Kennebec 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. waters may have additional special regulations which have been retained - check individual listings for special regulations.

Annabessacook Lake and Jug Stream, Monmouth and Winthrop. Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; all bass between 16 and 20 inches must be released alive at once.

Basin Pond, Fayette. S-6, S-13, S-16.

Belgrade Stream, Mt. Vernon, Belgrade. From Wings Mills Dam on the outlet of Long Pond in Mt. Vernon to the confluence of the stream with Messalonskee Lake in Belgrade: S-24.

Carleton Pond, Readfield and Winthrop. Closed to all fishing.

Chamberlain Pond, Belgrade. S-13.

China Lake, China and Vassalboro. S-2, S-3.

Cobbosseecontee Lake and Jug Stream, Manchester, Gardiner, etc. Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; all bass between 16 and 20 inches must be released alive at once.

Cobbosseecontee Stream (including Horseshoe Pond), Manchester, Gardiner, etc. Open to open water fishing from January 1 to December 31. S-19. Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; all bass between 16 and 20 inches must be released alive at once.

Desert Pond and tributary and outlet to barrier dam, Mt. Vernon. S-4, S-13.

Echo Lake (Crotched Pond) and tributaries, Readfield, Fayette, Mt. Vernon. S-2, S-3, S-10, S-19, S-22. Exception: S-24 is in effect on Taylor Pond outlet from the downstream side of Taylor Pond dam to Echo Lake.

Egypt Pond and tributaries, Vienna, Chesterville. S-4, S-19.

Flying Pond, Mt. Vernon and Vienna. S-3.

Gould Pond, Sidney. S-13.

Great Pond, Belgrade and Rome. S-2, S-3.

Jamies (Jimmie) Pond and tributaries, Manchester, etc. S-1, S-24.

Johnsons Pond, Waterville. Closed to all fishing.

Kennebec River. (See Somerset County).

Kimball Pond, Vienna, New Sharon. S-6, S-16, S-24.

Long Pond and tributaries and outlet to Wings Mills Dam, Belgrade, Rome, Mt. Vernon. S-2, S-3, S-19, S-22; minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 16 inches. Also, Long Pond and Belgrade Stream, from dam in Belgrade Lakes to Wings Mills Dam: S-24.

Long Pond, Windsor. Maximum length limit on landlocked salmon: 25 inches.

Maranacook Lake, Winthrop and Readfield. S-2, S-3, S-15.

Messalonskee Stream, Oakland, Waterville.

From the outlet of Messalonskee Lake to Union Gas Dam: S-19, S-24.
From Union Gas Dam to its confl uence with the Kennebec River, open January 1 to December 31; S-19, S-22. Single hooked artificial lures only from April 1 to June 30; minimum length limit on landlocked salmon, rainbow trout and brown trout: 16 inches. Maximum length on landlocked salmon and brown trout: 25 inches.

Minnehonk Lake, Mt. Vernon. S-3, S-16.

Narrows Pond, Upper and Lower, Winthrop. S-2, S-3.

Parker Pond, Mt. Vernon, Chesterville, etc. S-2, S-3.

Pleasant (Mud) Pond, Litchfield, etc. Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; all bass between 16 and 20 inches must be released alive at once.

Pocasset Stream, Wayne. S-24.

Sebasticook River, Hartland, Winslow, etc.

From Great Moose Pond Dam, Hartland, to the Fort Halifax Dam in Winslow: S-19. From August 16 to October 31: S-6, S-22;
From the Fort Halifax Dam in Winslow, to the confluence with the Kennebec River: Open to open water fishing from January 1 to December 31: Single hooked artificial lures only; S-19, S-22; minimum length limit on landlocked salmon, rainbow and brown trout: 16 inches.

Sheepscot River, West Branch. (See Waldo County).

Silver Lake (Figure 8 Pond), Manchester, Sidney. S-13.

Spectacle Pond, Augusta, Vassalboro. S-6. Daily bag limit on brown trout 1 fish; minimum length limit on brown trout: 18 inches. Minimum length limit on brook trout: 12 inches, only 1 may exceed 14 inches. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Tilton Pond, Fayette. S-3.

Tyler Pond, Manchester. S-1, S-6, S-16.

Watson Pond, Rome. Motorboats prohibited.

Wellman Pond, Belgrade, Sidney. S-13.

Wilson Stream, Monmouth. S-19.

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.