If a water is not listed then only General Fishing Laws apply. See inside front cover flap and pages 2-3.
SPECIAL FISHING LAWS 11
BLACK RIVER, BIG, T14 R16 WELS to T15 R13 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-11. Closed to the taking of live baitfish except by hook and line. From October 1- November 30: ALO. Open to taking bass and muskellunge only. From the confluence of Fivemile Brook in T15 R14 WELS upriver to the confluence of Depot Stream in T14 R15 WELS: B. S-19.( See also Shields Branch).
BLACK RIVER, LITTLE,( TRIBUTARY TO THE SAINT JOHN RIVER), T19 R12 WELS to Allagash( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S-11. Closed to the taking of live baitfish, except by hook and line. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited from June 1- September 15. Open to open water fishing from October 1- November 30.
BLACKMAN STREAM, Bradley( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: From the downstream side of the Route 178 bridge in Bradley to the Penobscot River: closed to all fishing from July 1 through September 30, both days inclusive.
Leonard ' s Mills Dam in Bradley: Fishing is prohibited in or from the fishway; there are no distance restrictions when fishing near the fishway( Title 12, subsection 12457).
BLAKE LAKE, T16 R6 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO.
BLAKESLEE LAKE, T5 R6 BKP WKR( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO, S-19.
BLANCHARD POND, Alder Stream Twp. General fishing laws for Tribal Waters( page A- 3) apply, except: CI. FFO. No motors allowed. Penobscot Indian Territory.
BLANCHARD PONDS, Davis Twp, Lang Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
BLOOD( DUCK) POND, T2 R13 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO. Motorboats prohibited.
BLUFF POND, Frenchtown Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
BLUFFER POND, T8 R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO, S-19.
BOARDWAY( BOARDMAN) POND, BIG, TA R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO, S-16.
BOARDWAY( BOARDMAN) POND, LITTLE, TA R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
BOG LAKE, Northfield( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
BOG POND, Hartland( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11.
BOGUS MEADOW POND, T7 SD( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI, CO. S-4.
BOSTON POND, Denmark( South Zone). General fishing laws apply. Motorboats prohibited.
BOULTER POND, York. Closed to all fishing.
BOUNDARY POND, Beattie Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S- 19. Open to open water fishing from October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
BOUNDARY POND, SOUTH, Massachusetts Gore( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
BOWKER BROOK, Woodstock( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-1.
BOWLER POND, Palermo( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S- 10, S-13. Only 1 brook trout may exceed 14 inches. From October 1- November 30: ALO, S- 7.
BOWLIN POND, T5 R8 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S-19. Open to open water fishing October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
BOWLIN POND, LITTLE, T5 R7 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S-19. Open to open water fishing October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
BOYD LAKE, Orneville Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11.
BOYD POND, Bristol( South Zone). General fishing laws apply. Motorboats over 6 horsepower prohibited.
BOYDEN LAKE, Perry, Robbinston( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-2, S-3. Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; all bass between 12 and 20 inches must be released alive at once. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
BOYNTON POND, Embden( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11.
BRACKETT LAKE, Weston( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11.
BRADBURY LAKE, New Limerick( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S- 11.
BRADFORD POND, Moro Plt( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S-19.
BRADLEY POND, Lovell( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: Motorboats prohibited. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
BRAN LAKE, Saint Francis( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S- 19.
BRANCH LAKE, Ellsworth( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-2, S-3, S-
21. No minimum length limit on togue. Daily bag limit on togue: 2 fish, only 1 may exceed 33 inches. All togue between 23 and 33 inches must be released alive at once. All brown trout must be released alive at once. From October 1- December 31: Closed to all fishing.
BRANCH LAKE, EAST, T3 R9 NWP. General fishing laws for Tribal Waters( page A-3) apply, except: Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; minimum length limit on bass is 10 inches. All bass between 16 and 20 inches must be released alive at once. Daily bag limit on brook trout: 5 fish. Penobscot Indian Territory.
BRANCH POND, EAST AND TRIBUTARIES, T7 R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S- 16.
BRANCH POND, MIDDLE, T5 R9 NWP( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S-19. Only 1 brook trout may exceed 12 inches. Closed to the taking of live baitfish.
BRANCH POND, MIDDLE, Waterboro( South Zone). General fishing laws apply. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.
BRANCH POND, UPPER MIDDLE, Aurora( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI, CO.
BRANDY POND, Chesuncook Twp, T5 R14 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S-11.
BRANNS MILL POND, Dover-Foxcroft, Garland( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11, S-19. From October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
BRASSUA LAKE, Brassua Twp, Rockwood Strip, Sandwich Academy Grant, Taunton and Raynham Academy Grant, Tomhegan Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S-2, S-11, S-16, S-22( in lake and in all tributaries upstream to the red markers). Closed to ice fishing is that portion southwest of a line between two red markers set on opposite shores at the entrance to Misery Cove, so-called. Tributaries closed to the taking of smelts, except Misery Stream.
BREAKNECK PONDS, LOWER AND UPPER, Bar Harbor( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S-10. From October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
BREWER LAKE, Bucksport, Holden, Orrington( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
BROKEN BRIDGE POND, Albany Twp( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: Closed to the taking of live baitfish. CI. S-4, S-10, S-17. From October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
BROWN BROOK POND, T9 R9 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
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