Rapid River Maine Brook Trout

This is considered the best place in the United States to catch a trophy brook trout.
Rapid river maine brook trout. The closest accommodations are Lakewood Camps at the very beginning of the river where it leaves Lower Richardson Lake. 2016-06-17 Rapid River had been an amazingly resilient fishery. 2017-06-09 While filming for an upcoming short Aimee and I were fortunate enough to spend a week in Western Maine walking in the footsteps of Louise Dickinson Richwho wrote We Took to the Woodson the Rapid River.
Brook trout in the Rapid River are sustained entirely by natural reproduction. Although the summer can be fantastic the absolute optimum time to fish the Rapid River is considered late August onwards. The Rapid River is part of the Androscoggin River system.
At one time the Rapid was home to brook trout that rivaled the sizes of their cousins in Labrador Canada. The Rapid River is one of the best places for brook trout fishing in Maine. The Middle Dam Pool and Chub Pool hold most of the fish in the upper stretch of the Rapid.
While the river fishes well all season early spring can be difficult depending on the snowmelt. Unfortunately nonnative and highly invasive smallmouth bass have been illegally introduced to the Rapid River putting the rivers wild native brook trout. 2020-05-15 The Rapid River in Maine is the premier wild native brook trout river in the United States and one of the finest wild native trout rivers in the nation.
Fly Fishing on the Rapid River In Maine You can probably guess where the Rapid River got its name. The fine folks at Lakewood Camps accommodated us with warm beds and hearty meals while the powerful and beautiful native brook trout provided memories. Spring trip hunting native brook trout on the famous Rapid River in Maine.
This water has long been noted for its outstanding brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis population. 2016-10-03 Mid-September found the crew fly fishing on the Rapid River one of Maines legendary wild brook trout fisheries. These days the big trout are a little more scarce but the river still produces excellent numbers of healthy sized trout and is probably still an anglers best chance to catch a true trophy trout over 20 inches in.