Posted by Wayne G. Barber & Photos by Wayne G. Barber
First Roach Pond
| First Roach Pond | |
|---|---|
| Location | Piscataquis County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 45°39′N 69°23′W[5] |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 6.5 mi (10.5 km)[2] |
| Max. width | 1.1 mi (1.8 km)[2] |
| Surface area | 3,320 acres (1,340 ha)[6] |
| Max. depth | 123 feet (37 m)[7] |
| Water volume | 176,410 acre⋅ft (217,600,000 m3)[6] |
| Surface elevation | 1,227 ft (374 m)[5] |
First Roach Pond is the largest of the Roach Ponds and extends across the north part of Frenchtown Township. Roach River enters the north side of the pond 2 miles (3.2 km) downstream of Second Roach Pond, and overflows a dam at the west end of First Roach Pond 6 miles (9.7 km) upstream of Moosehead Lake. Spawning tributaries Inlet Brook enters the east end of the pond, and Lagoon Brook enters the south shore of the pond near the dam. The pond offers good habitat for lake trout and land-locked Atlantic salmon. Lake whitefish disappeared from the pond in the 1970s, and brook trout populations have been declining since yellow perch became established in the 1990s. The outlet dam is intended to provide a barrier against migration of white perch and smallmouth bass from Moosehead Lake Water level was low today. Fred Spink caught his first Salmon right here a few years back.
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