Androscoggin County

See general law fishing provisions.

Exceptions below - Special Rules (S-Codes) are listed at the bottom of this page.

Unless otherwise listed below, the daily bag limit on brook trout is 2 fish on lakes and ponds.

County-Wide Specials:

Lakes and ponds are open to open water fishing from April 1 to December 31; all trout, landlocked salmon, and togue caught from October 1 to December 31 must be released alive at once. These waters may have additional special regulations which have been retained. Check individual listings for special regulations. Unless otherwise listed below, the daily bag limit on brook trout is 2 fish on lakes and ponds.

Androscoggin River, Gilead, etc. (See Fish Consumption Advisories).

From the Maine-New Hampshire Border to tidewater: open to open water fishing from January 1 to December 31.
From the Maine-New Hampshire border downriver to the bridge crossing in Gilead: Single hook artificial lures only. S-27.
From the bridge crossing in Gilead to the Route 232 Bridge, Rumford Point:
- April 1 to September 30: S-6; daily bag limit on trout: 1 fish; minimum length limit on salmon, rainbow trout, and brown trout: 12 inches. All trout between 16 and 20 inches must be released alive at once.
- October 1 to March 31: S-6; all trout and salmon must be released alive at once.
From the Route 232 Bridge, Rumford Point to tidewater:
- April 1 to September 30: S-19; minimum length limit on salmon, rainbow trout, and brown trout: 12 inches.
- October 1vMarch 31: S-6, all trout and salmon must be released alive at once.

Androscoggin River, Little, Oxford, Minot, Poland, Auburn, etc. From Route 26 bridge in Oxford to confluence with Androscoggin River: open to fishing from April 1 to October 31, S-19.

Auburn Lake and tributaries, Auburn. S-1, S-15. Lake, tributaries and outlet to barrier dam closed to the spearing of all fish. The Auburn Water District has closed to all water-related activities (including boating and fishing) that portion southerly of a line extending from a marker placed on a point of land on the east shore of the lake approximately 400 feet southerly of the Route 4 boat launch and extending westerly to a marker on a point of land known as Point of Pines on the west shore of the lake. That portion northerly of the above described line is also closed to all water-related activities except that small recreational boats and fi shing are allowed.

Bartlett Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Livermore. S-1, S-3, S-4.

Basin Brook, Auburn. From the Basin Pond Dam to Auburn Lake, S-19. Beals (Crystal) Pond, Turner. S-2, S-3. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Crystal (Beals) Pond, Turner. S-2, S-3. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Hooper (Little Sabattus) Pond, Greene. Motorboats prohibited.

Lard Pond, Turner. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Nezinscot River, Turner.

From Turner Mill dam downstream to its confluence with Meadow Brook: Open to open water fishing for all fish from January 1 to December 31; S-6, S-27;
From its confluence with Meadow Brook downstream to its confluence with the Androscoggin River: Open to open water fishing for all fish from January 1 to December 31: S-19.

The following applies to both river sections. From October 1 to December 31: catch and release for bass. From January 1 to March 31: Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish.

Pleasant Pond, Turner. S-17.

Range Pond, Lower, Poland. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Range Pond, Middle, Poland. S-2, S-3.

Sabattus Pond, Wales, Greene, Sabattus. S-20.

Taylor Pond, Auburn. S-3.

Thompson Lake including The Heath and all tributaries, Poland, Oxford, etc. (See Oxford County).

Wilson Pond, Little, and tributaries, Auburn and Turner. S-1.

Special Regulations (S-Codes)

Waters that have exceptions to the general law are listed by county. In most cases, the exception will be one of the codes listed below and may affect only a portion of the regulations that govern that particular body of water, i.e. only the bag limit on salmon is different from the general law in which case it would read as follows: Smith Pond, Anytown. S-22. All other provisions of general law would apply.

S-1: Closed to the taking of smelts.

S-2: Closed to the taking of smelts, except by hook and line.

S-3: Tributaries closed to the taking of smelts.

S-4: Use or possession of live fish as bait is prohibited. (The use of dead fish, salmon eggs, worms are permitted.

S-5: Fly fishing only.

S-6: Artificial lures only.

S-7: Boundary waters with New Brunswick.

S-8: All trout less than 6 inches and longer than 12 inches must be released alive at once.

S-9: Border waters with New Hampshire.

S-10: Daily bag limit on togue: 1 fish.

S-11: Fishing restricted to persons under 16years of age; daily bag limit on trout: 2 fish.

S-12: No longer used.

S-13: No size or bag limit on bass.

S-14: No bag limit on pickerel. From July 1-September 30, artificial lures only and minimum length limit on trout: 8 inches.

S-15: Daily bag limit on togue: 3 fish; minimum length limit on togue: 14 inches, only one may exceed 18 inches.

S-16: Daily bag limit on trout: 2 fish; minimum length limit: 12 inches, only 1 may exceed 14 inches.

S-17: Daily bag limit on trout: 2 fish; minimum length limit: 10 inches, only 1 may exceed 12 inches.

S-18: Daily bag limit on trout: 1 fish, minimum length limit 18 inches.

S-19: Daily bag limit on trout: 2 fish.

S-20: Daily bag limit on white perch: 25 fish.

S-21: Daily bag limit on trout: 1 fish, minimum length limit 14 inches.

S-22: Daily bag limit on salmon: 1 fish.

S-23: No longer used.

S-24: Extended Season - Remains open to fishing from October 1 - December 31; artificial lures only; all trout, salmon, and togue must be released alive at once.

S-25: Daily bag limit on bass: 2 fish; all bass between 13 and 18 inches must be released alive at once.

S-26: Indian Territory Regulations.

S-27: All fish caught must be released alive at once.

S-28: Togue do not count towards the 5 trout and salmon, in combination, daily aggregate bag limit.