
GENERAL:
- 2017 Open Water & Ice Fishing Laws and Rules
- Fishing Licenses & Register Boats
- Maine’s Fish Species Information & Identification
- Maine IFW Fishing Opportunities Handbook
- Maine lake survey maps
- 2017 IFW Fish Stocking Report
FRESHWATER FISHING STATE RECORD HOLDERS: (11/08/13)
- Atlantic Salmon: 28 lbs. 1 oz., Howard Clifford, Portland, ME, 10/9/80, location undisclosed
- Black Crappie: 3 lbs. 4 oz., Jarod Hjort, Gray, ME, 12/28/06, location undisclosed
- Black Crappie: 3 lbs. 4 oz., Wayne S. Morey, Sr., Benton, ME, 9/12/86, Sibley Pond
- Blueback Trout: 5.24 lbs., Carter McLaughlin, Mapleton, August 20, 2008., Pushineer Pond
- Brook Trout: 9-pounds 2-ounces, Patrick Coan, Waterboro, Maine, 1/8/10, Mousam Lake.
- Brown Trout: 23 1/2 lbs., Robert Hodsdon, Sanford, ME, 3/6/96, Square Pond
- Cusk: 18 lbs. 8 oz., Annette Dumond, Fort Kent, ME, 3/15/86, Eagle Lake
- Fallfish: 3 lbs. 12 oz., Wayne S. Morey, Benton, ME, 9/12/86, Sibley Pond
- Lake Trout: 31 lbs. 8 oz., Hollis Grindle, Ellsworth, ME, 1958, Beech Hill Pond
- Landlocked Salmon: 22 lbs. 8 oz., Edward Blakely, Darien, CT, 1907, Sebago Lake
- Largemouth Bass: 11 lbs. 10 oz., Robert Kamp, Denmark, ME, 1968, Moose Pond
- Muskellunge: 31.69 lbs., Steve Thibodeau, Fort Kent, ME, 9/22/09, Glazier Lake
- Northern Pike: 31.2 lbs., Lance Bolduc, Skowhegan, ME, 3/25/98, North Pond
- Pickerel: 7 lbs. 02 oz., Josh Gagnon, Lebanon, ME, 3/10/07, Balch Lake
- Rainbow Trout: 8.42 lbs., Anders Olafson, Starks, ME, 10/31/10, Kennebec River
- Smallmouth Bass: 8 lbs., George Dyer, Augusta, ME, 1970, Thompson Lake
- Splake: 10 lbs. 3 oz., Daniel R. Paquette, Augusta, ME, 5/8/93, Basin Pond
- Walleye: 5,7-pounds, Nathan Lawler, Portland, Me, 8/1/09, Messalonskee Lake
- White Perch: 3.46-pounds, Steve Benedetto, Livermore, ME, 2/9/10, Undisclosed location in Kennebec County.
- Whitefish: 7 lbs. 8 oz., Neil Sullivan, Worcester, MA, 1958, Sebago Lake
- Yellow Perch: 1.73 lbs., Eric York, Damariscotta, ME, 2/28/2010, Damariscotta Lake
SALTWATER FISHING STATE RECORD HOLDERS: (11/08/13)
- Bass, Striped (Morone Saxatilis), Rod and Reel: 67 lbs., Sheepscot River, Douglas Dodge, 9/20/78
- Bluefish (Pomatomus Saltatrix), Rod and Reel: 19.68 lbs., Boothbay Harbor, Denis Moran, 8/8/94
- Cod, Atlantic, (Gadus Morhua), Rod and Reel: 80 lbs. 7 oz., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Neil Downey, 9/8/92
- Cusk (Brosme Brosme), Rod and Reel: 30 lbs. 1 oz., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Neil Morrill, 7/2/88
- Flounder, Winter (Pleuronectes Americanus), Rod and Reel: 4 lbs. 3 oz., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Lisa Boughner, 6/28/89
- Goosefish, (Lophius Americanus), Rod and Reel: 49 lbs. 12 oz., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Nancy Lee Regimbald, 7/9/91
- Haddock (Melanogrammus Aeglefinus), Rod and Reel: 11 lbs. 11 oz., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, James Mailea, 9/12/91
- Hake, Silver (Merluccius Bilinearis), Rod and Reel: 4.51 lbs., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Erik M. Callahan, 8/8/95
- Hake, White (Urophycis Tenuis), Rod and Reel: 46 lbs. 4 oz., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, John Audet, 10/26/ 86
- Halibut, Atlantic (Hippoglossus Hippoglossus), Rod and Reel: 215 lbs., Bailey’s Island, Richard F. Hincman, 8/14/65
- Mackerel, Atlantic (Scomber Scombrus), Rod and Reel: 2.44 lbs., Bailey’s Island, Ian T. Bexton, 7/25/95
- Pollock (Pollachius Virens), Rod and Reel: 46 lbs. 10.9 oz., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Linda Paul, 10/24/90
- Ray, Torpedo (Torpedo Nobiliana), Rod and Reel: 35 lbs. 5 oz., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Don Carignan, 8/24/95
- Shark, Blue (Prionace Glauca), Fly Rod: 101 lbs., Bath, Fred C. Danforth, 8/30/96
- Shark, Blue (Prionace Glauca), Rod and Reel: 391 lbs., Portland, Ken Putnam, 8/9/89
- Shark, Mako (Isurus Oxyrinchus), Handline: 724 lbs., Portland, Mark Chase, 8/15/92
- Shark, Mako (Isurus Oxyrinchus), Rod and Reel: 680 lbs., Jim Hinkley, Jr., 8/15/90
- Shark, Porbeagle (Lamna Nasus), Rod and Reel: 548 lbs., Bailey’s Island, Wesley Hurst, Jr., 7/22/95
- Shark, Thresher, Rod and Reel: 425 lbs., Boothbay Harbor, John H. Shostak, 7/14/98
- Tuna, Bluefin (Thunnus Thynnus), Harpoon: 1,155 lbs., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Tim Tower and Percy Stevens, Jr., 8/20/81
- Tuna, Bluefin (Thunnus Thynnus), Rod and Reel: 819 lbs., Bath, Jerry Jamison, 8/10/77
- Wolffish, Atlantic (Anarhichas Lupus), Rod and Reel: 30 lbs., Perkins Cove, Ogunquit, Gunther Schulz, 8/21/90
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