Fishing in Washington County, Maine

271 public waters in the Downeast & Acadia region — 186 lakes/reservoirs and 85 rivers. Every one is public water fishable on a Maine licence.

Lakes & Reservoirs

• Grand Lake 15,800 acres · 7 species
• Long Lake 14,292 acres · 6 species
• Schoodic Lake 7,432 acres · 7 species
• Pleasant Lake 7,305 acres · 7 species
• Baskahegan Lake 6,886 acres · 6 species
• Meddybemps Lake 6,727 acres · 7 species
• Big Lake 6,688 acres · 1 species
• Gardner Lake 3,719 acres · 7 species
• Lake Cathance 3,259 acres · 4 species
• Third Machias Lake 2,569 acres · 7 species
• Pocomoonshine Lake 2,550 acres · 7 species
• Second Lake 2,159 acres · 7 species
• Spednic Lake 2,148 acres · 7 species
• Pocumcus Lake 2,147 acres · 5 species
• Fourth Machias Lake 1,910 acres · 7 species
• Rocky Lake 1,828 acres · 7 species
• Hadley Lake 1,773 acres · 7 species
• Boyden Lake 1,756 acres · 7 species
• Mud Lake 1,701 acres · 7 species
• Scraggley Lake 1,658 acres · 9 species
• Crooked Brook Flowage 1,630 acres · 6 species
• West Musquash Lake 1,605 acres · 5 species
• Mopang Lake 1,559 acres · 7 species
• Pennamaquan Lake 1,193 acres · 7 species
• Crawford Lake 1,150 acres · 6 species
• Fifth Machias Lake 1,052 acres · 6 species
• Berry Brook Flowage 998 acres · 6 species
• Wabassus Lake 987 acres · 7 species
• Upper Hot Brook Lake 927 acres · 6 species
• Grand Falls Flowage 907 acres · 6 species
• Pleasant River Lake 906 acres · 7 species
• Round Lake 887 acres · 7 species
• Bog Lake 861 acres · 7 species
• Nashs Lake 830 acres · 6 species
• East Musquash Lake 818 acres · 7 species
• Second Chain Lake 722 acres · 6 species
• Lower Hot Brook Lake 677 acres · 6 species
• Saint Croix River Reservoir 676 acres · 6 species
• Clifford Lake 656 acres · 6 species
• Love Lake 643 acres · 6 species
• Howard Lake 530 acres · 6 species
• Lambert Lake 518 acres · 7 species
• Jackson Brook Lake 487 acres · 6 species
• First Chain Lake 463 acres · 7 species
• George Brook Flowage 455 acres · 6 species
• Indian Lake 455 acres · 7 species
• Spruce Mountain Lake 429 acres · 6 species
• Upper Oxbrook Lake 427 acres · 6 species
• Bog Brook Flowage 397 acres · 6 species
• Beddington Lake 395 acres · 7 species
• Lower Oxbrook Lake 339 acres · 6 species
• Patrick Lake 321 acres · 7 species
• Hound Brook Lake 306 acres · 6 species
• Lower Cranberry Lake 305 acres · 6 species
• Bearce Lake 291 acres · 6 species
• Farrow Lake 287 acres · 7 species
• Orange Lake 253 acres · 6 species
• Drake Lake 252 acres · 6 species
• Shaw Lake 246 acres · 6 species
• Orange River Reservoir 242 acres · 6 species
• Huntley Brook Flowage 241 acres · 6 species
• Peaked Mountain Pond 222 acres · 6 species
• Silver Pug Lake 216 acres · 6 species
• Sucker Lake 203 acres · 6 species
• Montegail Pond 195 acres · 6 species
• Great Works Pond 184 acres · 7 species
• Second Machias Lake 182 acres · 7 species
• South Beaverdam Lake 180 acres · 6 species
• Lower Chain Lake 173 acres · 6 species
• Third Chain Lake 172 acres · 6 species
• Marks Lake 171 acres · 6 species
• Middle Magurrewock Marsh 149 acres · 6 species
• North Beaverdam Lake 149 acres · 6 species
• Little Tomah Lake 148 acres · 6 species
• Mopang Second Lake 144 acres · 6 species
• Southwest Pond 143 acres · 6 species
• Little Cathance Lake 141 acres · 6 species
• Simsquish Lake 139 acres · 6 species
• Barrows Lake 138 acres · 6 species
• La Coute Lake 138 acres · 6 species
• Upper Cranberry Lake 137 acres · 6 species
• Salmon Pond 130 acres · 7 species
• First Lake 128 acres · 6 species
• Patten Pond 127 acres · 6 species
• First Machias Lake 122 acres · 7 species
• Upper Mud Lake 112 acres · 6 species
• Fulton Lake 112 acres · 6 species
• Seavey Lake 108 acres · 6 species
• Little Seavey Lake 106 acres · 6 species
• Loon Bay 98 acres · 6 species
• Keene Lake 97 acres · 6 species
• Hobart Lake 92 acres · 6 species
• Big Greenland Lake 90 acres · 6 species
• Beaver Lake 90 acres · 6 species
• Bearce Flowage 85 acres · 6 species
• Lower Mud Lake 84 acres · 6 species
• Little River Lake 76 acres · 6 species
• Vose Pond 73 acres · 6 species
• Grover Lake 72 acres · 6 species
• Snare Creek 69 acres · 6 species
• Western Lake 69 acres · 6 species
• Josh Pond 67 acres · 6 species
• Roaring Lake 65 acres · 6 species
• Getchel Lakes 64 acres · 6 species
• Bowles Lake 64 acres · 6 species
• Mill Pond 64 acres · 6 species
• Mic-Mac Pond 61 acres · 6 species
• Tomah Lake 60 acres · 6 species
• Hosea Pug Lake 57 acres · 6 species
• Crooked Brook Lake 56 acres · 6 species
• Sam Hill Lake 56 acres · 6 species
• Six Mile Lake 53 acres · 7 species
• Knox Lake 53 acres · 6 species
• Pennamaquan River Reservoir 49 acres · 6 species
• Second Marks Lake 49 acres · 6 species
• Monroe Lake 47 acres · 6 species
• Sunken Lake 47 acres · 6 species
• Hay Creek 44 acres · 6 species
• Lake Conic 43 acres · 6 species
• Little Lake 43 acres · 6 species
• Orie Lake 42 acres · 6 species
• Narraguagus River Reservoir 42 acres · 6 species
• SW Pond 42 acres · 6 species
• Keeley Lake 42 acres · 6 species
• Hadley Lakes 41 acres · 6 species
• Little Greenland Lake 40 acres · 6 species
• Simpson Pond 37 acres · 6 species
• Shiny Lake 37 acres · 6 species
• Eastern Lake 35 acres · 6 species
• Horse Lake 33 acres · 6 species
• Cranberry Lake 32 acres · 6 species
• Popple Flowage 32 acres · 6 species
• Upper Flood Lake 32 acres · 6 species
• Lily Lake 32 acres · 6 species
• Spectacle Lakes 32 acres · 6 species
• Munson Lake 32 acres · 6 species
• Hobart Bog 30 acres · 6 species
• Pork Barrel Lake 30 acres · 6 species
• East Branch 30 acres · 6 species
• Pickerel Lake 29 acres · 6 species
• Shattuck Lake 28 acres · 6 species
• Pine Lake 28 acres · 6 species
• Moneymaker Lake 27 acres · 6 species
• Little Pickerel Pond 26 acres · 6 species
• Vining Lake 26 acres · 6 species
• Coleback Lake 25 acres · 6 species
• West Pike Brook Pond 25 acres · 6 species
• Little Musquash Lake 24 acres · 6 species
• Trout Lake 24 acres · 6 species
• Possum Lake 23 acres · 6 species
• Upper Pond 23 acres · 6 species
• Crane Mill Brook Reservoir 22 acres · 6 species
• East Steuben Pond 22 acres · 6 species
• Black Brook Ponds 22 acres · 6 species
• Middle River Reservoir 22 acres · 6 species
• Rand Lake 18 acres · 6 species
• Goulding Lake 18 acres · 6 species
• Johnson Bay Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Pleasant River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Gleason Cove Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Baskahegan Stream Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Narraguagus River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Spednik Lake 10 acres · 7 species
• Chandler Bay Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Lewy Lake 10 acres · 7 species
• Cobscook Bay Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Cathance Lake 10 acres · 7 species
• East Machias River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Machias River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• West Grand Lake 10 acres · 7 species
• Orange River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Bog Brook 10 acres · 7 species
• Penniman Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Ripley Cove Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Eastern Harbor Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Whiting Bay Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Grand Falls Flowage Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Pennamaquan River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Bucks Harbor Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Alley Bay Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Schoodic Brook Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Passamaquoddy Bay Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Pigon Hill Bay Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Moosehorn Stream Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Dennys River Pond 10 acres · 7 species
• Grand Lake Stream 10 acres · 7 species

Rivers

• St. Croix River 52 mi in ME · 3 species
• Machias River 66 mi in ME · 4 species
• Narraguagus River 33 mi in ME · 4 species
• Pleasant River 43 mi in ME · 4 species
• East Machias River 23 mi in ME · 4 species
• Tomah Stream 30 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Narraguagus River 20 mi in ME · 4 species
• Dennys River 24 mi in ME · 4 species
• Chandler River 22 mi in ME · 4 species
• Old Stream 24 mi in ME · 4 species
• Baskahegan Stream 10 mi in ME · 3 species
• Mopang Stream 22 mi in ME · 4 species
• Tunk Stream 15 mi in ME · 4 species
• Pennamaquan River 10 mi in ME · 4 species
• Trout Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• East Branch Big Musquash Stream 16 mi in ME · 3 species
• Cathance Stream 12 mi in ME · 4 species
• New Stream 2 mi in ME · 4 species
• Hobart Stream 9 mi in ME · 4 species
• Indian River 11 mi in ME · 4 species
• Orange River 12 mi in ME · 4 species
• Crooked River 9 mi in ME · 4 species
• Huntley Brook 13 mi in ME · 3 species
• Mohannes Stream 3 mi in ME · 4 species
• Little Tomah Stream 8 mi in ME · 3 species
• Jim Brown Brook 4 mi in ME · 3 species
• Hawkins Brook 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Machias River 10 mi in ME · 4 species
• Meadow Brook 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• Pecky Brook 7 mi in ME · 4 species
• Little Musquash Stream 8 mi in ME · 4 species
• Hardscrabble River 9 mi in ME · 4 species
• East Stream 12 mi in ME · 4 species
• Curry Brook 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Wapsaconhagan Brook 7 mi in ME · 4 species
• Little Meadow Brook 1 mi in ME · 3 species
• Western Little River 12 mi in ME · 4 species
• Moosehorn Brook 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Amazon Brook 7 mi in ME · 3 species
• West Branch Big Musquash Stream 8 mi in ME · 3 species
• Whitten Parritt Stream 11 mi in ME · 4 species
• Sipp Brook 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Pembroke Stream 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• Wiggins Brook 3 mi in ME · 4 species
• Enoch Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Hot Brook 9 mi in ME · 3 species
• Butterfield Brook 3 mi in ME · 3 species
• Northern Stream 3 mi in ME · 4 species
• North Crooked Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Mill River 3 mi in ME · 4 species
• Holmes Brook 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• Bog Stream 2 mi in ME · 4 species
• Sixteenth Stream 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Northern Inlet River 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• Little Simsquish Brook 6 mi in ME · 3 species
• Beaverdam Stream 0 mi in ME · 4 species
• King Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Pleasant Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• Millberry Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Clifford Stream 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Magurrewock Stream 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• Flipper Creek 3 mi in ME · 3 species
• Englishman River 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Sam Hill Brook 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• Libby Brook 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Taylor Branch 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• Wilson Stream 1 mi in ME · 4 species
• Allen Stream 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Harmon Stream 2 mi in ME · 4 species
• Unknown Stream 3 mi in ME · 4 species
• South Crooked Brook 1 mi in ME · 3 species
• Gooch Brook 0 mi in ME · 4 species
• Dog Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Kennebec Brook 5 mi in ME · 3 species
• Bassett Creek 5 mi in ME · 4 species
• South Brook 3 mi in ME · 4 species
• Southern Inlet River 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Huntley Brook 13 mi in ME · 4 species
• Fletcher Brook 6 mi in ME · 4 species
• Scott Brook 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• Harrington River 9 mi in ME · 4 species
• Seavey Brook 2 mi in ME · 3 species
• The Inlet River 4 mi in ME · 4 species
• West Branch Hot Brook 0 mi in ME · 3 species
• Big Musquash Stream 6 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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