Passagassawaukeag River
Key Species: brook trout, brown trout Best Way to Fish: shore, wading Best Time to Fish: April through June MAG: 14, A-4 Description: This easily accessible river is often …
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Maine’s Game Fish Bluefish
Bluefish, Pomatomus salatrix, sometimes invade the Maine coast in vast numbers, with individual specimens occasionally reaching the Canadian Maritimes, the extreme northern range for the species. The bluefish run …
Atlantic Mackerel Fishing
Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus, are an important food and sport fish in Maine. Mackerel are pelagic, or fish of the midwater. They spend the winter on the Middle Atlantic …
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 …
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 …
Brown Trout Fishing
Brown trout, Salmo trutta, are not new to Maine waters, but until about 25 years ago, few Maine anglers knew how to catch them and even fewer cared to …