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The Fish River chain of lakes is a series of five lakes in the North Maine Woods region of northern Maine, in a tributary stream to the Fish River. [2] The lakes are an important northern Maine recreation area providing habitat for wildlife including rainbow smelt, brook trout, lake trout, and land-locked Atlantic salmon.
The Maine Department in Inland Fisheries and Wildlife stocks the river with brook trout and brown trout. Pleasant River is the only known brook floater habitat in southern Maine. Brook floaters are a federal species of special concern, and considered threatened in Maine. Brook floater populations in the river declined from 2001 to 2009.
In parts of its range, it is also known as the eastern brook trout, speckled trout, brook char (or charr), squaretail, brookie, or mud trout, among others. [6] Adult coaster brook trout are capable of reaching sizes over 2 feet in length and weigh up to 6.8 kg (15 lb), whereas adult salters average between 6 and 15 inches in length and weigh ...
Fish found in Beech Hill Pond include salmon, rainbow trout, lake trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass, and several others. Pickerel are rare in the pond and the white perch population is declining. The largest lake trout in Maine was caught on the lake in 1958. [2] It weighed 31.5 pounds (14.3 kg). Icefishing is also done on the lake. [2]
Webb Lake is a lake in the town of Weld in Franklin County, Maine. Webb Lake is publicly accessible via a boat launch in Mount Blue State Park and has several fish species, including brook trout. [2] The lake's principal fisheries are brown trout, smallmouth bass, white perch, and chain pickerel. [3]
Drift boat fly-fishing in Errol, New Hampshire. The Androscoggin River is a popular fishing destination for anglers. The upper section of the river offers good fly fishing for brook, rainbow and brown trout. [16] [17] Landlocked salmon can also be caught in the far northern portions of the river near Errol, New Hampshire. [17]
The lake is habitat for native brook trout and land-locked Atlantic salmon preying on rainbow smelt, minnows, and suckers.As trout and salmon disappeared from rivers in more heavily populated parts of the United States, a group of affluent New York lawyers pooled resources to preserve the Parmachenee Lake area for angling and sport hunting by their friends and families.
Despite both species being considered invasive in Maine, many anglers flock to Cobbosseecontee each season to hunt down these aggressive predators. There are also many other types of popular fish that can be found in the lake, including brook trout, brown trout, rainbow smelt, white perch, yellow perch, bullheads, sunfish and crappie.