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LAKE T3 R14, T3 R15, TX R14, and East Middlesex Canal Grant, Piscataquis Co. D.S.C.S. North East Carry and Ragged Lake, Me.

Salmon Brook (squaretail) (togue) White Common shiner Colden shiner Hornpout (bullhead) Fallfish (chub) Smelt Cusk Lake whitefish

Physical Characteristics

Area - 3,475 acres Temperatures Surface - 67° F. Maximum depth - 106 feet 90 feet - 49° F.

Suggested Management

The view of nearby mountains and white sand beaches makes Lobster Lake one of the most beautiful lakes in Maine . .Water quality conditions are excellent for coldwater fishes, and the lake should be managed for its existing popula• tions of and togue. It is unfortunate that yellow perch, white perch, and other fishes are present; otherwise, the lake could produce good . An unusual situation exists at Lobster Lake. When a large volume of water is flowing down the West Branch of the Penobscot River, the flow of Lobster Stream is reversed, so that the natu~al outlet becomes an inlet. When the water level is low in the river, water discharges from the lake outlet in a nonnal manner. Suitable spawning facilities are available for togue repro• duction, and good spawning and·nursery areas are found in the tributaries for salmon reproduction. These inlets should be kept unobstructed to migrations. No stocking of hatchery Surveyed - July, 1958 fish is necessary at the present time. Maine Department of Inland and Game 16 II 15 4426 60 20 II 1416 12 1313 4 2522.1835564126592733302627~2162~85~72007V:J6~64653020706755~7 22 23 Il12 268 24222~0 48~22916 17 20 6 4 2 5 402017 2 19 27 ~2

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LOBSTER LAKE

T3 R14. T3 RI5, TX R14. AND EAST MIDDLESEX

CANAL GRAN"!; PISCATAQUIS CO., MAINE

AREA 34~ ACRES

o• 231..J67 TENTHS OF MILE