Fishing in Penobscot County, Maine

298 public waters in the North Woods & Moosehead region — 176 lakes/reservoirs and 122 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Maine licence.

Lakes & Reservoirs

• Millinocket Lake 10,711 acres · 5 species
• Long Pond 8,789 acres · 7 species
• Pleasant Lake 7,305 acres · 7 species
• Pushaw Lake 4,682 acres · 7 species
• Sebasticook Lake 4,539 acres · 7 species
• Cold Stream Pond 3,839 acres · 7 species
• Junior Lake 3,034 acres · 6 species
• South Twin Lake 2,987 acres · 7 species
• Grand Lake Matagamon 2,697 acres · 6 species
• Grand Lake Seboeis 2,582 acres · 5 species
• North Twin Lake 2,157 acres · 4 species
• South Branch Lake 1,986 acres · 7 species
• Dolby Pond 1,948 acres · 7 species
• Echo Lake 1,805 acres · 7 species
• Mud Lake 1,701 acres · 7 species
• Silver Lake 1,685 acres · 7 species
• Endless Lake 1,442 acres · 7 species
• Duck Lake 1,417 acres · 7 species
• Millimagasset Lake 1,417 acres · 6 species
• Chemo Pond 1,216 acres · 6 species
• East Branch Lake 1,196 acres · 6 species
• Mattamiscontis Lake 1,149 acres · 6 species
• Lake Wassookeag 1,117 acres · 6 species
• Quakish Lake 1,067 acres · 7 species
• Upper Sysladobsis Lake 1,065 acres · 6 species
• Brewer Lake 1,001 acres · 6 species
• Elbow Lake 935 acres · 6 species
• Saponac Pond 891 acres · 7 species
• Eskutassis Pond 891 acres · 6 species
• Madagascal Pond 870 acres · 6 species
• Scraggly Lake 843 acres · 7 species
• Mattanawcook Pond 834 acres · 7 species
• Middle Jo-Mary Lake 785 acres · 6 species
• Center Pond 782 acres · 7 species
• Upper Long Pond 778 acres · 6 species
• Jones Pond 741 acres · 7 species
• Umcolcus Lake 701 acres · 6 species
• Snowshoe Lake 675 acres · 6 species
• Number Three Pond 668 acres · 6 species
• Lower Shin Pond 654 acres · 7 species
• Katahdin Lake 652 acres · 6 species
• Cedar Lake 650 acres · 7 species
• Salmon Stream Lake 635 acres · 6 species
• Hay Lake 624 acres · 6 species
• Upper Shin Pond 588 acres · 6 species
• Mattakeunk Pond 580 acres · 6 species
• Wadleigh Pond 575 acres · 7 species
• Nollesemic Lake 550 acres · 6 species
• Fields Pond 545 acres · 6 species
• Plymouth Pond 529 acres · 6 species
• Davis Pond 509 acres · 6 species
• Hermon Pond 460 acres · 7 species
• Upper Cold Stream Ponds 453 acres · 6 species
• Little Pushaw Pond 439 acres · 6 species
• Perch Pond 388 acres · 7 species
• Folsom Pond 381 acres · 7 species
• Keg Lake 371 acres · 6 species
• Turkey Tail Lake 355 acres · 6 species
• Holbrook Pond 347 acres · 6 species
• Branns Mill Pond 319 acres · 7 species
• Pug Lake 304 acres · 6 species
• Cut Lake 298 acres · 6 species
• Etna Pond 294 acres · 6 species
• Flatiron Pond 292 acres · 6 species
• Lombard Lake 282 acres · 6 species
• Lunksoos Lake 271 acres · 6 species
• Little Mattamiscontis Lake 269 acres · 6 species
• Shad Pond 266 acres · 6 species
• Ferguson Lake 266 acres · 6 species
• Crooked Pond 264 acres · 6 species
• Crocker Pond 264 acres · 7 species
• Bottle Lake 261 acres · 6 species
• Horseshoe Lake 247 acres · 6 species
• Jerry Pond 242 acres · 6 species
• Cambolasse Pond 225 acres · 6 species
• White Horse Lake 222 acres · 6 species
• La Pomkeag Lake 217 acres · 6 species
• Stump Pond 205 acres · 6 species
• Smith Pond 200 acres · 6 species
• Rush Pond 198 acres · 6 species
• Sawtelle Deadwater 193 acres · 6 species
• Nokomis Pond 186 acres · 6 species
• Picket Mountain Pond 183 acres · 6 species
• Partridge Brook Flowage 182 acres · 6 species
• Sawtelle Deadwater Pond 178 acres · 7 species
• Sawtelle Pond 168 acres · 6 species
• Gristmill Pond 158 acres · 6 species
• Parks Pond 150 acres · 6 species
• Pond Farm Pond 146 acres · 6 species
• Norway Lake 144 acres · 6 species
• Egg Pond 133 acres · 6 species
• Five Island Rapids 133 acres · 6 species
• Little Salmon Stream Lake 128 acres · 6 species
• Lowell Lake 124 acres · 6 species
• Back Channel 122 acres · 6 species
• Bowlin Pond 120 acres · 6 species
• Little Eskutassis Pond 118 acres · 6 species
• Hay Pond 117 acres · 6 species
• Green Pond 116 acres · 6 species
• Little Fitts Pond 113 acres · 6 species
• Garland Pond 112 acres · 6 species
• Swetts Pond 111 acres · 6 species
• Mill Privilege Lake 111 acres · 6 species
• Weymouth Pond 108 acres · 6 species
• Lower Pug Lake 105 acres · 6 species
• Hammond Pond 98 acres · 6 species
• Lower La Pomkeag Lake 95 acres · 6 species
• Carey Lake 85 acres · 6 species
• Davidson Pond 84 acres · 6 species
• Little Round Pond 83 acres · 6 species
• Mountain Catcher Pond 81 acres · 6 species
• Corundel Lake 80 acres · 6 species
• Holland Pond 78 acres · 6 species
• Hot Pond 70 acres · 6 species
• Marble Pond 70 acres · 6 species
• Sebonibus Rapids 66 acres · 6 species
• Upper Pug Lake 66 acres · 6 species
• Medunkeunk Lake 65 acres · 6 species
• Great Works Rapids 64 acres · 6 species
• Weir Pond 52 acres · 6 species
• Veazie Rapids 51 acres · 6 species
• Mohawk Rapids 51 acres · 6 species
• George Pond 51 acres · 6 species
• Tracy Pond 48 acres · 6 species
• Eagle Pond 47 acres · 6 species
• Mower Pond 47 acres · 6 species
• Upper West Ragged Pond 46 acres · 6 species
• Merrill Pond 46 acres · 6 species
• Ireland Pond 45 acres · 6 species
• Little Madagascal Pond 41 acres · 6 species
• Atwood Pond 39 acres · 6 species
• Gray Ledge Deadwater 39 acres · 6 species
• Soldier Pond 38 acres · 7 species
• Webster Pond 36 acres · 6 species
• Lower West Ragged Pond 36 acres · 6 species
• Brooks Pond 33 acres · 6 species
• Morrell Pond 33 acres · 6 species
• Lower Deadwater 32 acres · 6 species
• West Garland Pond 32 acres · 6 species
• Lone Brook Pond 31 acres · 6 species
• Black Settlement Pond 31 acres · 6 species
• Dwinal Pond 31 acres · 7 species
• Haskell Deadwater 30 acres · 6 species
• Lower East Ragged Pond 30 acres · 6 species
• Boody Pond 29 acres · 6 species
• Little Messer Pond 28 acres · 6 species
• Wadleigh Deadwater 28 acres · 6 species
• Little Bowlin Pond 28 acres · 6 species
• Wiley Pond 28 acres · 6 species
• Messer Pond 26 acres · 6 species
• Mud Brook Flowage 25 acres · 6 species
• McGilvry Pond 23 acres · 6 species
• Cedar Swamp Pond 23 acres · 6 species
• Black Cat Pond 22 acres · 6 species
• Seboeis Deadwater 20 acres · 6 species
• Otter Stream Ponds 20 acres · 6 species
• Soule Pond 20 acres · 6 species
• Deasey Pond 19 acres · 6 species
• Isthmus Pond 18 acres · 6 species
• Spring Pond 17 acres · 6 species
• Hathorn Pond 16 acres · 6 species
• Bait Hole 16 acres · 6 species
• Little Soldier Pond 15 acres · 6 species
• Grindstone Falls 15 acres · 6 species
• Penobscot River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Kenduskeag Stream Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Mattakeunk (Silver) Lake 10 acres · 7 species
• Old Farm Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Passadumkeag River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Sysladobsis Lake 10 acres · 7 species
• Wassookeag Lake 10 acres · 7 species
• Upper Cold Stream Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Great Works Stream Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Mattawamkeag River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Souadabscook Stream Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Stillwater River Pond 10 acres · 7 species

Rivers

• West Branch Penobscot River 23 mi in ME · 4 species
• Penobscot River 22 mi in ME · 4 species
• Aroostook River 105 mi in ME · 4 species
• East Branch Penobscot River 48 mi in ME · 4 species
• Piscataquis River 65 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Mattawamkeag River 48 mi in ME · 3 species
• Passadumkeag River 47 mi in ME · 4 species
• Mattawamkeag River 49 mi in ME · 3 species
• Kenduskeag Stream 29 mi in ME · 3 species
• Molunkus Stream 37 mi in ME · 3 species
• Wassataquoik Stream 26 mi in ME · 3 species
• Sunkhaze Stream 25 mi in ME · 4 species
• Seboeis River 30 mi in ME · 3 species
• Birch Stream 24 mi in ME · 3 species
• Main Stream Sebasticook River 19 mi in ME · 3 species
• Fish Stream 25 mi in ME · 3 species
• Pushaw Stream 12 mi in ME · 3 species
• Olamon Stream 20 mi in ME · 4 species
• Salmon Stream 21 mi in ME · 3 species
• Great Works Stream 19 mi in ME · 4 species
• Dead Stream 13 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Sebasticook River 4 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Dead Stream 15 mi in ME · 3 species
• Martin Stream 15 mi in ME · 3 species
• Souadabscook Stream 20 mi in ME · 3 species
• Munsungan Stream 10 mi in ME · 4 species
• Mattagodus Stream 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Birch Stream 24 mi in ME · 4 species
• Sawtelle Brook 12 mi in ME · 3 species
• Hemlock Stream 10 mi in ME · 3 species
• Medunkeunk Stream 1 mi in ME · 3 species
• Mooseleuk Stream 14 mi in ME · 4 species
• Millinocket Stream 7 mi in ME · 4 species
• Mattakeunk Stream 13 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Seboeis Stream 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Black Stream 1 mi in ME · 3 species
• Hoyt Brook 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Sandy Stream 12 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Mattakeunk Stream 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Umcolcus Stream 12 mi in ME · 4 species
• Sam Ayers Stream 10 mi in ME · 3 species
• Crystal Brook 9 mi in ME · 3 species
• Mattamiscontis Stream 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Stillwater River 12 mi in ME · 3 species
• Madagascal Stream 12 mi in ME · 3 species
• Mud Brook 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• Mohawk Stream 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• North Branch Marsh Stream 8 mi in ME · 4 species
• Ebhorse Stream 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Molunkus Stream 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Baker Brook 2 mi in ME · 4 species
• West Branch Umcolcus Stream 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Swift Brook 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Lane Brook 8 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Seboeis Stream 10 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Souadabscook Stream 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Meadow Brook 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• Millinocket Stream 10 mi in ME · 3 species
• Taylor Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Lancaster Brook 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• Hay Brook 9 mi in ME · 3 species
• Seboeis Stream 10 mi in ME · 3 species
• Middle Branch Dead Stream 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Buffalo Stream 8 mi in ME · 4 species
• Crooked Brook 8 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Birch Stream 9 mi in ME · 3 species
• Little Meadow Brook 1 mi in ME · 3 species
• Dumb Brook 8 mi in ME · 4 species
• East Branch Molunkus Stream 8 mi in ME · 3 species
• Spruce Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Sweat Bog Brook 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Crossuntic Stream 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• Bowlin Brook 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Baker Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Mud Brook 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Wyman Brook 1 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Seboeis Stream 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Hardy Brook 6 mi in ME · 3 species
• LaPomkeag Stream 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Sandbank Stream 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Medunkeunk Stream 6 mi in ME · 3 species
• Dead Stream 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Wheeler Stream 1 mi in ME · 3 species
• Pollard Brook 6 mi in ME · 3 species
• Little Buffalo Stream 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• Hudson Brook 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Forbes Brook 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• Gordon Brook 3 mi in ME · 3 species
• Otter Stream 3 mi in ME · 3 species
• Felts Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Upper Lord Brook 1 mi in ME · 4 species
• Big Spring Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Eaton Brook 1 mi in ME · 3 species
• Middle Branch Swift Brook river · 3 species
• Eskutassis Stream 3 mi in ME · 3 species
• Little Salmon Stream 6 mi in ME · 3 species
• Cedar Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Little Seboeis River 4 mi in ME · 3 species
• Little Birch Stream 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Brown Brook 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• North Branch Olamon Stream 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Prescott Brook 3 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Swift Brook 6 mi in ME · 3 species
• Buzzy Brook 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• Whitten Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Traveler Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Swift Brook 4 mi in ME · 3 species
• Kimball Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Big Mud Brook 6 mi in ME · 3 species
• Coffin Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Dill Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Hobart Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Rollins Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Mountain Brook 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Frost Brook 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Sedgeunkedunk Stream 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Peavey Brook 3 mi in ME · 3 species
• Trapper Brook 4 mi in ME · 3 species
• Stevens Brook 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Harvey Stream 4 mi in ME · 3 species
• Ward Stream 4 mi in ME · 3 species
• Pattagumpus Stream 5 mi in ME · 3 species

Maine Fishing Licence

One Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife fishing licence covers every public water in the state, Moosehead Lake and every Maine GeoLibrary-listed boat launch included — the resident annual is about $27, the non-resident annual about $69, with non-resident 1-day (~$14) and 3-day (~$45) options. Maine residents 70 and older need no licence, and anyone under 16 fishes free. Buy at maine.gov/ifw.

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