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1-1-1975 Maine Open Water Fishing Laws Summary, 1975 Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game

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Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game 284 State Street, Augusta, Maine 04330 0££K) auie^M 'e+snSny '+994S 9+p+S VQZ FISHING LICENSES Commissioner of Indian Affairs stating that the person described is an awe0 pue sauaijsij pupguj jo juauupiedaQ auip^Aj Indian and a member of that tribe. For this purpose, an Indian shall RESIDENT NONRESIDENT be any member on tribal lists of the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy 16 years and older . . $ 6.50 Season: age 16 and older $15.50 Tribes, or a person on the membership list of the Association of Combination ...... 10.50 12-15 years inclusive .. . 2.50 Aroostook Indians and who has resided in Maine for at least 5 years. ‘ 3-day . ’ 6.50 15-day* “ ...... 10.50 “ Leave or furlough . . . 2.50 7-day ...... 7.50 3-day ...... 6.50 FIRE PERMITS * May be exchanged for resident fishing license only, on payment of clerk’s fee. Using fire outdoors often requires a permit. Check with town fire ** Combination hunting and fishing license for Maine residents in wardens in organized towns and with forest rangers in unorganized U.S. armed forces, stationed outside Maine; valid for all furloughs territory. or leaves during year of issue. Sold by town clerks in town of residence. “ ‘ This is the only nonresident license that is exchangeable; for $5.50, it may be exchanged for a season license. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS The possession of fishing tackle in the'Tields, forests, or on the waters or ice of the state by any person without license is prima facie evidence FISHING TACKLE: It is illegal to fish with anything other than single- of fishing in violation of law. baited hook and line, artificial flies, artificial lures, or spinners. It is GUIDE LICENSES: Resident, $25.00; Nonresident, $100.00; both these illegal to fish with more than two lines at the same time. licenses permit fishing and hunting. Guides who use motorboats must PROHIBITED IN TAKING FISH: Explosive, poisonous, or stupefying have a motorboat operator’s license. substances; fish spawn, grapnel, spear (see SUCKERS, below), spear RESIDENCY DEFINITIONS: Resident: A citizen of the United States gun, trawl, weir, gaff, seine, gill net, trap, or set lines; electronic, sonic, who is domiciled in Maine with intention to reside here and who has or battery powered devices. It is illegal to use or have in possession resided in Maine during the 3 months next prior to the date of appli­ a gill net on any inland waters. cation for license. It is the applicant’s responsibility to submit proof JIGGING: It is illegal to jig any fish in inland waters or any salmon in of residency. tidal rivers. Jigging means the use of any fishing tackle or device in Nonresident: A person not coming within the definition of resident, an attempt to snag or snare fish. On Atlantic salmon in coastal rivers, above. jigging means fishing with hook or hooks so as to pierce and hook a Aliens: All aliens are classified as nonresidents. Any alien who has fish in any part of the body other than the mouth. resided in Maine continuously for 1 year and in addition is assessed ADVANCE BAITING: It is illegal to deposit meat, bones, dead fish, or and pays taxes on real estate in the municipality in which he resides, parts of the same, or other food for fish in any inland waters for the or any alien who has resided in Maine continuously for 5 years, may purpose of luring fish. Xjeoiuing purchase a resident license. INLAND WATERS: All waters within the state above the rise and fall REPLACEMENT: A duplicate for a lost or destroyed resident license of tide. is obtained from the clerk who issued the original license. Duplicate TRIBUTARY: A brook or stream flowing directly or indirectly into a s m p i 6u iq sj-| licenses for nonresidents are issued by the Fish and Game Dept., lake, pond, or another stream. A lake or (over 10 acres) J 9 4 P M u e d Q Augusta office. Fee: $1. is not considered to mean tributary. The tributary to a great pond is ARMED FORCES: Persons in the following categories may obtain a not considered a tributary to the outlet of that great pond. resident license to hunt or fish, subject to conditions stated: WATER THOROUGHFARE: A waterway, without flowage, connecting a u i e w Member of armed forces of United States, spouse, and children at 2 bodies of water. least 16 years of age. Must be stationed at or attached to some mili­ PONDS FORMED BY BROOKS, STREAMS, AND RIVERS: A pond 10 tary base in Maine and have certification proving same from base acres or less, formed on a brook, stream, or river is governed by the commander. same fishing law that applies to the waterway on which it is situated, Member of armed forces of Canada. Must be stationed at some whether the pond is natural or artificial. military base in Maine and have certification proving same from base THOROUGHFARES AND BOGS: The general laws governing lakes OCCfrO auiew ‘eisn6nv commander. and ponds also apply to thoroughfares and bogs. J38JIS a m s M3 Civilian employee and immediate family. Must have resided on some SMELTS: Above tide waters, smelts may be taken with a dip net aujzeBew aiueo pue ameyg military base in Maine for at least 3 months prior to application and except in waters prohibited by rule and regulation of the commis­ O >jsaQ ‘uojpas uogeinojjQ have certification proving same from base commander. sioner. Daily limit 4 quarts. Licenses are issued under this section by the clerk of the town SALE OF CERTAIN FISH PROHIBITED: It is illegal to sell or buy, :oj puas pue ‘Aiajaidiuoo uodnoo where the military base is situated. directly or indirectly, any landlocked salmon, trout, togue, black bass, u[ |||4 ‘aujeiAi 40 e ;e 4S ‘jajnseajj. 04 aiqeAed japjo Aauoiu jo >paqo white perch, or pickerel except that pickerel may be sold in Washing­ BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ CAMPS, to fish in lake or pond adjacent to camp: a>jey\j 'asea|d ‘sdiue4s puas 40U ton County. aaoo diz 31 vis a blanket license (children not over 16 years of age) oq pajueM uogduosqns aieojpui SUCKERS: Between April 1 and June 30, persons licensed or other­ an enrollment of less than 50 campers $30.00 wise entitled to fish may take suckers by hand spear in all rivers, an enrollment of not less than 50 and not more than ssaaaav aoiddo isod 75 campers 50.00 brooks, and streams which are open to fishing. TRANSPORTATION OF FISH: Neither heads nor tails may be removed an enrollment of more than 75 campers 75.00 from salmon, trout, togue, or black bass (unless the fish are being CAMP TRIP LEADER’S PERMIT (for resident camps) 5.00 prepared for cooking) unless the dressed length is equal to or greater uaaiAinN xoa ao ainoa ao laaais (for nonresident camps) 10.00 than the legal length. LICENSE NOT REQUIRED: Persons in the following categories may Any fisherman may transport legally caught fish to his home, provid­ fish without a license: ing they remain in his possession. One day’s bag limit of legally 3WVN 1SV3 snvuiNi Landowners: Any Maine resident or members of his immediate caught fish may be shipped home by way of a common carrier once family may fish on land where they are domiciled and which is used every 10 days by purchasing a $1.25 transportation tag. Fish taken exclusively for agricultural purposes. from , , Cupsuptic Lake, and Children: Maine residents under 16 years of age and nonresidents Upper and Lower shall be limited to one shipment 'saBe ||e 40 sjaqjo pue sjajs6unoA 04 4nq ueiusjoop under 12. in any one calendar year. -4no aq4 04 A|uo 40U — 4saja4U| Buqsei 40 sapqje Patients at Veterans Administration Center: In-patients at the Vet­ Trout, salmon, togue, and black bass kept in any sporting camp, 6u|U!B4uoo 'pa4BJ4sn||! ||3M ‘amzeBeiu A|J84Jenb y erans Administration Hospital at Togus may fish without a license hotel, or public lodging place must have name and address of person within a 25-mile radius of Togus. Patients not under the direct super­ catching same attached thereto. vision of a hospital representative must have a valid pass from the VA CLOSED SEASON: During the period of the respective closed season, 3WV9 q n v Hsu 3Nivw o i m o n sanosans Hospital. it is unlawful for any person to fish for, take, catch, kill, or have in Patients and inmates of state institutions: Supervised groups from possession any fish of any kind from such closed waters. any state institution under control of the Department of Mental Health FLY: FLY means a single-pointed hook dressed with feathers, hair, and Corrections may fish without a license within a 25-mile radius of thread, tinsel, or any similar material to which no additional weights, the institution of which the patients or inmates are residents. hook, spinner, spoon, or similar device is added. : To cast upon water and retrieve in the usual and or­ COMPLIMENTARY FISHING LICENSES: Persons in the following dinary manner, an unbaited, unweighted, attached to a categories are entitled to free licenses upon application to the Augusta line to which no extra weight has been added. Except as otherwise office of the Fish and Game Dept. provided, it shall be unlawful to troll a fly in waters restricted to fly Maine residents over 70 years of age: Application must be accom­ fishing only. panied by birth certificate or other certified evidence of birth date and FFO: Abbreviation used frequently to designate waters restricted to fly residency. fishing only. . . . . Maine residents who are blind: Application must be accompanied NLFAB: Abbreviation used frequently to designate waters in which the by certified evidence that applicant is blind (details available from use or possession of live fish as bait is prohibited. 0E£K> 9U|B|ai ‘B4sn6ny Augusta office or any warden). FISH IMPORTATION: No person shall import any live fresh-water fish 433J4S 34B4S WZ Indians: Free fishing, hunting, and trapping license is issued to any or eggs into Maine without written permission of the commissioner. aiueo pue sauaqsy Indian over the age of 10 of the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet (A full copy of Maine’s fish importation law is available from the Fish pue|U| 40 qdaa emeiAi or Micmac Tribes, providing the Indian presents a certificate from the and Game Dept.) IUOJJ

Waters with special fishing and boating regulations

Fishing regulations are subject to annual changes. Familiarize your­ on salmon, 12 inches. General law bag and possession limit is 12 — Perch Pond and tributary, T.15,R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens self with the current regulations. When any variance occurs between salmon, trout, togue, or black bass — singly or in the aggregate. The last Saturday of April. the general laws and the following regulations, this summary super­ 7V2 pound provision applies. See also Border Waters with New Brunswick. Pleasant Lake, Island Falls and T.4,R.3. Use of 3 single pointed hooks sedes. on one line for smelt fishing only, said hooks to be not less than 4 NOTE: Two abbreviations appear frequently^ Allagash Wilderness Waterway. No restriction on watercraft or motor size inches apart; tributaries closed to the taking of smelts. Legal length NLFAB = “The use or possession of live fish as bait is pro­ from south end of Telos Lake to north end of Chamberlain Lake. From on salmon, 14 inches. hibited." FFO = “Fly fishing only.” Lock Dam north, only canoes with or without motors may be used; no Portage Lake, T.13.R.6, W.E.L.S. No person shall operate any boat or The waters listed herein are those on which there are special regu­ motors over 10 horsepower. On Allagash Lake and Allagash Stream to canoe propelled by motor on that portion of Portage Lake known as lations. All waters not listed herein are open to fishing under the the railroad trestle at Chamberlain Lake, only canoes without motors the Floating Island Area, north and westerly of a line beginning at general laws. Special regulations mean that the water listed differs from may be used. the eastern edge of the marshy peninsula running out from Hutchin­ the general law in the manner noted. thoroughfare between Long Lake and Umsaskis Lake, son Ridge, running 50 yards outside of the floating islands in a In all cases wherein the daily bag limit differs from the general law, T.11,R.13. Daily limit 2 fish from April 1 to June 15 in area marked northerly direction to the mouth of Mosquito Brook. the limit of fish which may be legally taken by any one person in any by red posts. Pushineer Pond, T.15,R.9. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. one day is stated herein, either in numbers of fish or pounds. Black Lake and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Ft. Kent. Daily Robbins Brook Pond. T.12,R.10. Open to fishing with artificial flies “Closed” means closed to all fishing. All dates are inclusive. limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Lake open to fishing June 1 to September 30. only. Daily limit 5 fish. Waters with names like “Third Mud Pond” will be listed as “Mud No motorboats over 6 horsepower allowed. Rockabema Lake, Moro Plantation. Daily bag limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Pond, Third,” etc. Black Lake, T.15,R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Silver Lake, T.15,R.5. Daily limit 5 trout. Daily Limit: The maximum limit, in number or amount of fish, which St. Froid Lake and tributaries, T.14.R.6; T.14.R.7; and Winterville. may lawfully be taken by any one person during one day. Where Black Ponds, Two, Little, T.15,R.9. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Blake Lake, T.16.R.6. NLFAB. Closed to the taking of smelts except by hook and line. county lines divide a body of water, the more liberal bag limit shall Stink Pond, T.15,R.9. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. apply. Bran Lake, St. Francis. NLFAB. Possession Limit: Whenever any waters have a special bag limit, Carry Lake, Littleton Twp. Opens May 1. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Timoney Lake and tributaries, Oakfield and Smyrna. Daily limit 5 fish. no person shall have in his possession more than 1 day’s bag limit Chase Lake, First, T.14,R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. Fishing with artificial NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. taken from those waters. lures or worms only. Trafton Lake and tributaries, Limestone. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Crater Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, T.15.R.9. NLFAB. Two Mile Pond, T.16.R.14; T.16.R.13. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Daily bag limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. Upper Pond, T.15,R.9. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Cross Lake and Mud Lake thoroughfare, T.17.R.5. Closed to the taking Weeks Pond, T.11,R.8. NLFAB. of smelts from Mud Lake down to Cross Lake, as marked by red posts. Daigle ponds (2 ) and tributaries, New Canada Pit. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Deboullie Lake, T.15.R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Deep Lake, Littleton. Opens May 1. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Denny Pond, T.15,R.9. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Eagle Lake and tributaries, T.16.R.5; T.16.R.6; Eagle Lake, and Walla- See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: grass. Closed to the taking of smelts except by hook and line. Auburn Lake. Closed to all fishing is the area of approximately 340 and tributaries, Presque Isle. Daily bag limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Adams Pond, Bridgton. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens the last acres beginning at the post set in the ground on the shore of Lake Opens last Saturday of April. Saturday of April. Auburn about 2,500 feet westerly from the Auburn Water District in­ Eyelet Pond, T.11.R.12; T.12.R.12. NLFAB. Clark’s Pond, on Westbrook St., South Portland. Fishing restricted to take; thence northerly about 300 feet to a point (buoy); thence north­ Ferguson Pond, T.14.R.8. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. children 16 years of age and younger. easterly about 2,500 feet to a point (buoy)'about 3,300 feet northerly Fischer Lake, Fort Fairfield. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Coffee Pond, Casco. Opens last Saturday in April. Daily limit 5 trout. from the intake of the Auburn Water District; thence easterly about Saturday of April. NLFAB. Minimum length on Sunapee trout, 12 inches. Closed to 2,500 feet to a point (buoy); thence southerly about 3,000 feet to a Chain of Lakes. From September 15 to September 30, fly the taking of smelts except by hook and line. post on the shore of and on the line between the Lake fishing only, daily limit 1 fish in the thoroughfares connecting Long, Collier Brook, Gray. Open through September 15. Grove lot and the Morrell farm, so-called; thence westerly by the Mud, Cross, Square, Eagle; and St. Froid lakes. Lawful to take Crooked River, Casco, etc. Open to the taking of smelts from the east shore of Lake Auburn to the point of beginning. Auburn Lake and smelts in all waters of the Fish River Chain by use of 3 single-baited bank only, with a daily bag limit of two quarts, commencing at the tributaries closed to the taking of smelts. Lake, tributaries, and out­ hooks spaced a minimum of 4 inches apart. first bridge upstream from the river’s confluence with the , let to barrier dam closed to the spearing of all fish. Gallilee Pond, T.15,R.9. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. to the second bridge upstream where U.S. Route 302 crosses the Bartlett Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Livermore. Gardner Lake, T.15,R.9. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Crooked River. Fishing legal from the dam at Bolsters Mills except Daily bag limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Glazier Lake, T.18.R.10. Closes to all fishing September 15. within the fishway. See also Sebago Lake and tributaries. Black (Snake) Pond, Turner. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Hanson Brook Lake and tributaries, Mapleton and Presque Isle. Daily Gay Brook, Raymond. From main highway to Raymond Pond (Little Saturday of April. limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Rattlesnake Pond), closed to the taking of smelts. Mud Pond and tributaries, Turner. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens Horseshoe Pond, T.11.R.10. NLFAB. . See Sebago Lake and tributaries. last Saturday of April. Hudson Pond, Upper, T.11.R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Lily Pond, New Gloucester. Open from last Saturday in April to Sep­ Range Pond, Lower, Poland. No motorboats over 10 horsepower Hunnewell Lake and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, St. John. tember 30; daily limit 5 trout; no bag limit on pickerel. No motor- allowed. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. boats allowed. Thompson Lake, Poland, and all its tributaries. Closed to the taking of Island Pond, T.15.R.9. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Miller Brook (tributary to ), Bridgton. Closed to the tak­ smelts. Long Lake and tributaries, T.17.R.3; T.17.R.4; St. Agatha, and Mada- ing of smelts. Wilson Pond, Little, and tributaries, Auburn and Turner. Closed to the waska. Closed to the taking of smelts except by hook and line. . See Sebago Lake and tributaries. taking of smelts. (See exceptions). The following Long Lake tributaries are open to Nubble Pond, Raymond. No bag limit on pickerel. Lake, tributaries, Worthley Pond, tributaries and outlet to the barrier dam, Poland. Daily smelt taking under the general law: Mud Brook, Basil Brook, and and outlets closed to taking of smelts. limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Paulette Brook. Peabody Pond and tributaries, Naples, Sebago, Bridgton. Closed to Lost Pond, T.15.R.6. NLFAB. the taking of smelts except by hook and line. The following waters are open to fishing for all fish except trout, Mantle Lake, Presque Isle. Closed to fishing by persons over the age Pleasant Lake and tributaries, Casco and Otisfield. Closed to the salmon, and togue from October 1st to October 31st: of 17 years. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. taking of smelts. , Wayne and Leeds; Bear Pond, Big, Turner; Berry Mattawamkeag lakes, Upper and Lower, Island Falls and T.4.R.3. Raymond Pond (Little Rattlesnake), Raymond. Daily limit 5 brown Pond, Greene; Brettun’s Pond, Livermore; Hooper Pond, Greene; Lard Open from October 1 to October 31 for the taking of all fish except trout. Pond and tributaries closed to the taking of smelts except Pond, Turner; Loon Pond, Sabattus: Mud Pond, Turner; No Name Pond, trout, salmon, and togue. by hook and line. , Lewiston; Rack Pond, East Livermore; Range Pond, Lower, Poland; McCluskey Lake and tributaries. T.14.R.5; T.15.R.5. Daily limit 5 trout. Rolfe Brook, Raymond, tributary to Panther Pond. Closed to the taking Range Pond, Upper, Poland; Round Pond, Turner; Round Pond, East McNally Pond, Upper, and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, T.11, of smelts. Livermore; Sabattus Pond, Greene and Wales and Sabattus; Sandy R.10. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester. Tributaries closed to taking of Pond, Turner; Schoolhouse Pond, East Livermore; Spear Pond, Sab­ , South'Branch, Hodgdon. No motorboats allowed smelts. Daily trout limit 5 fish. attus; Stone Mill Pond, Durham; Sutherland Pond, Sabattus; Taylor in that portion of the river within the Lt. Gordon Manuel Wildlife Sebago Lake and tributaries only, Standish, Sebago, Naples, Casco, Pond, Auburn; The Basin, Auburn; Tripp Lake, Poland; and Turner Management Area. Raymond, and Windham. Daily bag limit 5 trout, salmon, togue, or Pond, East Livermore. Moccasin Pond, T.14.R.8. NLFAB. black bass (or 7 1/2 pounds), in the aggregate, from the waters of Monson Pond and tributaries, Fort Fairfield and Easton. Daily limit 5 Sebag'b Lake. Daily bag limit 5 trout or salmon (or 7 1/2 pounds), in fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. the aggregate, from the waters of Songo, Northwest, Crooked, and Negro Brook lakes, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, T.15 and Jordan rivers (see exceptions below). Minimum legal length on salmon, 16,R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. 17 inches. No size or bag limit on pickerel. All tributaries closed to the North Pond, T.14.R.9. FFO. Daily.limit 5 fish. taking of smelts, except the Crooked River (see listing). No fishing Number Nine Lake and tributaries, T.9.R.3. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. within 100 feet of White’s Bridge. During October, the area designated Opens last Saturday of April. by red markers at Sebago Lake Station beach and dock is open to Pearce Brook, Houlton. Closed to fishing by persons 16 years of age and fly fishing only with barbless hooks, from shore and dock only, with See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: over from Meduxnekeag River upstream to the Hollywood Road, so- no fish daily limit. Crooked River: From confluence with Songo River Season on brooks and streams: May 1 - Aug. 15. Minimum length limit. called. to the first bridge upstream, daily limit 1 salmon from April 1 to May HIGHLIGHTS OF MAINE BOATING LAW Live Bait for Fishing: It shall be unlawful to take, sell, use, or have in possession either Fishermen who use boats should be sure their craft are properly dead or alive, for use as bait for fishing in the herein-named waters, registered, equipped, and operated as required by the Maine boat law. any pickerel, goldfish, , white perch, bass, sunfish, crap­ Highlights of this law are stated below. For a complete copy of the pie, horned pout, carp or any spiny-finned fish. law, an application to register your boat, or further information, con­ Open Water Season: General fishing laws tact the Division of Watercraft Registration and Safety, 284 State St., Fishing through natural openings in the ice from April 1 to Septem­ Augusta, Maine 04330. Phone: 289-2766. Note: Certain waters have re­ ber 30 for all species. Closed to all fishing— October 1 to ice-in. strictions on the use of motors on watercraft; for your convenience, Limits: these are listed with the special fishing regulations. Brook trout (includes rainbows and browns), lake trout, and salmon: OPEN SEASONS 1. Maine’s boat law is federally approved. The law now requires limit, 8 fish or 71/2 pounds in aggregate. Brook trout: length limit, 6 that any boat equipped with machinery of any horsepower be inches. Lake trout and salmon: length limit, 14 inches. Bass: 5 fish; registered. This includes boats of any kind, such as sailboats, no length limit; no weight limit. Pickerel: 10 fish; no length limit; no All dates are inclusive and apply to waters or portions of waters nat­ canoes, dinghies, and rowboats that are equipped with mechan­ weight limit. Bullhead (hornpout): no length limit; no weight limit; no urally free of ice. See Section 4, below, for black bass regulations. ical propulsion even though the motor is not in use. License is creel limit. White perch and yellow perch: no length limit; no weight limit; no creel limit. good for 3 years. Assigned registration number must be dis­ GENERAL MAJOR played on both sides of the bow of the boat. In addition, the * Exceptions WATERS SEASON EXCEPTIONS law now also requires the display of a validation sticker which Great East lake. Minimum legal length limit on brown trout, 14 inches. is issued upon registration. This sticker, which indicates the . Brook trout season April 1 to September 15; length 1. Lakes & ponds April 1 - Sept. 30 Most reclaimed ponds registration expiration date, should be located at the end of each limit, 6 inches; 8 fish or 7J/2 pounds in the aggregate. boat number. The registration certificate must also be aboard (trout ponds) open the . Salmon or brook trout limit, 5 fish or IVz pounds per last Saturday in April. when boat is being operated. day in aggregate. 2. Boats validly registered in other states having a federally ap­ A good many waters proved law can operate without licensing in Maine. are open in October; see county listings. 3. All watercraft must carry a Coast Guard approved personal BORDER WATERS BETWEEN MAINE AND NEW BRUNSWICK flotation device for each person aboard. All watercraft must Aroostook County IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY: St. Francis River, Glazier Lake, St. John 2. Brooks & streams April 1 - Aug. 15 display lights while operating between sunset and sunrise and opens May 1. carry such other safety equipment as is required by federal and River, Monument Brook, North Lake, The Thoroughfare between North state laws. and East Grand Lake, and East Grand Lake. Atlantic salmon closes IN WASHINGTON COUNTY: East Grand Lake, Mud Lake, St. Croix 4. Boating accidents involving personal injury, death, or property 3. Rivers April 1 - Sept. 15 Oct. 15 on some rivers. damage estimated at 100 dollars or more must be reported to River, Spednic Lake, and Grand Falls flowage. Division of Watercraft Registration and Safety. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary; 1. Open water. Open water fishing season shall be from April 4. Special bass season: June 1 - June 20. See also section 2, below. LIVE BAIT 15th to September 30th of each year. 2. Length limit. No person shall take or have in possession a ILLEGAL SPECIES: It is illegal to sell, use, or have in possession, landlocked salmon less than 14 inches in length, togue less than 14 either dead or alive, for use as bait for fishing, any pickerel, goldfish, inches in length, trout less than 6 inches in length, and bass less than yellow perch, white perch, bass, sunfish, crappie, hornpout, carp, or 10 inches. DAILY BAG AND POSSESSION LIMITS any spiny-finned fish. 3. Daily bag and possession limit. No person shall take in any TAKING BAIT FISH: Legal bait fish may be taken from inland waters one day nor possess more than 15 fish in the aggregate or IVz pounds No person shall take, catch, kill, or have in possession during any during the open fishing season (a few closed waters are noted in of landlocked salmon, togue, trout, and bass. one day of any open season— from any or all of the inland waters of special regulations section). The commissioner may grant permits the state— more than 8 fish (12 in Aroostook County) of the salmon, to take bait fish from certain waters at any time. Any trap used for trout, togue, or black bass species. taking bait shall bear the name and address of the person who 4's ATLANTIC SALMON SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS No person shall take, catch, or kill in any one day, or have in posses­ using it. General Provisions for Sport Fishing: sion at any time, more than 71/2 pounds in the aggregate of the above- BAIT DEALERS LICENSED: All live bait dealers must be licensed. 2 fish per day limit and 14 inch minimum length in all waters of the mentioned species unless the last fish caught increases the combined License information and regulations for live bait dealers may be obtained state. weight to more than 71/2 pounds. The daily bag limit from any body from the Department office in Augusta. Fishing by the ordinary mode of with hook and line in all of water is also the possession limit from that water at any one time. IMPORTATION OF BAIT FISH: It is illegal to import into Maine any waters of the state unless otherwise stated. live fish, including smelts, which are commonly used for bait fishing Open season April 1 to September 15 in inland waters. Season in in inland waters. tidal waters April 1 through October 15. SPECIES BAG & POSSESSION LIMIT Stamp Required: A stamp is required to fish for Atlantic salmon in all CLOSED AREAS internal waters of the state. Stamp required in addition to regular fishing license. Fees: Maine resident, 16 years or older, $1; Non­ 1. Salmon FISHWAYS: No person shall fish within 150 feet of any dam in which resident, 16 years or older, $15. (Stamps may be purchased from the Trout See above two paragraphs. a fishway is located, except as follows: A. This limit is 50 feet at Upper Fish and Game Department, Augusta office, or from clerks of certain Togue (lake trout) Dam in Richardsontown (T.4,R.1) at the outlet of Mooselookmeguntic larger cities, certain larger sporting goods stores, or regular license Lake (Oxford County), at Middle Dam in Twp. C at the outlet of Lower agents in vicinity of Atlantic salmon rivers). 2. Black bass June 1 - June 20 inclusive: daily limit 3 fish; Richardson Lake (Oxford County), and at East Outlet dam in Sapling Special Provisions: (Check county listings for possible other regula­ fjsh may be taken only on single-pointed- (T.1,R.7, Somerset County) and Big Squaw Mountain (Piscataquis tions on these rivers). hooked artificial lures; possession limit 3 County). B. This limit is 75 feet from the mouth of the fishways in the — Season opens May 1. Between the lower dam site fish. Bass may be taken under the general Woodland dam and Grand Falls powerhouse dam in the St. Croix River and The Narrows, fishing is restricted to use of artificial fly. Closed to law from June 21 through the remainder of in Baileyville (Washington County) and East Grand Lake dam in T.9,R.4 all fishing is that portion of the Dennys River in Dennysville and Pit. 14 the season. In all waters where the size and and Spednic Lake dam (Washington County). C. The limit does not from red markers approximately 100 feet upstream and 100 feet down­ bag limits have been removed on bass, the' apply at the Bath Tub, so called, in (Franklin County). stream from Batson Meadow Spring. That portion of the river between season and the method of taking shall be the This section shall not preclude the taking of alewives and smelts in same as for trout and salmon. the manner provided under the laws regulating sea and shore fisheries. tidewater and two red posts at The Narrows is open to fly fishing until HATCHERY POOLS: All pools of state fish hatcheries and rearing October 15. stations and all waters within 200 feet of such pools are closed to East — Artificial flies only in the area from Route 1 3. Whitefish 8 fish. No size or weight limit. fishing. (Exception: Grand Lake Stream). bridge downstream to head of tide. INDIAN RESERVATIONS: It is unlawful for any person, except mem­ Machias River — Artificial flies only in the area from Whitneyville 4. Chain pickerel 10 fish (except no limit in Washington bers of the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians as defined in Title 22, dam downstream to Blaine Davis Mill. That portion of the river between County). No size or weight limit. sections 4701 and 4832, to hunt, trap, or fish on any reservation lands tidewater and the Whitneyville Dam is open to fly fishing until October of said tribe without written permission from the governor and council 15. (See special regulations listed under Washington County.) 5. White perch No size or bag limit. of the appropriate Passamaquoddy reservation. Pleasant River (Washington County)— Fishing for Atlantic salmon restricted to use of unweighted fly hook and line, and such hook shall 6. Atlantic salmon April 1 is opening date on salmon rivers ex­ BORDER WATERS BETWEEN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE not be larger than No. 4. cept the Dennys (May 1). Two fish limit. See , Parsonsfield, Maine; Wakefield, New Hampshire. — Atlantic salmon may be taken only with hook salmon regulations; they vary from river to * Great East Lake, Acton, Maine; Wakefield, New Hampshire. and line or artificial flies. Taking of fish prohibited except by use of river. Horn Pond. Acton, Maine; Wakefield, New Hampshire. a single hook on a line above Deblois bridge. Fly fishing only, below Lords Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine; Effingham, New Hampshire. Deblois bridge. That portion of the river between tidewater and the ice Lower Kimball Pond, Fryeburg, Maine; Chatham, New Hampshire. control dam in Cherryfield is open to fly fishing until October 15. MINIMUM LENGTHS Milton Three Ponds, Lebanon, Maine; Milton, New Hampshire. Bass, 10 inches; trout, 6 inches (no length limit on trout taken from — Atlantic salmon season in tidal waters is April 1 to brooks and streams), lake trout (togue) 14 inches; salmon, 14 inches , Parsonsfield, Maine; Effingham, Wakefield, New October 30. Daily limit, 2 Atlantic salmon. Fly fishing only between Ells­ (except 12 inches in Aroostook County). Some other exceptions in Hampshire. worth power dam and the U.S. Route 1 bridge, with single pointed hooks certain waters are listed by county. ’ Salmon Falls River, Acton, Berwick and South Berwick, Maine; no larger than No. 1/0 or double pointed hooks no larger than No. 6. Milton, Rochester, Somersworth and Rollinsford, New Hampshire. Closed to all fishing is an area on west side of river, marked by a red Spaulding Pond, Lebanon, Maine; Milton, New Hamoshire. line on spillway of power dam and extending diagonally downstream to (Published under appropriation 4223 in accord­ ‘ Umbagog Lake. Upton, Maine; Cambridge and Errol, New Hamp­ a red marker on west shore; closed area includes powerhouse and ance with Section 1963, Chapter 303, Title shire. adjacent fishway and trap. 12 of Revised Statutes of 1964, as amended)

15. Entire Crooked River open to fly fishing only from September 15 Farmer’s Brook, Wilton, tributary to Varnum Pond. Closed to the tak­ Saddleback Lake, Dallas Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. to September 30 with daily limit 1 salmon. Jordan River: Closed to all ing of smelts. Saddleback Pond, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. fishing from the bridge on Route 302 crossing said river to two red Flat Iron Pond, Davis Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Saddleback Pond, Little, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. posts set on opposite sides of the river below the hatchery pool; Grant’s Pond, Massachusetts Gore. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Saddleback (Cascade) Stream and its tributaries, Sandy River Pit. open to fishing from the dam at Panther Pond down to the two Grindstone Pond and tributaries, Kingfield. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Closed to all fishing from Rangeley Water Company dam to its junc­ aforementioned red posts; no fishing from the aforementioned Opens last Saturday of April. tion with the outlets of Midway and Eddy ponds. bridge or approaches. Songo River: From Sebago Lake to the first Gull Pond, Dallas Pit. Daily limit 5 trout or salmon. NLFAB. Sandy River ponds, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. bridge above Songo Locks, daily limit 1 salmon from April 1 to Haley Pond, Rangeley and Dallas Pit. NLFAB. Schoolhouse Pond, Avon. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. May 15. Harvey Pond, Madrid. NLFAB. Secret Pond. T.3.R.5. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Songo River. See Sebago Lake and tributaries. Hathan Bogs, Coburn Gore. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Snow Mountain Pond, T.2.R.5. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Stevens Brook, New Gloucester, sometimes called Cemetery Brook. Hills Pond, Perkins Pit., including tributaries and outlet to barrier dam. South Bog Stream, Rangeley Pit. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Closed to fishing to all persons over 16 years of age from Church Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday in April. South Boundary Pond, T.3.R.6. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Road, so-called, to the Gloucester Hill Road, including the small Horseshoe Pond, Coburn Gore and T.2,R.6. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. South (Pine Tree) Pond, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. pond just above the northerly side of the Gloucester Hill Road. Huston Brook, T.3,R.2 and Dead River Pit., (Somerset County.) FFO. Spencer Pond, T.D.,R.1. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Sucker Brook, tributary to Moose Pond, Bridgton. Closed to taking of Daily limit 5 trout. and tributaries, Temple. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. smelts. Island Pond, Big, T.3,R.5; T.2,R.6. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Pond opens last Saturday of April. Thomas Pond, Raymond and Casco. Daily limit 5 brown trout. Island Pond, Little, T.3.R.5, FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Stratton Brook ponds, T.4.R.3. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Thompson Lake, Casco and Otisfield. See regulation under Andros­ Jim Pond, T.1,R.5. NLFAB. Stetson Pond, Phillips, NLFAB. coggin County. Jim Pond, Little, T.1,R.5; T.4,R.5. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Tea Pond, Jim Pond Twp. NLFAB. Valley Brook, Raymond, tributary of Little Rattlesnake Pond, now John’s Pond, T.3,R.3. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Tim Pond and Mud Pond, T,2,R.4. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish in the aggre­ known as Raymond Pond. Closed to the taking of smelts at any Kamankeag Pond, T.3,R.3. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. gate. Tributaries closed. Toothaker Pond, Phillips Twp. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last time. Kennebago Lake, Big, Davis and Stetson Town. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Tributaries closed except Little Kennebago Stream. Saturday of April. Kennebago Lake, Little, T.3,R.4. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. No motor- Tumbledown Pond, Berlin No. 6. NLFAB. Varnum Pond, Wilton and Temple. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout, salmon, The following waters are open to fishing for all fish except trout, boats allowed. salmon and togue from October 1 to October 31: . FFO from Big Island Pond to Little Kennebago Lake, or togue. and tributaries, Weld. Closed to the taking of smelts. Beaver Pond, Bridgton; Dumpling Pond, Casco; Ingalls (Foster’s) daily limit 5 fish. From Little Kennebago Lake to Big Kennebago Pond, Bridgton; Moose Pond, Upper, north of Rt. 302, Bridgton; Range Lake, all tributaries closed, FFO, daily limit 5 fish, open until Sep­ Pond, Upper, New Gloucester; Woods Pond, Bridgton. tember 30. From outlet of Big Kennebago Lake down to the second (power) dam, FFO, daily limit 5 fish, open until September 30. Below second dam, tributaries closed, FFO, daily limit 1 fish, open until September 30. Closed to the taking of smelts. Kimball Pond and tributaries, New Sharon, Vienna. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens to fishing May 15. Ledge Pond, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Long Cove Pond and tributary and outlet to barrier dam, Phillips. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last Saturday in April. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Long Pond, Twp. D. and E. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. No motorboats See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: of more than 10 horsepower allowed. Alligator Lake, T.34,M.D. and T.28,M.D. Legal length of salmon 12 inches. Alder Stream. See Dead River, North Branch. Long Pond, (Beaver Mountain Lake), Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. Daily Bogus Meadow Pond and tributaries, Twp. 7,S.D. Daily limit 5 fish. Arnold Pond,'Coburn Gore. Daily limit 5 fish. FFO. limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Barnard Pond, Eustis Twp. NLFAB. Long Pond, Seven Ponds Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Chicken Mill Pond and tributaries, Gouldsboro and Twp. 7,S.D. Daily Beal Pond, (Trout Pond), Madrid. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Long Pond Stream, tributary to Rangeley Lake. Closed. limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Beaver Mountain Lake. See Long Pond, Sandy River Pit. Loon Lake, Rangeley and Dallas Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Craig Pond, Orland. Daily limit 5 trout. Beaver Pond and tributaries, Twp. D. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens Massachusetts Bog, Massachusetts Gore. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. last Saturday of April. Midway Pond, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Crystal Pond, T.40,M.D. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday Beaver Pond, Seven Ponds Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Unlawful to fish of April. Bemis Stream, Rangeley Pit., Twp. D. Fly fishing only from April 1 until with any flies, lures, or bait with other than a single-pointed hook Dean Brook, Ellsworth, and that part of Branch Lake known as Dean September 14, from red posts on Mooselookmeguntic Lake to north or tandem single-pointed hook. Lake and tributaries closed to the Brook Cove from the mouth of Dean Brook to a straight line between two red posts set on opposite sides of Dean Brook Cove. Closed side of railroad bridge at summit. Daily limit 5 fish. Tributaries taking of smelts. to the taking of smelts. closed. Mountain Pond, Rangeley Pit. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Blanchard ponds, Davis and Lang townships. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Moxie Pond, Twp. D. Daily limit 5 fish. FFO. Donnell’s Pond, Franklin and Twp. 9. Legal length on salmon, 12 Blanchard Pond, Alder Stream Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Mud Pond, T.2.R.4. See Tim Pond. inches. Boundary Pond, Beattie Twp. NLFAB. Mud Pond, Berlin No. 6. NLFAB. Eagle Lake, Mt. Desert Island. No motorboats over 10 horsepower Bugeye Pond, Kibby Twp. NLFAB. Mud Pond, Coburn Gore. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. allowed. Butler Pond, Kingfield. NLFAB. Northwest Pond, T.3,R.6. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Echo Lake and tributaries, Mt. Desert Twp. and Southwest Harbor. Caribou Bog, so-called, Chain of Ponds Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Northwest Pond, Little, T.3,R.6. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Lake closed Carrabasset River, from its source in Crockertown Twp. (Sugarloaf Pinnacle Pond, Kingfield. Opens last Saturday of April. NLFAB. Daily to the taking of live fish as bait. Twp.) to a point at East New Portland where Route 146 crosses the limit 5 fish. Echo Lake, Little, and tributaries, Mt. Desert. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. river. FFO. Podunk Pond, Carthage. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Lake closed to the taking of live fish Chain of Ponds, Chain of Ponds Twp. Daily limit 5 fish. Length limit Porter Lake, Strong and New Vineyard. Daily limit 5 trout, salmon or as bait. on salmon, 12 inches. togue. Tributaries closed to the taking of smelts. Floods Pond, Otis. Closed to fishing within V/ 2 miles of the intake of Clearwater Pond, Farmington and Industry. Daily limit 5 trout, salmon, Quimby Pond, Rangeley. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Closed for 20,000 the Bangor Water District. or togue. No size or bag limit on bass. Tributaries closed to taking square feet around the Wilbur Spring. No person shall operate any Fox Pond, T.10,S.D. and outlet stream down to barrier dam and screen. of smelts. boat or canoe propelled by motor. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Cow Pond, Lang Twp. T.2,R.3. NLFAB. Rangeley Lake. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Unlawful to fish with any Giles Pond, Aurora. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of Crosby Pond, Coburn Gore. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. flies, lures, or bait with other than a single-pointed hook or tandem April. Cupsuptic Lake. NLFAB. Unlawful to fish with any flies, lures, or bait single-pointed hook. Minimum length limit of 8 inches on trout in Green Lake, Dedham and Ellsworth. Legal length of salmon, 12 inches. with other than a single-pointed hook or tandem single-pointed lake and tributaries. Lake and tributaries closed to taking of smelts. Hadlock Pond, Upper, Mt. Desert. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. hook. Daily limit 5 fish, except that portion of Cupsuptic Lake at the Rangeley River. Closed to taking of smelts. That portion of Rangeley Hatcase Pond, Dedham and Eddington. No fishing in that portion lying mouth of the Kennebago and Rangeley rivers from red markers on Lake and Rangeley River from two red posts set about 300 feet generally northerly of the red posts set on opposite shores at the outer boom piers to the confluence of the above rivers, fly fishing above the fish screen downstream to the confluence of the Range- narrowest point in the cove at the north end of the pond; the narrow­ only until September 30, daily limit 1 fish. Lake and tributaries ley and Kennebago rivers is open to fly fishing only, daily limit one est point is approximately 500 yards south of the pumping station closed to the taking of smelts. fish, until September 30 each year. This applies also to the Bath of the Brewer Water District. Day Mountain Pond, Avon. Closed. Tub, so-called. Pools of the fishway in Rangeley Lake dam are Hurd Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Dedham. NLFAB. Dead River, North Branch, and tributaries. Daily limit 5 fish. FFO. closed to fishing at all times. Daily limit 5 fish. Rapid Stream, Mt. Abram Twp. and Kingfield. FFO. Dead River, South Branch. Daily limit 5 fish. Open until September 30. Jordan Pond, Mt. Desert Island. No motorboats over 10 horsepower Redington Pond, Redington Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Dodge Pond, Rangeley. NLFAB. allowed. Rock Pond, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Dutton (Shiloh) Pond, Kingfield. NLFAB. King Pond, Pit. 33. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Rock Pond, T.2.R.6. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Eddy Pond, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Round Pond, Twp. E. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Lily Pond and tributaries, Deer Isle. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens Ell Pond (L ), T.3,R.5. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Round Pond, Rangeley. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. last Saturday of April. Ethel Pond, Sandy River Pit. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Round Mountain Lake, T.2.R.5. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Long Pond, Aurora, etc. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Egypt Pond and tributaries, Vienna and Chesterville. Daily bag limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens to fishing last Saturday of April. Sabbathday Pond, Twp. E. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. (continued, over) (Hancock County — continued) limit 5 fish, not to include more than 2 salmon. NLFAB, exc*ept Round Pond, Little, Lincoln. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last smelts. Opens last Saturday of April. Pond closed to the taking Loon Pond, T.40.M.D. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of Saturday of April. of smelts except by hook and line. Tributaries, except Mill Cove April. Sandy Stream, T.2.R.8; T.3,R.8. Daily limit 5 fish. Brook and Village Brook, closed to the taking of smelts. Sand Bank Brook and tributaries, T.3,R.7, etc. Daily limit 5 fish. Middle Branch Pond, Upper, Aurora and T.28.M.D. Legal length of C Pond, C. Surplus Twp. Daily limit 5 trout. salmon 12 inches. Shin Pond, Upper and Lower, Mt. Chase Pit., etc. Minimum length limit Colcord Pond and tributaries, Porter. Closed to the taking of smelts. on salmon, 12 inches. Mitchell Pond, Dedham. Daily limit 5 trout. Concord Pond, Little, Woodstock. Daily bag limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Moulton Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Dedham and Smelt Brook, a tributary to Cold Stream Pond, Lincoln and Lowell. Opens last Saturday of April. Closed to the taking of smelts. Bucksport. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Crocker Pond, Albany Twp. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Open last Patten Pond, Lower, Surry and Ellsworth. No bag limit on pickerel. Smith Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, T.3, Indian Pur­ Saturday of April. chase. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Rift Pond, Pit. 33. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Cupsuptic Lake and tributaries. See regulations under Franklin County. Trout Pond, T.2.R.7. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Simmons Pond and tributaries, Hancock Twp. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 . FFO. Open until September 30. Daily limit 5 fish Wassataquoik Stream and tributaries, T.3.R.7; etc. Daily limit 5 fish. fish. Opens last Saturday of April. until September 15. Daily limit 1 fish from September 16 to Septem­ Lake, T.10,S.D. Legal length of salmon 12 inches. ber 30. Closed to taking of smelts. Tributaries to Cupsuptic River, Wassookeag Lake. Closed to fishing by all means, so much of the waters of Wassookeag Lake as are contained in an area easterly Trout Pond, T.40,M.D. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. FFO. Daily limit 5 trout. Cushman Pond, Lovell. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Satur­ and westerly of the Guy H. Hall Memorial Bridge, and on all shores Tunk Lake, Sullivan, etc. Legal length on salmon, 12 inches. extending from said bridge for a distance of 150 feet, easterly and Tunk Lake, Little, Sullivan. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. day of April. No motorboats allowed. Cushman Pond and tributaries, Sumner. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. westerly, measured on a line perpendicular to the center of said Youngs Pond, Otis. FFO. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last Saturday of April. bridge, during September of each year. In the following waters, no size or bag limits on bass or pickerel; Ellis Pond, Little, Byron. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. The following waters are open to fishing for all fish except trout, open season and means of taking bass correspond to general law on Farrington Pond, Lovell. No motorboats over 6 horsepower allowed. trout and salmon: Granger Pond, Denmark. Open to fishing through month of October. salmon and togue from October 1 to October 31: Long Pond and tributaries, Mount Desert; Round Pond and tribu­ No size or bag limit on bass. Brewer Pond, Orrington and Holden; Chemo Pond, Clifton, Edding­ ton, and Bradley; Crooked Pond, Lincoln; Eddington Pond, Edding­ taries, Mount Desert; Ripple Pond and tributaries, Mount Desert; Hall Pond, Paris. Fishing with artificial lures only. Daily limit 5 trout. ton and Holden; Folsom Lake, Lincoln; Holbrook Pond, Holden; Mat­ Somes Pond and tributaries, Mount Desert. Opens last Saturday of April. tanawcook Lake, Lincoln; Pushaw Lake, Glenburn, Orono, Old Town Heald Pond, Lovell. No motorboats over 6 horsepower allowed. and Hudson; Pushaw Pond, Little, Hudson; Shaw Lake, T.5.R.1; South Horseshoe Pond, Denmark. No motorboats allowed. Branch Lake, T.2.R.8 and Seboeis; Swetts Pond, Orrington. The following waters are open to fishing for all fish except trout, Howard Pond, Hanover. Fly fishing and trolling only. Inlet brook at salmon and togue from October 1 to October 31: Morrison’s Lodge, closed from 50 feet below foot bridge at red Alamoosook Lake, Orland; Brewer Pond, Orrington, Holden, and stakes for V2 mile upstream. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout or salmon in Bucksport; Chalk Pond, T.22 and Beddington; Fourth Machias Lake, the aggregate. T.41.M.D.; Georges Pond, Franklin; Graham Lake, Ellsworth, Maria- Indian Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Greenwood, ville, Waltham, and Twp. 8; Horseshoe Lake, T.5; Jones Pond, West NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. Gouldsboro; Pickerel Pond, Twp. 32; Seal Cove Pond, Tremont and Jaybird Pond, Hiram and Porter. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens Mt. Desert; Silver Lake, Bucksport; Somes Pond, Mt. Desert; Union last Saturday of April. River, between Graham Lake and Leonards Lake, Ellsworth. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Johnson Brook, at Worthley Pond, Peru. Closed to the taking of smelts. Note special live bait regulations in effect on 4 watersheds in Piscataquis Kennebago River. See regulations under Franklin County. County: The use or possession of live fish as bait is prohibited in all Keewaydin Lake, Stoneham. No size or bag limit on pickerel. waters of the , Sourdnahunk, Ship Pond Stream, and Long Keys Pond, Sweden. Opens last Saturday of April. Pond Stream watersheds. Kezar Ponds (Mud, Little Mud, Back, Middle, and Jewett ponds), Water­ ford, Stoneham, Lovell. No motorboats over 10 horsepower allowed. Abol Pond, T2,R9. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Lake Christopher. See Bryant Pond. Allagash Wilderness Waterway. See Aroostook County for watercraft Lincoln Pond, T.5.R.3. NLFAB. restrictions. Little Pond, Denmark. Motorboats over 6 horsepower not allowed. Alligator Pond, T.A.,R.11, W.E.L.S. NLFAB. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Long Pond, Denmark. Closed to fishing from a point at the mouth of B Pond, T.B..R.11, NLFAB. brook at head of pond to a point 150 feet down the pond; points to Baker Pond, BowdoimCollege Grant (West) (T.8.R.10). FFO. Basin Pond, Fayette. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday be plainly marked. Daily limit 5 trout. Minimum legal length of 8 Baxter State Park. Daily limit 5 fish from any of the waters. NLFAB. of April. inches on trout. Open last Saturday of April. Fishing restricted to use No motorboats allowed except on Matagamon or Webster lakes. Bean Pond, Sidney. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of of artificial flies and lures only. No motorboats over 6 horsepower Bean ponds, T.2.R.11. NLFAB. April. allowed. Bear Pond, T.A.R.11. NLFAB. Belgrade Stream. Open until September 30. Long Pond on Little . T.5,R.4. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Bear Pond, T.2.R.11. NLFAB. Carleton Pond, Readfield and Winthrop. Closed. Magalloway River, Big. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. From September 1 to Beaver Pond, Little, and tributaries, T.2.R.11. NLFAB. Chamberlain Pond, Belgrade. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last September 30, FFO, daily limit 1 fish. Tributaries above Parma- Bell Pond and tributaries, Monson. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens Saturday of April. chenee Lake, FFO. last Saturday of April. Cobbosseecontee Stream. Open until September 30. Magalloway River, Little, and tributaries. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Bennett Pond, Parkman. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Desert Pond and tributary and outlet to barrier dam, Mt. Vernon Twp. Meadow Brook, Stoneham. Closed to the taking of smelts from Kee­ Bennett Pond, Big, Guilford. Closed to all fishing in 1973, 1974, 1975, NLFAB. Daily bag limit 5 trout. Opens last Saturday of April. waydin Lake to a point 100 feet above bridge crossing said Meadow and 1976. All tributaries closed to the taking of smelts in 1975' and Echo Lake tributaries. Closed to taking of smelts. Brook. 1976. Egypt Pond and tributaries, Vienna and Chesterville. Daily bag limit 5 Brook and its tributaries, in Richardson Twp. and C. Twp. Benson Pond, Big, Willimantic, Bowerbank, and T.7.R.9. NLFAB. trout. NLFAB. Opens last-Saturday of April. Closed to all fishing except to taking of smelts. Benson Pond, Little, and tributaries, Bowerbank. NLFAB. Emery (or Mud) Pond, Sidney. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Mill Brook, Hanover. Closed to fishing by persons over 16 years of age Biroh Ridge Pond, T.A..R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Saturday of April. from the dam at Howard Pond to the . Blood Pond, T.2.R.13. No motorboats allowed. Fairbanks Pond, Manchester. Opens last Saturday of April. Mooselookmeguntic Lake and tributaries. See regulations under Bluff Pond, T.A..R.13. FFO. Fowler Brook, Benton. Cosed to all fishing: that portion from the road Franklin County. Boardway (Boardman) Pond, Big, T.A..R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. culvert on the Unity Road (Route 139) to its confluence with the Mount Zircon Reservoir. Closed. Boardway (Boardman) Pond, Little, T.A..R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. . Mud Pond, Lower Cupsuptic Twp. NLFAB. Brown Brook Pond, T.9,R.9. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Gould Pond, Sidney. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday North Pond, Greenwood and Woodstock. Open to the taking of bass, Buck Pond, T.2.R.11. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. of April. pickerel, and perch during October. Buttermilk Pond, First, Bowerbank. No size or bag limit on bass. Jamies Pond, Manchester and Farmingdale, and its tributaries. Closed North Pond, Sumner. Daily limit 5 trout. Carry Pond, T.3,R.11. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. to the taking of smelts. Otter Pond, T.5.R.5. NLFAB. Carpenter Pond, T.7.R.11. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. . See regulations under Somerset County. , T.5.R.5 and T.5.R.4. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Celia Pond, T.3,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Kimball Pond, New Sharon, Vienna. See regulations under Franklin Patte Brook Duck Marsh, Albany Twp. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Chairback ponds, East and West, T.7.R.9. NLFAB. County. Pennesseewassee Lake and tributaries, Norway. Closed to the taking Clifford Pond, T.2.R.11. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB in pond and tribu- , Winthrop and Readfield. Daily bag limit 5 trout, of smelts from April 1 to May 15. salmon, and togue in the aggregate. Pepper Pot Pond, T.4.R.2 and T.5.R.2. FFO. Coffeelos Pond, T.6,R.11. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. (Snow Pond) Outlet, Oakland. Closed to all fish­ Perleys Pond, Denmark. Motorboats over 6 horsepower not allowed. Collins Pond, T.2.R.11. NLFAB. ing during September from Central Maine Power Company dam to Pond-in-the-River and , Twp. C, Twp. C Surplus, Upton, Crawford Pond, T.A.R.11. NLFAB. the red post at the public boat landing. T.5,R.1. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. From September 16 to September Cranberry Pond (so-called Little Notch Pond), West Bowdoin College Minnehonk Lake tributaries. Closed to the taking of smelts. 30, FFO, daily limit 1 fish from either or both. See also Richardson Grant. FFO. lakes. , Upper and Lower, Winthrop. Daily bag limit of 5 trout, Daicey Pond, T.3,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Richardson lakes, Upper and Lower and tributaries. Daily limit 5 fish salmon and togue in the aggregate. Daisey Pond and tributaries, T.2.R.10. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Silver Lake (Figure 8 Pond), Manchester and Sidney. Use or posses­ in the aggregate from the waters of Richardson lakes, Upper and Davis Ponds, The Four, and tributaries, Guilford and Willimantic. Lower,fand their tributaries and Rapid River and Pond-in-the-River, sion or taking of live fish as bait prohibited. Daily limit 5 trout. Closed to the taking of smelts. all in Oxford County. NLFAB. ; Opens last Saturday of April. Debsconeag Lake, Fifth. T.1 and 2.R.11, W.E.L.S. NLFAB. Fly fishing only, that part of Richardson Lake from the mouth of Tyler Pond, Manchester. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Deer Pond, T.3,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Metallak Brook to a straight line drawn between three red posts, one Wellman Pond and tributaries, Belgrade and Sidney. Daily limit 5 Deer Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, T3.R.13. NLFAB. set on the east shore of Pine Island, one on the mainland in a south­ trout. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. Wilson Pond, Monmouth, Wayne and Winthrop. Daily limit 5 trout. erly direction from Pine Island and one on the mainland in a north­ easterly direction from Pine Island. Above described area closed Doe Pond, Monson. Closed in 1975. Doughnut Pond, T.2.R.11. NLFAB. The following waters open May 28 to the taking of 3 black bass per 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise of the following morn­ ing, except to the taking of smelts. Dow Pond, Sebec. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. day on single-pointed hooked artificial lures only: Draper Pond, T.3.R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. , Monmouth and Winthrop; Cobbosseecontee Fly fishing only, that part of Richardson Lake from the mouth of Duck (Blood) Pond, T.2.R.13, W.E.L.S. FFO. Lake, Litchfield, Monmouth, Winthrop and West Gardiner; Maranacook Mosquito Brook to a straight line drawn between a red post set on the south shore of Mosquito Brook Cove approximately 300 feet Duck Pond, T.4,R.11. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Lake, Winthrop and Readfield; Narrows Pond, Winthrop; Wilson Pond, Fogg Pond, West Bowdoin College Grant. Closed in 1975. Monmouth, Winthrop, and Wayne. from the mouth of said brook and a red post set on the north shore of said cove. Above described area closed 1 hour after sunset to Foss and Knowlton ponds, T.2 and 3.R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Fox Pond, T.A..R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. The following waters are open to fishing for all fish except trout, 1 hour before sunrise of the following morning, except to the taking of smelts. Fowler Pond, T.3,R.11. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. salmon and togue during October: Frost Pond and tributaries and outlet down to red marker at natural Androscoggin Lake, Wayne; Cochnewagon Lake, Monmouth; East Richardson Pond, T.4.R.2 and T.5,R.2. FFO. barrier, T.3,R.11 and T.3,R.12. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Pond, Oakland; North Pond, Rome; Schoolhouse Pond, Fayette. Richardson Ponds, East, T.4,R.2. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Round Pond, Greenwood. Open to fishing for bass, pickerel, and Saturday of April. perch during October. Frost Pond, Little, and tributaries, T.3,R.12. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Round Pond and tributaries, Albany Twp. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Garland Pond and tributaries, Sebec and Dover-Foxcroft. NLFAB. Pond opens last Saturday of April. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last Saturday in April. Sand Pond, Norway. No size or bag limit on pickerel and bass. Gauntlet Pond and tributaries and outlet, T.B.,R.10. NLFAB. Shagg Pond and tributaries, Woodstock. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Grassy Pond, T.8.R.10. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Greenwood Pond, T.B..R.11 and T.7.R.10. NLFAB. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Songo Pond, Bethel and Albany Twp. Open to fishing for bass, pick­ Grenell Pond, Greenville. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Alford Lake, Hope and Union. No length or bag limit on black bass. erel and perch during October. Grindstone Pond, Willimantic. NLFAB. Crystal Pond, Washington. No length or bag limit on black bass. South Pond, Greenwood. Tributaries closed to the taking of smelts. Hale Pond, T.2,R.10. NLFAB. Forest Lake, Friendship. Daily limit 5 trout. Sparrow Brook, Hartford. (See Anasagunticook Lake) Harrington Lake, T.3,R.11. NLFAB. Iron Pond, Washington. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last Saturday of Speck Pond, Grafton. NLFAB. Harrington Pond, T.3.R.11. FFO. April. Stanley Pond and tributaries, Hiram and Porter. Closed to the taking Henderson Pond, T.A.,R.11. NLFAB. Mirror Lake, Rockport. Closed. of smelts except by hook and line. Holbrook Pond, T.2,R.11 and T.3.R.11. NLFAB. Salt Pond, Cushing and Friendship. Daily limit 5 trout. Thompson Lake, Oxford. See regulations under Androscoggin County. Holbrook Pond, Little, T.3.R.11. NLFAB. Washington Pond, Washington. No length or bag limit on black bass. Trout Pond, Stoneham. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Satur­ Horserace ponds, T.2,R.11 and T.3.R.11. NLFAB. day of April. Horseshoe Pond, West Bowdoin College Grant. FFO. Upper Dam Pool, T.4.R.1., (that area between Mooselookmeguntic Houston Pond, Little, T.6.R.9. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Lake dam and a line drawn between the two cribwork piers approxi­ Saturday in April. mately 800 yards west of said dam). FFO. Daily limit 1 fish. From Hudson Pond, Lower, and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, T.10, September 15 to September 30, FFO, daily limit 1 fish. No motor- R.10. NLFAB. Twelve inch limit on salmon. boats allowed from gates of dam, downstream or westerly 150 yards. Hurd Pond, Little, T.2,R.10. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Washburn Pond, Sumner and Woodstock. Opens last Saturday of See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: April. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Island Pond, T.9.R.10; etc. Legal length on salmon, 12 inches. Wells Pond, T.5.R.5. NLFAB. Jackson Pond (Jordan Pond), T.3,R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Adams Pond, Boothbay. Daily limit 5 trout. Open to bass fishing April Jackson Pond, T.3,R.10, T.3,R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. 1 through Sept. 30. Johnston Pond, T.A.,R.10. Opens May 30. NLFAB. , Deer Meadow Pond, Jefferson. Daily limit of 5 trout. Opens last Sat­ urday of April. The following are open to fishing for all fish except trout, salmon, JoMary Lake, Upper, and tributaries. See Penobscot County. and togue from October 1 to October 31: Hastings Pond, Bristol. FFO. Daily limit 5 trout. JoMary Pond, T.B.,R.10. Closed to all fishing during 1974. Bear Pond, Big, Hartford; Beaver Pond, Denmark; Boston Pond, Lily Pond, Edgecomb. No motorboats allowed. Jordan Pond, T.3,R.11, W.E.L.S. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Denmark; Horseshoe Pond, Denmark; Kezar Pond, Fryeburg; Love- Little Pond, Damariscotta. Closed to all fishing. Juniper Knee Pond, El I iottsvi I le. NLFAB. well’s Pond, Fryeburg; Moose Pond, Little, Denmark; Moose Pond, Peters Pond, Waldoboro. Daily limit 5 trout. Kennebec River, East Outlet. See Somerset County. Lower, below or south of Walker Bridge, Denmark; Moose Pond, Ross Pond, Bristol. Daily limit 5 trout. Kidney Pond, T.3,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Upper, Sweden, above Rte. 302, or north of the Causeway, Sweden; , Aina. Closed to all fishing is that portion of river Kingsbury Pond and its tributaries, Mayfield Pit. and Kingsbury Pit. Pleasant Pond, Denmark and Fryeburg; Webber Pond, Sweden. from Head Tide dam upstream 150 feet to two red posts. Closed to the taking of smelts. West Harbor Pond, Boothbay Harbor. No motorboats over 10 horsepower Knowlton Pond, T.3.R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. allowed. Kokadjo River. (See Roach River). Wiley Pond, Boothbay Twp. Daily limit 5 fish. Fishing restricted to use Lazy Tom Pond, T.1.R.13. Closed in 1975. of artificial lures and flies only. Opens the last Saturday in April. No Lily Pad Pond, T.3,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. motorboats allowed. Lobster Lake, Little, tributaries and outlet to the barrier dam, T.3,R.14 and 15. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Long Pond, T.A.,R.11 and T.1,R.11. NLFAB. Baxter State Park. See regulations under Piscataquis County. Long Pond, Elliottsville; etc. Size limit on salmon, 12 inches. Bowlin Pond, T.5,R.8. FFO. Long Pond Stream Watershed. (See Ship Pond Stream Watershed). Green Pond and tributaries and outlet down to barrier dam, Lee and Lost Pond, T.3.R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. T.3,R.1. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Lyford Pond, Big, T.A..R.12; T.A.,R.13. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Green Mountain Pond, T.6.R.6. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Lyford ponds, Little, East and West Bowdoin College Grant. FFO. See also Border Waters with New Hampshire. Hatcase Pond, Dedham and Eddington. See Hancock County. Daily limit 5 fish. Ireland Pond, T.7,R.8. NLFAB. Mathews Pond, T.8,R.10. NLFAB. Abbott Brook, Mexico. Closed to fishing by persons over 16 years of Jerry Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Millinocket and McKenna Pond, T.3.R.11. FFO. age. Daily limit 5 fish. T.A..R.7. NLFAB. Daily bag limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of Middle Branch Pond, T.5.R.9 NWP. NLFAB. Abbott Pond, Sumner. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Satur­ April. No motorboats allowed. day of April. Millinocket Lake, T.1.R.9, etc. See Penobscot County. Johnny Mack Brook, Orono. Restricted to fishing only by children Anasagunticook Lake and tributaries, Hartford and Canton. No size or Minister Pond, Big, and tributaries. T.2,R.10. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. under 16 years of age. bag limits on bass and pickerel. Sparrow Brook closed to the tak­ Minister Pond, Little, and tributaries. T.2,R.10. Daily limit 5 fish. JoMary Lake, Upper, and tributaries, T.A.,R.10; T.B.,R.10; Veazie Gore. ing of smelts. NLFAB. Closed to the taking of smelts except with single hook and line. Aunt Hannah Brook. Dixfield. Open to fishing for children, 16 years Mirror Pond (Monkey Pond), T.A.,R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Jones Pond, T.7,R.8; T.8,R.8. NLFAB. Moose Pond, T.1.R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. and younger, from a point where it crosses Route 142 to its mouth Katahdin Lake, T.3.R.8. NLFAB. at . . All tributaries closed to fishing except , Messer Pond, T.5,R.8. Daily limit 5 fish. Kokadjo (Roach) River, and Big Squaw Brook. Lake closed during Aziscohos Pond, Magalloway Pit. NLFAB. Messer Pond, Little, T.5.R.8. Daily limit 5 fish. Aziscohos Lake, Lincoln Pit. T.5.R.3; T.5,R.4. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 April. Lake and tributaries closed to the taking of smelts. Legal Millinocket Lake and tributaries, T.1,R.8; T.2.R.8; T.1.R.9; T.2,R.9. length on togue, 18 inches. Unlawful to fish with any flies, lures, fish. Fly fishing only in that part of Aziscohos Lake north of a Closed to the taking of smelts except by hook and line. Open to the straight line between the red post by the landing, or bait with other than a single-pointed hook or tandem single- taking of smelts in the nighttime; up to three hooks per line per­ pointed hook. and the red post at the point where the Big and Little Magalloway mitted, such hooks to be not less than 4 inches apart. River join, and the area of water north of a straight line between Mountain Brook Pond, West Bowdoin College Grant. FFO. Moose Pond, T.3,R.8. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. the two red posts at each end of Wheeler Dam on the Little Magallo­ Mountain Pond, West Bowdoin College Grant, etc. FFO. Mud Brook, T.2.R.8. Daily limit 5 fish. way Arm of Aziscohos Lake; daily limit 5 fish on these waters except Mud Pond, Little, and tributaries, Greenville and West Bowdoin Col­ from September 1 to September 30 when the daily limit is 1 fish. Puffers Pond (Echo Lake) and tributaries and outlet down to barrier lege Grant. Daily IGhit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. B. Pond, Upton. NLFAB. dam, Dexter. Daily limit of 5 trout. NLFAB. Open last Saturday in Murphy ponds (4), T.2.R.11. NLFAB. Bartlett Brook, Stoneham. Closed to the taking of smelts. April. Nahmakanta Lake, T.1,R.11; T.2.R.11. Size limit on salmon, 12 inches. Beaver ponds, Magalloway and Lincoln Pits. FFO. Daily limit 5 trout. Pushaw Stream, Hudson, Alton, and Old Town. Open untii September 15 Narrows Pond, or Narrow Pond, T.8.R.14. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Bickford Pond, Porter. Open to fishing April 1. from the railroad bridge in Hudson downstream to Pushaw Pond and North Pond, Elliottsville Pit. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Boston Pond, Denmark. No motorboats allowed. from Pushaw Pond downstream to the . Norton (so-called Peters Pond) and tributaries and outlet to barrier Boulder Brook, Lovell. Closed to taking of smelts. Rocky Brook, Lincoln. From Burlington Road (Trans Alpine Highway) dam, Brownville. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday Bradley Pond, Lovell. No motorboats allowed. to Mattanawcook Lake, restricted to fishing only by children under in April. Broken Bridge Pond and tributaries, Albany Twp. Daily limit 5 trout. 16 years of age. Notch Pond, West Bowdoin College Grant. FFO. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Rocky Pond, T.3.R.8. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Onawa Lake, Elliotsvflle, Willimantic. NLFAB. Bryant Pond (or Lake Christopher), Woodstock and Greenwood. Daily Round Pond, Lee. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Otter Pond and tributaries, T.3,R.13. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Peaked Mountain Pond, T.10.R.11. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Carry Pond, Middle, Carrying Place Twp. NLFAB. Bowler Pond, Palermo. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last Saturday of Pearl Ponds (2 ), T.8.R.10. NLFAB. Carry Pond, West, Carrying Place Twp. NLFAB. April. , West Branch. (A ) From Ripogenus dam to Amba- Chase Pond, Moscow. NLFAB. Crotch Pond, Palermo. Opens last Saturday of April. jejus Lake; Open to general law fishing from April 1 to September Clear Pond, Pleasant Ridge Pit. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Half Moon Pond, Brooks Twp. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. 15, daily limit 2 salmon; from September 16 to September 30, fly Clish Pond, T.5,R.20. FFO. Jump Pond, Palermo. Opens last Saturday of April. fishing only, daily limit 1 salmon. (B ) From Seboomook dam to red Coburn Pond, Moose River Pit. FFO. Pitcher Pond, Northport, etc. No length or bag limit on bass. posts set on the shores of Chesuncook Lake: From April 1 to Sep­ Cold Stream Pond, T.2.R.6; T.2.R.7 and T.3,R.7. FFO. Daily limit 5 Prescott Pond, Palermo. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last Saturday of tember 15, open to use of single-pointed hooked artificial lures only, trout. April. daily limit 2 salmon; from September 16 to September 30, fly fish­ Davis Brook, T.5,R.6. Daily limit 5 fish. St. George’s Lake, Liberty. Daily limit 5 salmon or trout. ing only, daily limit 1 salmon. Davis Pond, T.5.R.6. Daily limit 5 fish. St. George’s Lake, Little, Liberty. Daily limit 5 salmon or trout. Piper Pond, Abbot. Open to taking of smelts with hook and line only. Daymond Pond, Moose River Pit. FFO. Saban (Sam ) Pond, Palermo. Opens last Saturday of April. Piper Pond tributaries, except Hayden Brook, open to dipping of Dead Stream Pond, West Forks, etc. FFO. Sheepscot Pond and River, Palermo. No size or daily bag limit on Deer Pond, T.4.R.5. NLFAB. smelts. black bass. Demo Pond and outlet to barrier dam, Rockwood Strip. NLFAB. Daily Pitman Pond and tributaries, T.2,R.10. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Swan Lake, Swanville, etc. No bag or size limit on bass. limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. Pleasant Pond, T.A..R.11. NLFAB. Desolation Pond, T.8,R.16. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Pleasant Pond, Little, T.10.R.11, W.E.L.S. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Dimmick Pond, Big, Little, and Mountain, Caratunk. NLFAB. Pleasant River, East Branch, T.B.,R.10; etc. Daily limit 5 fish. Dingley ponds, The Three, T.4.R.5. FFO. Polly Pond, T.3.R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Dixon Pond, T.2.R.4. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Prentiss Pond, T.1.R.11. FFO. Durgin Pond, Johnson Mt. Twp. FFO. No motorboats allowed. Punchbowl Pond, Blanchard. NLFAB. Ellis Pond, Ten Thousand Acre Tract. FFO. Rabbit Pond, Elliottsville. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish on pond and tribu­ , Little, Upper Enchanted Twp. FFO. taries. Everett Pond, T.4.R.5, B.K.P., W.K.R. FFO. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Ragged Pond, T.9,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Ferguson Stream, a tributary of Cambridge Pond, Cambridge and Har­ See also Border Waters with New Brunswick. Rainbow Deadwater and tributaries, T.2.R.11. NLFAB. mony Twps. From Cambridge Pond to the natural falls marked by Coleback Lake and tributaries and outlet down to barrier dam, Char­ Rainbow Lake and tributaries, T.2,R.11. NLFAB. red posts upstream from said pond, daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. lotte. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Fernald Pond, Pierce Pond Twp. NLFAB. Roach (Kokadjo) River. From First Roach Pond to Moosehead Lake, Dead Pond, T.25, M.D. Daily bag limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Fernald Pond, T.2,R.6 and Parlin Pond. FFO. open for fly fishing only from May 1 to September 30. Daily limit Dennys River, , or Whiting Bay. See Atlantic salmon reg­ Fish Pond, T.1.R.5 (Moxie). NLFAB. ulations. 1 fish. Fish Pond, Pierce Pond Twp. FFO. Goulding Lake, Robbinston. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Open to fish­ Roach River Watershed, T.A.,R.11, T.A..R.12, T.1.R.12, T.1.R.13, T.A.,- Fish Pond, Thorndike Twp. Daily limit 5 fish. R.13, T.A..R.14, T.1.R.14. NLFAB in any waters of the watershed. ing April 1. Fish Pond, Little, T.3.R.3. FFO. Grand Lake Stream, Grand Lake Stream Pit. and Twp. 27, E.D. Open Rocky Pond, Little, T.3,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Fish Pond, Little, Holeb Twp. and thoroughfare between Little Fish to fly fishing only, in waters free of ice from April 1 until September Rocky Pond, T.3,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Pond and Grassy Pond, Holeb Twp. Closed to all fishing. 15 including the stream adjacent to hatchery pools. Closed to all Rocky Pond, Big, T.A.,R.11. NLFAB. Foley ponds, (4), T.4.R.18. NLFAB. fishing are waters within 150 feet of Grand Lake Stream dam. Rocky Pond, Little, T.A.,R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Fry Pan Pond, Squaretown. FFO. No motorboats allowed. Greenland Cove Brook, Danforth.; Closed to the taking of smelts. Rubberneck Pond, T.A.,R.11. NLFAB. Grace Pond, T.3.R.6. FFO. Horseshoe Pond, T.18,M.D. (See Mystery Lake). Rum Pond, Greenville and T.8,R.10. N.W.P. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Grass Pond, T.2,R.4. Fishing with artificial lures only. Daily limit 5 fish. Indian Lake, Whiting. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of Salmon Pond, Guilford. Closed. Grassy Pond, Holeb Twp., and thoroughfare between Grassy Pond April. Sawyer Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Greenville. and Big Fi$h Pond, Holeb Twp. Closed to all fishing. James Pond and tributaries, Charlotte. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Daily bag limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Pond opens to fishing June 1. Hall Pond, Prentiss Twp. FFO. Opens last Saturday of April. Closed to the taking of smelts except by hook and line. Heald Pond, Caratunk Pit. FFO. Daily bag limit 5 fish. LaCoute Lake and outlet to barrier dam, Vanceboro. NLFAB. Daily Sc hoodie Lake and tributaries, Lakeview, T.4,R.9, and Brownville. Heald ponds, Little and Wee, Caratunk Pit. NLFAB. limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. Tributaries closed to all Closed to the taking of smelts except by hook and line. Helen Pond, Pierce Pond Twp. NLFAB. fishing. Sebec Lake, Bowerbank, Dover-Foxcroft, Sebec, and Willimantic. Mini­ High Pond, Pierce Pond Twp. NLFAB. Ledge Pond, Charlotte. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. mum length limit on salmon, 12 inches. The taking of smelts is pro­ Higher Pond, Pierce Pond Twp. NLFAB. Lily Lake, Trescott. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. hibited in Earley’s salmon pool, so-called, at the head of Sebec Horseshoe Pond, Pierce Pond Twp. NLFAB. Lily Pond, T.30, M.D. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Lake, and in that part of the lake between said pool and Packard’s Horseshoe Pond, Ten Thousand Acre Tract. FFO. Machias River, Holmes Bay. See Atlantic salmon regulations. wharf. No size or bag limit on black bass in lake and tributaries. Huston Brook, Dead River Pit. See regulations under Franklin'County. Machias River, East, and tributaries. See Atlantic salmon regulations. Secret Pond, Greenville. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Iron Pond, Hobbstown, T.5.R.6, B.K.P., W.K.R. FFO. Monroe Lake, and tributaries, T.43.M.D. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Shadow Pond, T.3,R.5, Harfords Point and Greenville. NLFAB. Daily Island Pond, 10,000 Acre Tract. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. Closed to the taking of Jackson Pond and tributaries, Concord Twp. Daily bag limit 5 trout. Monroe Pond, East, T.43.M.D. Closed to fishing in 1975. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday in April. smelts except by hook and line. Mystery Lake, T.18,M.D. (Horseshoe Pond). Daily limit 5 fish. Jim Pond, Little, T.1.R.5; T.4,R.5. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Narraguagus River. 'Closed to all fishing within 100 feet of the ice Ship Pond Stream Watershed and Long Pond Stream Watershed, Jones Pond, Bald Mountain Twp., T.4.R.3, NBKP. Fishing with artificial control dam at Cherryfield. General law fishing, with single-pointed Bowerbank, Willimantic, Elliotsville, T.7,R.9, T.7,R.10, and T.8,R.10. lures and flies only. Daily limit 5 fish. hook, for all fish except Atlantic salmon is permitted from May 1 to NLFAB in any waters of these watersheds. Kennebec River, from Indian Pond dam in T.1,R.6, Somerset County, September 15 in the portion of the river beginning 100 feet above Slaughter Pond, T.3,R.11. FFO. to tidewater in Augusta, Kennebec County. Open under the general the ice control dam and extending upstream to a point marked by Smith Pond, Elliottsville. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. laws except that section between at Moscow and the 2 red posts, the location determined by the Fish and Game Dept. Snake Pond, T.7,R.11, W.E.L.S. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. dam at Madison where the following regulations apply: (1) Mini­ Closed to all fishing is that portion of the Narraguagus River from Snow’s Pond, Dover-Foxcroft. No motorboats allowed. mum length of 12 inches on salmon, togue, and rainbow trout; a red marker at the mouth of Sodom Brook in Deblois, downstream Sourdnahunk Watershed, T.4,R.10; T.4.R.11; T.5,R.10,R.11; T.2,R.10; (2) Daily limit 2 fish in the aggregate of trout, togue, and salmon; approximately 150 yards to a red marker. Above Deblois bridge, T.3.R.10; T.3,R.11. Daily limit of 5 fish from any of the waters, ex­ (3) Unlawful to fish with any flies, lures, or bait with other than a taking of fish is prohibited except by use of a single hook on a line. cept Slaughter Pond in T.3.R.11. NLFAB. single-pointed hook or tandem single-pointed hook. From Septem­ Below Deblois bridge, fly fishing only. Daily limit 2 salmon. River Sourdnahunk Lake, T.4.R.10; T.4.R.11; T.5,R.10; T.5,R.11. FFO. Daily ber 15 to October 31, the entire river from Indian Pond Dam to is closed from site of Beddington dam to 2 red posts approximately limit 5 fish. Closed to all fishing from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour Augusta is open to fly fishing only, daily limit 1 fish, with general 300 yards above site. See Atlantic salmon regulations. See Schood- before sunrise of the following morning. law length limits in effect except between Wyman Dam and the dam ic Brook. Sourdnahunk (Nesowadnehunk) Thoroughfare, T.4,R.10. Closed to at Madison where the limit on salmon, togue, and rainbow trout Ox Brook Lake, Upper and Lower, T.6.N.D.; T.6.R.1 and Talmadge. fishing that portion of the thoroughfare, so-called, between Neso­ is 12 inches. No motorboats allowed. wadnehunk (Sourdnahunk) Lake and the dam northerly from the Kennebec River, East Outlet, from Moosehead Lake to Indian Pond in Peep Lake, T.30,M.D. Daily bag limit 5 trout. NLFAB. dam for approximately 1,000 feet to red posts set on the shore. Sapling, Somerset County; Big Squaw Mt. Twp., Piscataquis County; Penman Pond, T.26,E.D. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Satur­ Sourdnahunk Lake, Little (Little Nesowadnehunk), T.5.R.11. FFO. and West Outlet from Moosehead Lake to Indian Pond in Taunton, day of April. Pike Brook Pond, East, T.18,M.D. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens Daily bag and possession limit, 1 trout. Closed to all fishing from Raynham Grant, Misery Gore, Sapling. Open for fishing under gen­ eral laws from May 1 to Sept. 15. Closed to all but fly fishing from last Saturday of April. one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise of each day. No Sept. 16 to Sept. 30. Daily limit 1 fish. Pike Brook Pond, West, T.18,M.D. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. person shall operate any boat or canoe propelled by motor. Kennebec River tributaries in Concord, Bingham, and Moscow. Open Pineo Pond, Deblois. FFO. Pineo Pond shall be called a great pond. Sourdnahunk Stream, T.4,R.10; etc. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Closed to all to fishing from June 1 to August 15 except the following sections Pleasant River and tributaries. See Atlantic salmon regulations. fishing from 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour before sunrise. which are open under general law seasons: (1) That portion of •Pleasant River Lake and all tributaries. Closed to the taking of smelts. South Branch Pond, Lower, and tributaries and outlet down to red Mink Brook north of Pierce Hill Road in Moscow; (2) That portion St. Croix River. See Boundary waters with New Brunswick. marker at natural barrier, T.5,R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens of Austin Stream in Moscow north of the falls as marked by red Salmon Pond and tributary. T.30,M.D. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. last Saturday of April. Minimum length on Sunapee trout, 12 inches. markers; (3) That portion of Jackson Brook in Bingham north of Schoodic Brook, Cherryfield. Closed from red post at its mouth to red South Branch Pond, Upper and tributaries, T.5.R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. Goodrich Road bridge. post 1,000 feet upstream. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Minimum length on Sunapee Kilgore Pond, T.1.R.4; T.2.R.4. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Schoodic Lake, T.18.M.D., Columbia, Cherryfield. No size or bag limit trout, 12 inches. King and Bartlett Lake, T.4,R.5. NLFAB. on bass. Spectacle Pond, Upper, Lower, and tributaries, Monson and Shirley. King Lake, Little, and tributary and outlet to barrier dam, T.4,R.5. Simpson Pond, Roque Bluffs Twp. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens Daily bag limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April.- NLFAB. Daily bag limit 5 trout. last Saturday of April. Spencer Pond, East Middlesex, Canal Grant, T.1,R.14. Daily bag limit King Pond, T.1.R.4. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Six Mile Pond, Marshfield, Whitneyville. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. 5 trout. Kingsbury Pond and tributaries, Mayfield Pit. and Kingsbury Pit. Open last Saturday of April. Spencer Pond, Little, and tributaries, East Middlesex Canal Grant. Closed to the taking of smelts. Smelt Brook, Marshfield. Closed. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Knights Pond, Moxie Gore and Squaretown. NLFAB. Tomah Lake, T.10,R.3N. Closed to all fishing. Spring Pond, Twp. 7.R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Lang Pond, Parlin Pond Twp. FFO. West Grand Lake. Unlawful to fish with any flies, lures, or bait with Spruce Mountain Pond, T.B..R.11. NLFAB. Lang Pond, Little, Parlin Pond Twp. FFO. other than a single-pointed hook or tandem single-pointed hook. Squaw Pond, T.3.R.5. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Lone Jack Pond, Johnson Mt. Twp. FFO. No motorboats allowed. Squaw Pond, Little, Little Squaw Twp. NLFAB. Long Pond, Forsythe Twp., and Holeb Twp. Daily limit 5 fish. Stratton Pond, T.2,R.11. NLFAB. Long Pond, (so-called Little Long Pond), 10,000 Acre Tract. FFO. The following waters are open to fishing for all fish except trout, Sylvan Lake, See Whetstone Pond. Long Pond, T.4.R.5. NLFAB. salmon and togue from October 1 to October 31: Thanksgiving Pond, Blanchard. NLFAB. Loon Pond, Attean and Holeb Twps. NLFAB. Barrows Lake, Alexander; Baskahegan Lake, Topsfield, Brookton, Thissell Pond and tributaries and outlet down to red marker at natural Lost Pond, Pleasant Ridge. FFO. and T.8,R.3; Bearse Lake, Meddybemps and Baring; Beaver Lake, barrier, T.5,R.11. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of Lost Pond, T.5.R. 16. FFO. Calais; Beaver Dam Lake, North, Twp. 26; Chain lakes (1st, 2nd, and 3rd), Twp. 26 and 31; Chain Lake, Lower, T.5; Chalk Pond, T.22 and April. Luther Pond and tributaries, Thorndike Twp. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Beddington; Clifford Lake, Twp. 26 and 27; Cranberry Lake, Upper, Trout Pond, T.3,R.5, B.K.P., E.K.R., Little Squaw Mountain Twp. FFO. Opens last Saturday of April. Twp. 30; Cranberry Lake, Lower, Twp. 30 and 36; Crawford Lake, Daily limit 5 fish until September 14; from September 15 through Macdougall Pond, Caratunk. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last Pit. 21 and Crawford; Crooked Brook Lake, Forest City; Drake Lake, September 30, daily limit 1 fish. No motorboats allowed. Saturday of April. Marie Petush Pond, Prentiss Twp. FFO. T.10,R.3,N; Fulton Lake, Northfield; Getchell Pugs, Twp. 43; Had­ Twin Ponds, T.2.R.9. NLFAB. ley’s Lake, East Machias; Hot Brook Lakes, T.8.R.4; Hound Brook Wadleigh Pond, Big, T.8.R.15. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Markham Pond, Johnson Mt. FFO. Martin Pond, The Forks. Open last Saturday in April. NLFAB. Daily Lake, T.1,R.2; Jackson Brook Lake, Brookton; Josh Lake, Whiting; Lewy Wassataquoik Stream and tributaries, T.4.R.9. Daily limit 5 fish. Lake, Princeton and Indian Twp.; Lake, Twp. 43; Long West Branch ponds, First, Second, Third, Fourth, and tributaries, T.A., limit 5 trout. Mayfield Pond and tributaries, Mayfield Pit. and Brighton Twp. Closed Lake, Twp. 18 and 19 and Wesley; Machias Lake, First, Twp. 37; Ma­ R.12. FFO. to the taking of smelts. chias Lake, Second, T.37,M.D.; Machias Lake, Third, Twp. 5, 42, 43; Whetstone Pond (Sylvan Lake), Blanchard and Kingsbury. NLFAB. McKenney Pond, Holeb Twp. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Machias Lake, Fourth, T.42,M.D., and T.5,N.D. Meddybemps Lake, Daily limit 5 fish. Pond and tributaries closed to the dipping of Moosehead Lake. See regulations under Piscataquis County. Meddybemps, Baring, Baileyville and Alexander; Mud Lake, (Upper smelts. Moose Pond, Bowtown Pit. NLFAB. and Lower), Alexander; Munson Lake, Twp. 18 and 19; Patrick Lake, Wiggin Brook, Greenville and T.3.R.5. Open to fishing for all persons Moose River. (A ) From Brassua Lake dam to Moosehead Lake: Open Marion Pit. 14; Patten Lake, Waite, Talmadge, Grand Lake Stream; Pennamaquan Lake, Charlotte, Pembroke; Pickerel Lake, Brookton; under the age of 17 years. from May 1 to September 15; unlawful to fish with any flies, lures, or Pickerel Lake, Topsfield; Pocomoonshine Lake, Princeton, Alexander; Williams Pond, T.4,R.11. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. bait with other than a single-pointed hook or tandem single-pointed Rocky Lake, Twp. 18; Round Lake, Charlotte; Round Lake, Twp. 18 and Wilson Pond, Lower and tributaries, Greenville. NLFAB. hook; minimum length on togue, 18 inches; open to fly fishing only 19; Seavey Lake, Wesley; Seavey Lake, Little, Wesley; Second Lake, Wilson Pond, Upper, T.8,R.10. Closed to fishing are North Brook and from September 16 to September 30, with a daily limit of 1 fish. Twp. 18; Shaw Lake, T.6,R.l; Simon Lake, Codyville; Spectacle ponds, South Brook tributaries from red posts set at mouth of brook up­ (B ) From confluence of Holeb Stream (in T.6.R.1) to Attean Pond Twp. 19; Sucker Lake, Danforth; Tomah Lake, Little, Topsfield, Cody­ stream to red posts set at first road bridge, respectively. NLFAB in (in T.5,R.1): Open to fishing under general law season; artificial ville; Voses Lake, Calais; Wabassus Lake, Twp. 5, 6, 43. pond and tributaries. lures only; daily limit 5 fish. Windy Pitch Pond, T.3,R.10. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Mosquito Pond, The Forks. NLFAB. Woodman Pond, T.2.R.11. Daily limit 5 fish. Pond and tributaries Mountain Dimmick Pond. See Dimmick. NLFAB. Moxie Lake, The Forks, East Moxie, and Bald Mt. Twp. NLFAB. Yoke ponds, T.A.,R.11. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Moxie Pond, Little, T.2.R.4. NLFAB. Mud Pond, 10,000 Acre Tract. NLFAB. The following waters are open to fishing for all fish except trout, Otter Pond, Bowtown. NLFAB. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: salmon and togue from October 1 to October 31: Otter Pond, T.2,R.l, (Sandwich Academy). Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. See also Border Waters with New Hampshire. Boyd Lake, Orneville; Ebeemee ponds, East and West, T.5.R.9 and Otter Pond, Little, T.2,R.l, (Sandwich Academy). Closed in 1975. Adams Pond, Newfield. Open through October. Brownville; Ebeemee Pond, Upper, T.4,R.9 and T.B.,R.10; Seboeis Otter Pond, North, Bowtown. NLFAB. Back Brook, Limington. Open through September 15. Lake, T.4,R.9 and Lakeview Twp. Palmer Pond, Mayfield. NLFAB. Boulter Pond, York. Closed. Parlin Pond, Johnson Mt. Twp. and Parlin Pond Twp. Minimum length Branch Brook, Wells and N. Berwick. Open through September 15. on salmon, 12 inches. Bunganut Pond, Lyman. No size or bag limit on bass. Penobscot Lake, T.3.R.4; T.3.R.5; T.4.R.4; T.4.R.5. NLFAB. Chase’s Pond, York. Closed. Penobscot River, West Branch. See regulations under Piscataquis Deer Pond, Hollis. Daily limit 5 trout. Opens last Saturday of April. County. Ell Pond, Sanford and Wells. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Pickerel Pond, Pierce Pond Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Saturday of April. No motorboats over 6 horsepower allowed. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Pierce Pond, T.1.R.4 and T.2.R.4. Fishing with artificial lures only. Folly Pond, York. Closed. Daily limit 5 fish. Goose Pond, Shapleigh. No size or bag limits on pickerel and bass. Nequasset Pond, Woolwich. No minimum length or bag limit on black Pierce Pond, Upper, T.2,R.4. Daily limit 5 fish. Fishing with artificial Great East Lake, Acton. Closed to the taking of smelts, except by bass. lures only. single hook and line. Tributaries closed to the taking of smelts. Silver Lake, Phippsburg. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Pleasant Pond, The Forks, Caratunk. NLFAB. Legion Pond and tributaries, Kittery. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Stephen E. Powell (Swan Island) Wildlife Management Area, Rich­ Rancourt Pond, Dennistown Pit. FFO. Lone Pond, Waterboro. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Open last Saturday mond. Restricted to fishing only by children under 16 years of age, Robinson Pond, Caratunk. NLFAB. of April. and only when properly supervised. Rock Pond, T.5,R.6, B.K.P., W.K.R. FFO. Long Pond and tributaries, Parsonsfield. Open to the taking of smelts Roderique Pond, Rockwood Strip, Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. under the general law. Round Pond, Squaretown. FFO. Length limit on trout, 8 inches. Middle Pond, York. Closed. Round Pond, Ten Thousand Acre Tract. FFO. No motorboats allowed. Milliken’s Mill Pond and tributaries, Old Orchard Beach. Daily limit 5 Rush Pond, T.4.R.5. NLFAB. trout. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday of April. Russell Pond, T.5.R.16. FFO. Mousam Lake, Acton and Shapleigh. No size or bag limits on pickerel Smith Pond, Parlin Pond and Misery Twps. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. and bass. Closed to the taking of smelts except by single hook and See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: Snake Pond, Johnsor lountain. FFO. line. Tributaries closed to the taking of smelts. Spectacle Pond, King and Bartlett Twp. NLFAB. , Little, Waterboro. No size or bag limits on pickerel and Baker Pond, Caratunk. NLFAB. Spencer Stream, T.3.R.4; T.3.R.5; T.4,R.5 and T.5,R.6. FFO. Open bass. Closed to the taking of smelts, except by single hook and Baker Pond, Hobbstown, T.5,R.6. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. until September 15. line. Tributaries closed to the taking of smelts. Baker Pond, Tomhegan Twp., T.1.R.2. FFO. Spencer Stream and tributaries. FFO. Perkins Brook, Wells and N. Berwick. Open through September 15. Baker Pond tributaries, T.4,R.6 and T.5.R.6. FFO. Daily limit 5 trout. Split Rock Pond, Pierce Pond Twp. FFO. Poverty Pond, Little, Shapleigh. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens Baker Stream, T.4,R.5; T.5,R.6, and Hobbstown. FFO . Daily limit 5 fish. Spring Lake, T.3.R.4. NLFAB. last Saturday of April. Bald Mountain Pond, Bald Mountain Twp. NLFAB. Spruce Pond, Lexington Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Pugsley Brook, Cornish. Open through September 15. Barrett Pond, T.6,R.1, Holeb Twp. FFO. Stafford Pond and tributaries, Hartland. Daily limit 5 fish. NLFAB. Round Pond, Lyman. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Saturday Bean Pond, Pleasant Ridge Pit. FFO. Opens last Saturday of April. of April. Beck Pond, T.3.R.5. NLFAB. Sugar Berth Pond, Dennistown Pit. NLFAB. , Dayton and Buxton. Closed to all fishing is that portion of Berry Ponds, Johnson Mt. Twp. FFO. No motorboats allowed in Little Supply Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Moose River the river from Skelton dam downstream to a straight line drawn Berry Pond. Pit. and Jackman Pit. NLFAB. Daily bag limit 5 fish. Opens last between two red posts, one on the east bank and one on the west Big Fish Pond, Holeb Twp. FFO. Daily limit 5 fish. Saturday of April. bank of the river. Bill Morris Pond, T.3,R.5. NLFAB. Ten Thousand Acre Pond and tributaries. T.1.R.6. NLFAB. Sand Pond, Limington. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Satur­ Black Brook Pond, Moxie Gore. NLFAB. Tobey Pond, Johnson Mountain. FFO. day of April. Black Hill Pond and tributaries and outlet down to barrier dam, Emb- Turner ponds, Big and Little, Forsythe Twp. Daily limit 5 fish. Artifi­ Sand Pond, Sanford. No motorboats over 10 horsepower allowed. den. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Pond open last Saturday in April. cial lures only. Spicer Pond, Shapleigh Twp. Opens May 1. Minimum limit on trout, 8 Blakesley Lake, T.5,R.6. FFO. Wilson Pond, Little, (Little Wilson Hill Pond), Johnson Mountain. FFO. inches. Daily limit 3 trout. Restricted to use of flies and artificial lures Brassua Lake, T.1.R.1, N.B.K.P. Closed after August 15 is that portion only. No motorboats allowed. southwest of a line between two orange posts set on opposite The following waters are open to fishing for all fish except trout, Square Pond, Actbn and Shapleigh. No size or bag limit on pickerel shores at the entrance to Misery Cove, so-called. Closed to the salmon and togue from October 1 to October 31: and bass. taking of smelts except by single baited hook and line. East Pond, Smithfield; Fahi Pond, Embden; Hayden Lake (Wesser- Sunken Pond, Sanford. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Opens last Satur­ Brassua Lake tributaries, T.1.R.1; T.2,R.1; T.1,R.2; T.2,R.2. Closed to unsett Lake), Madison; North Pond, Mercer, Smithfield, and Rome; day of April. the taking of smelts. Wyman Pond, Brighton. Swan Pond, Lyman. No size or bag limit on bass. Butler Pond, Lexington Twp. NLFAB. Tarwater Pond and outlet to Roberts Pond, Lyman. NLFAB. Daily Butler Pond, T.4,R.5. NLFAB. limit 5 fish. Opens last Saturday of April. , from its source in Crockertown Twp. to a point at Wadley Pond, Lyman. No size or bag limit on bass. East New Portland where Route 146 crosses the river. FFO. Warren Pond, South Berwick. NLFAB. Daily limit 5 fish. Opens last Carry Pond, East, Carrying Place Twp. Daily limit 5 trout. NLFAB. Unlaw­ Saturday of April. ful to fish with any flies, lures, or bait with other than a single-pointed Wilson Pond, Acton. Closed to the taking of smelts except by single hook or tandem single-pointed hook. See general fishing laws — exceptions follow: hook and line. Tributaries closed to the taking of smelts.