IF&W Freshwater Fishing Report – Week of Aug. 12

    If you are looking to fish the trout ponds in the Moosehead Region, there still are a few caddis hatches going on, according to Inland Fishers and Wildlife biologist Tim Obrey. But with water temps what they are, your best bet will be finding the spring holes where the trout are congregating in the cooler water.

    On Moosehead, anglers are getting respectable catches of togue, but Obrey said “the togue are down deep – try between 35 and 65 feet. People are catching them using dead bait and Mooselook Wobblers. I was able to do a little trout pond fishing last week and found some action with Rapalas down around 25 feet.”
    IF&W fisheries biologist Nels Kramer is working with other IFW staff in Baxter State Park this week assessing both wild and stocked brook trout populations in the park. They will be examining a number of ponds including Frost Pond, Hudson Pond, Lower Fowler Pond and Billfish Pond. Look for more on that in the next report.
    Salmon and togue fishing is still quite good on Schoodic Lake with numerous reports of large salmon, some even in the six to seven pound range, and togue have tipped the scales up to nine pounds. A new IFW boat launch on the south shore of the lake in Lakeview provides wonderful access to this fishery.
    August means white perch fishing for many anglers throughout the region, and anglers heading out Nicatous, West Lake, Pemadumcook, Milllinocket Lake, Pushaw, Saponac and Escutasis ought to find plenty of perch.