Without adequate numbers of smelts, salmon growth and body condition will be poor, markedly reducing their value as a sportfish. We have a greater number, and wider variety, of landlocked salmon waters than anywhere else in the country. Each trip includes beverages, snacks, a hearty lunch, a Registered Maine Guide and all the equipment you need for a great day of fly fishing. Global climate change really seems to be impacting Maine. The oldest landlocked salmon on record in Maine was 13 years old. Chris Megan heads to Grand Lake Stream to catch the fall run of landlocked salmon. Several … Season May 15 – October 31 For what seems like the 3 rd autumn in a row, September in the Rangeley area was dry and hot, and the trout and salmon didn’t begin to move into shallow water or run up the rivers until the last week of the season. In October 2020, the RRG&SA’s Salmon Derby Committee was formed to study the feasibility of holding a Landlocked Salmon Fishing Derby on Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Here's what State of Maine fishery biologists have to say about the East Branch: "East Branch Penobscot River from Matagamon Lake to the confluence with the West Branch supports fisheries for brook trout, landlocked salmon, and smallmouth bass. The relationship of the two is similar to that of rainbow trout and steelhead (both Oncorhynchus mykiss ), in which life history and behavior, rather than genetics, distinguish the two. The lake's deep, cold, well­ oxygenated water is ideal habitat for salmon, togue, and brook trout. A number of lakes in southern and western Maine are regularly stocked with landlocked Atlantic salmon. Many anglers (myself included) consider landlocked salmon to be the signature fish of Maine. It would be best if you could obtain a Maine Atlas and Gazetteer and then query my website (www.amazingfishametric.com) for “landlocked salmon” to identify those lakes and see where they’re located in relation to Thompson Pond. And these hard-fighting, acrobatic fish are tailor-made for pursuing with a fly rod. Rainbow smelts are the principal forage species for salmon in Maine lakes. (The species name for Atlantic salmon is Salmo salar, whereas landlocked salmon is Salmo salar sebago.) Aroostook County is no exception, with nearly every large lake containing some of these sought after fish. Principal fishery: Landlocked salmon, Lake trout, Brook trout, Burbot Moosehead Lake has been a famous sport-fishing destination for more than a century and a half. Sebago Lake, the namesake water of landlocked salmon, Salmo solar sebago, Maine’s official State Fish, now has nonnative lake trout, pike, black … The wide variety of habitat types offer a myriad of fishing experiences throughout the system." Landlocked Salmon Fishing in Maine In the "Maine Hunting and Fishing Trip Planner-2003" the State of Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife stated "West Grand Lake, another original home of landlocked salmon, may rightly be said to offer the best salmon fishing in the world." When the levels are right, landlocked salmon and brook trout along with class 1-3 rapids provide the challenge for a postcard float down this beautiful, remote river gorge. Maine supports one of the largest sport fisheries for landlocked salmon in the world.