please always check with locals about the safety of the ice!!

Many lodging camps along the lake offer ice shack rentals to keep you safe from the elements. Big Wood Lake becomes its village dotted with ice shacks, with smoke curling from the stove pipes.

Please contact the Maine Dept. Of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife before you arrive for more information on seasons, legal fishing methods, licensing, and regulations.