Waldo 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 is 2 brook trout 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.

Bowler Pond, Palermo. S-6, S-13, S-16.

Cove Brook, Winterport, S-13. Maximum length limit on landlocked salmon and brown trout: 25 inches.

Ducktrap River, Belmont, Northport.

From Tilden Pond to tidewater, S-5, S-13, S-17. Maximum length on landlocked salmon and brown trout: 25 inches.
From the confluence of Black Brook to tidewater: River open until October 15.

Halfmoon Pond, Searsport, Prospect. S-13.

Levenseller Pond, Searsmont. Motorboats prohibited.

Little Pond, Liberty. S-22. Minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 16 inches.

Megunticook Lake and tributaries, Lincolnville. (See Knox County).

Saint George Lake, Liberty. S-22. Minimum length on landlocked salmon: 16 inches.

Saint George River. (See Knox County).

Sebasticook River. (See Kennebec County).

Sheepscot Lake, Palermo. Open April 1 to September 30: S-10, S-22. Minimum length on landlocked salmon: 16 inches.

Sheepscot River, Palermo, Somerville, etc.

Fishing from the dam and/or fishway is prohibited and fishing in the fishway is prohibited. (Also Lincoln County).
From Sheepscot Lake Dam to the upstream side of the Route 105 bridge in Somerville: S-6, S-13. All landlocked salmon, trout, and togue caught must be released alive at once.
From the Route 105 bridge in Somerville to the head of tide: S-13, S-14. Maximum length limit on landlocked salmon and brown trout: 25 inches.

Sheepscot River, West Branch, Palermo, China, etc. From Branch Pond to the confluence with the main stem, S-13, S-19. Maximum length limit on landlocked salmon and brown trout: 25 inches.

Stevens Pond, Liberty. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Swan Lake and tributaries, Swanville. Open April 1 to September 30. S-1, S-10.

Toddy Pond, Brooks and Swanville. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.

Unity Pond (Winnecook Lake) tributaries, Unity, Troy and Burnham. S-1.

Unity Utilities District. All waters on the property of the Unity Utilities District located on Route 139 and Prairie Road in the Town of Unity are closed to fishing at all times.

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.