Moosehead region fishing report

While the water may be warming on Moosehead, it’s still not hot by any means, as the surface temperature on the lake earlier this week is still in the 60s.

“Water temps are certainly cooler than normal,” says IFW fisheries biologist Tim Obrey.

Anglers are catching some nice togue on Moosehead. One boat recently landed three togue, with one lake trout at 29 inches, and another was 30. Other boats have landed togue in the night.

Fly fishermen will be happy to know that hexes are still coming off area ponds a bit. With the cooler weather, flying ant hatches have just started as well. Your best bet for these are smaller ponds in the evenings.

“Not a lot of news to report on the East Outlet and the West Branch, but the flows are good, and typically this is a great time with the caddis and stoneflies,” said Obrey.

Fishing on smaller streams seems be a little bit above average for this time of year, but Obrey says to get out now, because once it gets hot and dry, things will tail off.