Quill Pond

Type
Lake or reservoir, Maine (East)
Designation
Catch and release · Fly-fishing only
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
2 nearby
Shops
2 nearby

Today on Quill Pond

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Quill Pond is a lake or reservoir in Maine, listed as Catch and release by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW).

More about Quill Pond

2 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Rangeley Lakes.

Updated · Sources: Special Fishing Laws — all trout, salmon and togue released (S-7) waters

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Quill Pond is a lake or reservoir in Maine. Our destination hub Rangeley Lakes is 7 mi away in a straight line.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Quill Pond or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Quill Pond

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Quill Pond on the map

About this

Shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Quill Pond: gauges, shops and guides

Map of Quill Pond, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Restrooms near Quill Pond

Restrooms near Quill Pond

Restrooms within 2 miles of Quill Pond in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Quill Pond

  • Rangeley Lake with a small wooded island under grey clouds, beyond early autumn treesLake or reservoir
    Photo credit

    Rangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Rangeley Lake

    Maine · about 10 mi

    Brook trout & atlantic salmon

  • Sepia print of Kennebago Lake with birch trees and a stump on the near shore and low mountains across the waterFly-fishing only
    Photo credit

    Kennebago Lake, Maine, which the Kennebago River passes at its western end, in a print from about 1875–1880. Photo: Rijksmuseum, CC0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons

    Kennebago River

    Maine · about 13 mi

    Brook trout & atlantic salmon

  • Mooselookmeguntic Lake from a marina dock at Oquossoc, with boats and distant hillsLake or reservoir
    Photo credit

    Mooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Mooselookmeguntic Lake

    Maine · about 16 mi

    Brook trout & atlantic salmon

  • Whitewater on the Magalloway River below Aziscohos Dam, in a faded 1973 colour photographCatch and release
    Photo credit

    The Magalloway River below Aziscohos Dam, western Maine (June 1973). Photo: Charles Steinhacker / EPA DOCUMERICA, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons

    Magalloway River

    Maine · about 23 mi

    Brook trout & atlantic salmon

  • Lake Jocassee's calm water with wooded mountains on the far shoreCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Mountain Pond
    Photo credit

    Lake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mountain Pond.

    Mountain Pond

    Maine · about 11 mi

  • The sun setting over the open water of Lake MoultrieHeritage Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Beaver Pond
    Photo credit

    Sunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Beaver Pond.

    Beaver Pond

    Maine · about 22 mi

    Brook trout

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

2 official designations

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
6.42 acres
Watershed
Dead River

Guides and shops near Quill Pond

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

  • Grant's Kennebago Camps

    Rangeley, ME · 5 mi

    Lake & stillwater · Beginners & lessons · Kennebago River

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

  • Kennebec River Angler

    Caratunk, ME · 30 mi

    Float trips · Drift boat · Kennebec & West Branch Penobscot

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

2 shops nearby

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

What 2 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 2 nearby guide websites

  • Brook trout2
  • Brown trout2
  • Salmon2
  • Rainbow trout1
  • Smallmouth bass1
How we put this together

Named by guides nearby (within 40 miles), counted from the species each guide lists on its own site. No agency page we hold lists species for this water.

Rangeley Lakes

About this

Rangeley sits between Rangeley Lake and Mooselookmeguntic Lake in western Maine, with the Kennebago, Magalloway and Rapid rivers draining the same chain of lakes.

Destination hub · 7 mi away in a straight line

Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on stillwater

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Quill Pond.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 7 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Quill Pond” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.