On Jan 16, 9:42*pm, "rb608" wrote:
So if I'm fishing for smallies in a northern Maine pond of about 400 acres
in July,

Thanks to all for the tips thus far. I'll add some info. I'll be in
the Moosehead Lake area specifically, Prong Pond. I'll have a stable
kayak at my disposal (Old Town 160T), and I'll be less than a 30
minute paddle from either end of the pond, so I can go anywhere.

I've been there before sans rod, and I know there are lots of
shallower marshy areas as well as deeper spots where glaciers have
dropped huge boulders on the bottom (those are reall cool looking in
the clear water of the pond where they rise up off the bottom to just
below the surface.)

Joe F.