Stealth Pays Fishing
When fly fishing in a stream or river, try to get as close as possible to a rising trout before casting. A shorter cast is a more accurate cast, …
Category: Fishing
Brook Trout Fishing
Maine has more brook trout waters than any other state. Salvelinus fontinalis, or brook trout, are fish of cold, well-oxygenated waters. Because so much of Maine is rural, and …
Striped Bass Fishing
Striped bass, Morone saxatilis, have made a dramatic comeback off Maine’s rugged, 3,500-mile-long coast. Special regulations, in the form of a 36-inch minimum length limit, a virtual catch-and-release, artificials-only …
Shadow Warning Fishing
When fishing a stream or brook, always keep the sun to your face, even if that means crossing the stream and fishing on the brush-filled side. If the sun …
Little Ossippee River
Key Species: brown trout, brook trout, landlocked salmon Best Way to Fish: wading Best Time to Fish: May and June MAG: 2, A-2 After reading the above at-a-glance information, …
Beaver Flowages Fishing
Beavers are ubiquitous in Maine. Though sometimes cursed by landowners, the busy rodents are responsible for creating some fantastic, albeit shortlived brook trout fishing. When beavers dam a stream …
Vibrations and Noise Fishing
Despite what you might have heard, you can talk as loud as you want when fishing. You could hold a hog-calling contest on the banks of a pond and …
Warmer Water
If you go trout fishing in a brook or stream in the early season, try to get out as early as possible. Snowmelt, which occurs when the sun gets …