Fishing for brook trout on Pleasant Pond in Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (October 11, 2025)

 

View of the boat launch at the southern tip of Pleasant Pond with the small cement dam on the right.

 

Pleasant Pond is a 192-acre body of water located in Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine (see The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer map 11 C5). The public access point is a hard boat launch which is not shown in my 2019 Gazetteer. This launch is located by a small cement dam and the outlet at the southern tip of the pond, right off Pleasant Pond Road. Parking is limited to a few vehicles. Beware not to park in front of the hard suction hose that gives firefighters access to lake water in case of a fire emergency.

 

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