🎣 Fishing on public land in Maine

269 public places in Maine are listed for fishing (266 state & public land, 1 state parks, 1 state forests, 1 open-access private land). 0 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

A Maine hunting or fishing license is required, seasons and bag limits apply, and individual units add their own rules. Check the managing agency before you go.

The places

🌳 Baxter State Park$15/vehicle non-res (ME residents free)
🗺️ Central Penjajawoc PreserveUnknown — check official site
🤝 North Maine WoodsDay use ~$10-15/person (residents less); camping ~$12-15/night
🗺️ North Penjajawoc ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sawyer Mountain HighlandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Walden-Parke PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ackerman Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Acre Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Albert G. Sewell WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Albert J. Sousa PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Allen Whitney Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Amherst Mountains Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Androscoggin WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Annie Sturgis SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Appalachian National Scenic TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Appalachian National Scenic TrialUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Appleton Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ash Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bald Mountain Pond Conservation LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bald Mountain PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baldwin Hill Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bamford PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Barney's Point PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bass Falls PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bates-Morse Mountain Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bearce Allen PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver Pond IslandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bens Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big Huckleberry IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bigelow PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blackstrap Hill Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bog Brook Cove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bonney Point Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bonyun PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bradbury-Pineland CorridorUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bragdon Hill ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brick Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brimstone Islands PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Broadturn FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Calderwood Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Calderwood PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canaan Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Canaan Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Captain Robert Spear PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carl & Barbara Segerstrom PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carleton Pond Water Supply LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carter Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Casino HillUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cathance River Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Swamp LotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chain of Ponds Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Charlie's WoodlotUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Clark Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Clarry Hill HighlandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coburn WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coburn WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coburn WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cousins River MarshUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crocker Mountain Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cross Cushing PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cross Hill TrailsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crow Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Crystal Spring FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cummings PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Curtis Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Damariscove Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ David's Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Debsconeag Lake Wilderness AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dodge Point PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Donnell Pond Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Doyle PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Duncan Howlett ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Durham State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Earthrest Wilderness SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Branch Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Windham Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eaton PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eaton PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eaton PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eaton Town ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Echo Lake Watershed PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ed Woodsum PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Egypt Pond Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elderberry Lane WoodlotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eleanor Hayes Town ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eleanor L. Campbell PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Elmwood Trails Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Emily Luce Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Falmouth Crossing Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fels-Groves Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fish Hatchery WoodlotUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fogg Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fore River SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Four Ponds Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frank E. Woodworth PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frankfort Town ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frazier PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gerrish IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gibson PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Glidden Point PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Goose River Peace Corps PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Granite Falls Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Granite Falls PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Grassy Pond Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Island ChainUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ HainesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Half Moon Pond Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hamilton Cove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Head of Tide ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Head of Tide PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ High Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Highland Research ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hodgdon Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hodgdon Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hodgdon Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holiday HavenUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holt Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Holt Research ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Horseshoe Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Huber PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hurricane Valley FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hutchins Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian & Fowl Meadow IslandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ingalls Pond TrailsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Intervale PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Intervale Preserve (Penney Road Access)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Ipcar Natural PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ John and Peg Sproul PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kanokolus Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Katahdin Lake North Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Katahdin Woods and Waters National MonumentUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Keene-Whitman Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kennebec HighlandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kennebec PinesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kennebec Scenic TurnoutUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kezar Corridor LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake George LotUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lakewood Road LotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lakewood Road LotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Land Associates of Cliff Island OCT EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lane's Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Langlais Art PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Leavitt Plantation ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lincoln Plantation Public Reserved Land (East)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Ponds PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Smith Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Whaleboat Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Littlefield PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lt. Clair Hall Thurston, Jr. Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ M-N-Ocie Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ MVLT Founders PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mahoosuc Ecological ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mahoosuc Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Main Stream PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Malbons WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marden-Chittick RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mark Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marsh River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ May Meadow Woods Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mayall Mills State Historic SiteUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mayor Baxter WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McCoy Chapman ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McKearney Village Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McLaughlin's Crossing PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Meadowbrook ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mill Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Millinocket Forest Public Reserved LandFee charged — check official site
🗺️ Monroe Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Pisgah Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mount Tuck PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Nahmakanta Unit Ecological ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Newman PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Norris IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North Falmouth Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ North of East Brook Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Northern Retreat - Crooked River Headwaters Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Hill Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Point FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Orbeton Stream Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ovens Mouth PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Parker Pond Headland PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Patty Eastman Carroll Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pemaquid Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Penny Lake PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Penobscot River TrailsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Perley Mills Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Perry Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Philbrick TrailsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pineland Public LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pingree Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pisgah Hill Preserve (North)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Pleasant Pond Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pope Mountain Conservation EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Porter PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Porter PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Presumpscot River PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Proctor Pond ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Quarry Hill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rachel Carson Salt Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ragged Mountain PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rapid River LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Read Family Farm & Woods CCLT EasementUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richardson Memorial PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richardson Public Reserved LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ River Point Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Riverbrook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Riverview Hayfields PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Robert Williams PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rockland Bog PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rocky Lake Public LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rocky Ridge PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rolfe Hill ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rolland F. Perry City ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Rouse IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Réserve naturelle du Lac-du-PortageUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Saco Heath PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Saint Clair PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Salt Bay FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sebago Lake Land ReserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sewall ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sheep Island PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Siekman-CrockettUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Simonton Quarry PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sipp Bay PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Skolfield Shores PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Snow Hill Road WoodlotsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Snows Hill WoodlotUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sortwell Memorial ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sprague Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stephen Phillips Memorial Preserve (West Shore)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Stratton IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Suckfish Brook Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sugar BushUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Surry Hill Community ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Swans FallsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tarbox PreserveUnknown — check official site

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