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Oxford 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.

See Border Waters with New Hampshire.

Abbie Pond, Bowmantown Township. S-5.

Abbott Brook, Mexico. S-11.

Abbotts Pond, Sumner. S-4, S-24.

Anasagunticook Lake and tributaries, Hartford, etc. Open to the taking of smelts except for Sparrow Brook which is closed. S-24.

Androscoggin River. (See Fish Consumption Advisory). (See Androscoggin County).

Androscoggin River, Little, Oxford, etc. (See Androscoggin County).

Aunt Hannah Brook, Dixfield. From Rt. 142 downstream to the confluence with Webb River: S-11.

Aziscohos Lake, Lincoln Plantation, etc. S-4, S-13, S-17. Aziscohos Lake is that portion of the Magalloway River south of a straight line between the 2 red posts on each shore by the Brown Company Landing, so-called, and the area of water south of a straight line between the 2 red posts just north of Sunday Pond on the Little Magalloway River. Closed to the taking of smelts to confluence with lake: all west shore tributaries from Aziscohos dam to (but not
including) the Big Magalloway River. Sunday Pond is that area demarked by red posts at the entrances to both the Big and Little Magalloway Rivers and is governed by the same regulations as Aziscohos Lake. (See separate listings for the Big and Little Magalloway River regulations).

Aziscohos Pond, Magalloway Plantation. S-4, S-24. B Brook and tributaries, Upton. S-13.

B Pond, Upton. S-1, S-3, S-6, S-18, S-22.

Back Pond (5 Kezars), Lovell, Stoneham. S-13, S-24. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Barker Pond, Bowmantown Township. S-5.

Bear Pond, Waterford. S-24. Mutiny Brook is closed to the taking of smelts from midnight to noon each day.

Bear Pond, Big and Little, Hartford. S-24. Also Androscoggin County.

Beaver Pond, Denmark. S-24.

Beaver Pond, Magalloway Plantation. S-5, S-17.

Beaver Pond, Little, Magalloway Plantation. S-5, S-17, S-24.

Bickford Pond, Porter. S-1, S-24.

Billings Ponds, Parmachenee Township. S-5, S-8. From August 16 to September 30: S-27.

Billy Brook, Brownfield. From confluence with Shepherd’s River upstream to the first bridge: S-11.

Birch Pond, Roxbury. S-4.

Bird Pond, Norway. S-24.

Black Pond, Porter. S-24.

Black Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Black Pond, Lower, Oxbow Township. S-5.

Black Pond, Upper, Bowmantown Township. S-5.

Bog Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Boston Pond, Denmark. S-24. Motorboats prohibited.

Bradley Pond, Lovell. S-24. Motorboats prohibited.

Broken Bridge Pond and tributaries, Albany Township. S-1, S-4, S-17, S-24. Closed to the taking of bait.

Bryant Pond, Hiram. S-24.

Bryant Pond (or Lake Christopher), Woodstock and Greenwood. S-24. Pond and tributaries open to the taking of smelts with exception of Bowker Brook and Stone Cottage Brook and the area within 200 feet of the mouth of Stone Cottage Brook.

Bunganock Pond, Hartford. S-24.

Bunker Pond, Roxbury. S-24.

Burnt Meadow Pond, Brownfield. S-3, except Durgin Brook below red markers. S-13, S-24.

C Pond, C Surplus. S-6, S-13, S-17.

Chapman Pond, Porter. S-6, S-16, S-24.

Charles Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Clay Pond and outlet to barrier dam, Fryeburg. S-6, S-16, S-24. Motorboats prohibited.

Clemons Pond, Big, Hiram. S-13, S-24. Pond and tributaries open to the taking of smelts with the exception of Little Clemons Pond outlet and the area within 100 feet of the mouth of this tributary.

Clemons Pond, Little, Hiram. S-1, S-3, S-24.

Colcord Pond and tributaries, Porter. S-2, S-3, S-24.

Concord Pond, Little, Woodstock. S-5, S-16, S-24.

Cranberry Pond, Magalloway Plantation. S-4.

Crocker Pond, Albany Township. S-4, S-24. Closed to the taking of live bait.

Crooked River. (See Cumberland County).

Cupsuptic Lake. (See Franklin County).

Cupsuptic Pond, Oxbow Township. S-4. Daily bag limit on brook trout: 5 fish.

Cupsuptic River and tributaries, T4 R3 etc. S-1, S-5. From August 16 to September 30: daily limit: 1 fish. Lower 1-1/2 miles from Cupsuptic Lake to Little Falls: S-17.

Cushman Pond, Lovell. S-4, S-24. Closed to the taking of live bait. Motorboats prohibited.

Cushman Pond and tributaries, Sumner. S-4, S-24. Closed to the taking of live bait.

Dan Charles Pond, Lovell. S-24.

Dead Cambridge River, Upton, C Surplus. S-13.

Deer Pond, Bowmantown Township. S-4.

Duck Pond, Waterford. S-24.

Dyer Pond, Brownfield. S-24.

Ellis Pond, Little (Garland Pond), Byron. S-2, S-3, S-4, S-24.

Ellis (Roxbury) Pond, Byron, Roxbury. S-24.

Farrington Pond, Lovell. S-24. Motorboats over 6 horsepower prohibited.

Forest Pond, Canton. S-24.

Furlong Pond, Albany Township, Greenwood, Norway. S-24.

Goodwin Pond, Adamstown Township. S-4, S-24.

Granger Pond, Denmark. S-24. Motorboats over 6 horsepower prohibited.

Green Pond, Oxford. S-24.

Hall Pond, Paris. S-13, S-24.

Heald Pond, Lovell. S-24. Motorboats over 6 horsepower prohibited.

Hicks Pond, Greenwood. S-24.

Hogan Pond, Oxford. S-24.

Horseshoe Pond, Denmark. S-24. Motorboats prohibited.

Horseshoe Pond, Stoneham, Lovell. S-3, S-24. Motorboats over 6 horsepower prohibited.

Horseshoe Pond, Andover. S-24.

Howard Pond, Hanover. S-4, S-24.

Hunt Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Hutchinson Pond, Albany Township. S-13, S-24.

Indian Pond and tributaries and outlet to barrier dam, Greenwood. S-2, S-3, S-4, S-13, S-24.

Island Pond, Harrison, (See Cumberland County).

Jaybird Pond, Hiram, Porter. S-6, S-17, S-24.

Jewett (5 Kezars) Pond, Waterford, Stoneham. S-24. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Joes Pond, Rumford. S-24.

Keewaydin Lake and tributaries, Stoneham. S-2, S-3, S-24.

Kennebago River. (See Franklin County).

Keoka Lake, Waterford. S-2, S-3, S-22, S-24.

Keys Pond, Sweden. S-2, S-3, S-13, S-16, S-24.

Kezar Lake, Lovell. S-2, S-3, S-22, S-28. Minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 16 inches. Daily limit on togue: 6 fish, minimum length limit on togue: 14 inches, only 1 may exceed 23 inches. Lower Bay (area south of West Lovell Road): S-24.

Kezar Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Kezar Ponds (5), Waterford, Stoneham, Lovell. (See Mud, Little Mud, Back, Middle, and Jewett ponds).

Kimball Pond, Lower, Fryeburg. S-9, S-24.

Labrador Ponds, Big and Little, Sumner. S-24.

Lake Christopher. (See Bryant Pond).

Lincoln Pond, T5 R3 (Parkertown Township). S-4, S-15.

Little Pond (Little Moose Pond), Denmark. S-24. Motorboats over 6 horsepower prohibited.

Long Pond on the Little Magalloway River, Lynchtown Township. (See Magalloway River, Little).

Long Pond and tributaries, Denmark. Opens May 15: S-2, S-3, S-6, S-17, S-24. Closed to fishing from a point at the mouth of brook at head end of pond to point 150 feet down the pond; points to be plainly marked. Motorboats over 6 horsepower prohibited.

Lovewell Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Magalloway River, Big, and tributaries above Parmachenee Lake: S-5, S-8, S-13, S-22. Daily bag limit on trout: 1 fish. From August 16 to September 30: S-27.

Magalloway River, Little and tributaries, upstream of the red posts just north of Sunday Pond and tributaries, Parmachenee Township, etc. S-5, S-8, S-13, S-19, S-22. From August 16 to September 30: S-27.

Marshall Pond, Hebron, Oxford. S-24.

Middle Pond (5 Kezars), Lovell, Waterford. S-13, S-24. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Middle Pond, Hiram. S-24.

Mill Pond, Lovell. S-24.

Mine Pond, Porter. S-24.

Moose Pond, Otisfield. S-24.

Moose Pond, Waterford. S-24.

Moose Pond, West Paris. S-24.

Moose Pond and tributaries. (See Cumberland County).

Moose Pond, Lower, Denmark. Below or south of Walker Bridge: S-24.

Moose Pond, Upper, Sweden. Above Route 302 north of the Causeway: S-24.

Mooselookmeguntic Lake. (See Franklin County).

Mosquito Pond, Albany. S-5, S-17; closed to the taking of live bait. From Oct. 1-31: S-5, S-27.

Mount Zircon Reservoir, Rumford. Closed to all fishing.

Mud Pond, Lower Cupsuptic Township. S-4, S-24.

Mud Pond, Greenwood. S-24.

Mud Pond, Oxford. S-24.

Mud Pond (5 Kezars), including Little Mud Waterford, Stoneham. S-13, S-24. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

North Pond, Greenwood, etc. S-24.

North Pond, Norway. S-24.

North Pond, Sumner. S-13, S-16, S-24. Motorboats with internal combustion engines prohibited within 300 yards of North Pond Dam. Motorboats with more than 10 horsepower prohibited on rest of pond.

Norway Lake Outlet, Norway. From the dam at Main Street (Route 117) downstream to the dam at Route 26: S-11applies only during April and May.

Ossipee River, Porter, Hiram, (Oxford County); Parsonfield, Cornish (York County): S-13.

  • Maximum length limit on landlocked salmon and brown trout: 25 inches.
  • From Kezar Fall’s Dam (Porter/Parsonsfield) to Warren’s Bridge (Cornish): S-6, S-19.
  • That portion of the Ossipee River between the red markers located approx. 100 yards upstream and 100 yards downstream from the confluence of Wedgewood (Pendexter) Brook: Closed to all fishing. (See listing for Wedgewood (Pendexter) Brook in York County).

Otter Pond, Parmachenee Township. S-5, S-17. From August 16 to September 30: S-27.

Overset Pond, Greenwood. S-1, S-3, S-17, S-24. Fly casting and fly trolling only with single hooked flies or tandem-hooked flies. Closed to the taking of bait.

Papoose Pond, Waterford. S-24.

Papoose Pond, Little, Albany Township. S-24.

Parmachenee Lake, Lynchtown Township, etc. S-17. Fly casting and fly trolling only.

Peat Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Pennesseewassee, Little (Hobbs) Pond, Norway. S-13, S-24. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Pennesseewassee, Big (Norway) Lake, Norway. S-24.

Pepperpot Pond, Adamstown Township. S-4, S-24.

Pequawket Lake, Brownfield. S-24.

Perleys Pond, Denmark. S-24. Motorboats over 6 horsepower prohibited.

Pickerel Pond, Denmark. S-24.

Plain Pond, Porter. S-24.

Pleasant Lake and tributaries, Otisfield and Casco. S-1, S-22.

Pleasant Pond, Denmark, etc. S-24.

Pleasant Lake and tributaries, Otisfield and Casco. S-1, S-22.

Pleasant Pond, Denmark, etc. S-24.

Pleasant Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Pond in the River, Township C, C Surplus, Upton. S-5, S-13. All trout caught must be released alive at once. Use of barbed hooks prohibited. Daily bag limit on landlocked salmon: 3 fish. Minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 12 inches. Closed to all fishing during July and August is that portion of Pond in the River delineated by red posts located approximately 1/2 mile above the remnants of Lower Dam, and red posts located about 200 yards below the inlet of the Rapid River.

Proctor Pond, Albany Township, Stoneham. S-24.

Rapid River, Township C, Upton. S-5, S-13. All trout must be released alive at once. Use of barbed hooks prohibited. Daily bag limit on landlocked salmon: 3 fish. Minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 12 inches. Closed to all fishing after September 15 is that portion of the Rapid River between the remnants of Lower Dam to the red posts near the head of Long Pool, so-called.

Richardson Lakes, Upper and Lower and tributaries, T4 R1, Township C, etc. S-1, S-4, S-17. (See listing for Upper Dam Pool).

Richardson Ponds, East, Adamstown Township. S-5, S-24.

Richardson Pond, West, Adamstown Township. S-6, S-24.

Round Pond, Fryeburg. S-24.

Round Pond, Greenwood. S-24.

Round Pond and tributaries, Albany Township. S-4, S-24.

Rump Pond, Parmachenee Township. S-5, S-8. From August 16 to September 30: S-27.

Saco River. (See York County).

Sand Pond, Norway. S-24.

Saturday Pond, Otisfield. S-24.

Shagg Pond, Woodstock. S-4, S-24.

Songo Pond, Bethel and Albany. S-3, S-24.

South Pond, Greenwood. S-3, S-24. Areas in the lake within 100 feet of the mouth of any tributary are closed to the taking of smelts.

South Pond, Buckfield. S-24.

Southeast Pond, Hiram. S-24.

Sparrow Brook, Hartford. (See Anasagunticook Lake).

Speck Pond, Grafton Township. S-4, S-24.

Speck Pond (Big), Norway, Waterford. S-6, S-17, S-24. Closed to the taking of bait.

Spectacle Ponds #1 and #2, Porter. S-24.

Stanley Pond, Hiram, etc. S-2, S-3, S-13, S-24.

Sturtevant Pond, Magalloway Plantation. S-4, S-13, S-16, S-24.

Sunday Pond, Magalloway Plantation. S-4, S-17.

Sunday Pond, Lynchtown Township, T5 R4 WBKP. S-4, S-13, S-17.

Surplus Pond, Andover, North Surplus. S-5, S-17.

Swan Pond, Hartford. S-24.

Swift Cambridge River, Grafton Township, Upton. S-13.

Thompson Lake including The Heath, Poland, Oxford, etc. S-2, S-3, S-15, S-22. Minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 16 inches. Motorboats prohibited in The Heath, the southernmost part of Thompson Lake, separated from the main lake by a causeway. S-24.

Trafton Pond, Hiram, Porter. S-13, S-24.

Trout Pond, Stoneham. S-6, S-16, S-24.

Twitchell Pond, Greenwood. S-2, S-3, S-24.

Umbagog Lake, Upton, etc. S-9.

Upper Dam Pool, T4 R1. That area between Mooselookmeguntic Lake dam and a line drawn between the two cribwork piers approximately 800 yards west of said dam: S-1, S-5, S-22. All brook trout must be released alive at once. Minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 16 inches. No motorboats allowed from the gates of the dam, downstream or westerly 150 yards. Open to fishing in October: S-5, S-27.

Virginia Lake, Stoneham. S-24.

Washburn Pond, Sumner, Woodstock. S-4, S-24.

Webber Pond, Sweden. S-24.

Wells Pond, Parmachenee Township. S-5, S-17. From August 16 to September 30: S-27.

Weymouth Pond, Stoneham. S-24.

Whitney Pond, Stoneham. S-24.

Whitney Pond, Oxford. S-24.

Wild River, Batchelder’s Grant, Gilead. S-19.

Worthley Pond, Peru. S-2, S-3, S-24.

York Pond, Grafton Township. S-4.

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.