Moosehead Lake Brook Trout Ice Fishing

We wanted to target big Lake Trout and luckily caught 6 including an absolute BEAST.
Moosehead lake brook trout ice fishing. Update on the ice fishing season. Brook trout may not go after fish that are larger than 3 inches. 15 to March 15.
Although it started out slow the ice fishing season is in full swing here in the Moosehead region. Avid ice fishermen in search of Cusk for chowder do best setting their traps out long after the sun sets and pulling an all-nighter. Its just not sustainable.
2020-02-28 Gage Poulin shows off a 56-pound brook trout he caught on Moosehead Lake while Austin Morency looks on. Whether youre an avid fly fisherman or enjoy casting trolling or ice fishing on Moosehead Lake Wilsons on Moosehead Lake is the ideal fishing destination for your fishing vacation. The lake and river are the natural breeding grounds for brook trout lake trout and landlocked salmon and the dam is the gateway through which thousands of these fish pass.
2020-08-17 We estimated more than 500 brook trout between 20 and 25 inches went down Route 15 in the winters of 2019 and 2020 and most of them in January when some lake spawning may still be occurring. Fishing doesnt have to stop when the weather turns cold. Moosehead Lake Maine Northern Maine ICE FISHING.
Recently the brook trout population in. 2020-12-30 We will be operating under new regulations when the ice fishing season opens on Jan. Moosehead Lake has several large areas that are closed to fishing to protect post-spawning wild brook trout.
Moosehead Lake is home to over 15 species of fish including landlocked salmon lake trout brook trout rainbow smelt smallmouth bass white and yellow perch cusk and more. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy. You want to use live bait fish that are smaller than 3 inches.