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General Information APRIL 1-SEPTEMBER 30: FRESHWATER SEASON BROOK TROUT: Early season favorites. They bite the best April-June and again in Late August -September. BROWN TROUT: Bushwacking the Maine woods or abundant in many lakes and ponds due to the states stocking program. Surface feeders at dusk. TOGUE ( Lake Trout ): Deep rigging in the early morning on Sebago Lake or on other great Maine Lakes. LANDLOCKED SALMON: MAINE'S FAVORITE !! Salmon have long been Maine's prize freshwater sportfish. Find out the hidden hotspots. Surface trolling, deep rigging or FLYFISHING. SMALLMOUTH AND LARGEMOUTH BASS: Abundant in lakes and ponds throughout Maine. PICKEREL: A great fight. YELLOW or WHITE PERCH, WHITEFISH, SMELT, SUNFISH and OTHER SPECIES: Always great fun for the kids. SURFCASTING ADVENTURES : STRIPED BASS: New Striped Bass Rules : April 1 -Dec 31 . Hook and Line only-no gaffs limit one fish- between 20-26 inches or 40 inches or longer. Exception: Kennebec River, Sheepscot River and Androscoggin Rivers May 1-Dec 31 catch and release until June 30. BLUEFISH: Mid to late summer they hit hard. You ain't seen nothing til you hit a school of blues. They are truely the pit bull of the fish world. New limit 3 fish MACKEREL: Pier and breakwater favorites. MENHADEN, SHAD, SKATES, HALIBUT, COD & other species are also occaisionally taken. CANOE TRIPS : Inquire about canoe trips. There are many beautiful waterways to explore. Full day or half day trips. Small groups or one on one Nothing is quite like traveling Maine's first highways FOR FISHING REGULATIONS : Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife FOR FISHING LICENSES INFO: FISHING LICENSE WEATHER AND TIDE INFORMATION : IT'S SAID WE ONLY HAVE TWO SEASONS IN MAINE: WINTER AND FOURTH OF JULY. WEATHER FOR PORTLAND, MAINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE FORECAST TIDE INFORMATION MARINE OBSERVATIONS
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