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First Lake is a public lake in Washington County, Maine, managed by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. It is public water managed for fishing by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Lakes and ponds across the Northeast typically hold largemouth and smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, and panfish such as bluegill and pumpkinseed sunfish -- species commonly documented across the region's public waters by state wildlife agencies.
First Lake covers about 128 acres in the Downeast & Acadia region. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Horse Lake and Bowles Lake.
Anyone 16 or older needs a Maine fishing licence — the resident annual is about $27, the non-resident annual about $69, with non-resident 1-day (~$14) and 3-day (~$45) licences also sold. Maine residents 70 and older need no licence, and anyone under 16 fishes free. Buy from Maine IF&W at maine.gov/ifw. A Maine fishing licence covers this water — it has a Maine GeoLibrary-listed public boat launch.
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