34 SPECIAL FISHING LAWS If a water is not listed then only General Fishing Laws apply. See inside front cover flap and pages 2-3.
( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-4.
NARRAGUAGUS RIVER, T34 MD to Deblois( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except:
– Closed to all fishing is that portion of the Narraguagus River from a red marker at the mouth of Sodom Brook in Deblois, downstream approximately 150 yards to a red marker.
– From the Route 193 bridge in Deblois to the downriver side of the Route 1 bridge in Cherryfield: FFO.( See Schoodic Brook). Except from 100 feet above the ice control dam in Cherryfield( this to the downriver side of the ice breakers) and extending upriver approximately 3.66 miles to the red markers situated on each side of the river: General law fishing.
– Closed to all fishing within 100 feet of the ice control dam in Cherryfield( Title 12, subsection 12457).
– Closed to all fishing from the ice control dam to the railroad bridge in Cherryfield, except from May 1- June 10 a portion of river between two sets of red markers( at 100 feet below and 450 feet below the ice control dam): FFO.
NARRAGUAGUS RIVER, WEST BRANCH, AND TRIBUTARIES, T22 MD to Cherryfield( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: Minimum length limit on brook trout: 8 inches. S-19. From the headwaters down to junction with Spring River: ALO.
NARROW POND, T8 R14 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S-16.
NARROWS PONDS, LOWER AND UPPER, Winthrop( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: No ice fishing within 500 feet of the intake pipe on Upper Narrows. S-2, S-3. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
NASHS LAKE, Calais( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-2, S-3, S-13. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
NEQUASSET LAKE, Woolwich( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: No vehicles on ice( ATVs and snowmobiles exempted). Motorboats with more than 10 horsepower prohibited. Nequasset Lake is defined as the area south of the mouth of Nequasset Stream on the north end of the lake, and the area north of the Railroad bridge on the south end.
NESOWADNEHUNK( SOURDNAHUNK) STREAM, T4 R10 WELS to T2 R10 WELS.( See Sourdnahunk Stream).
NESOWADNEHUNK LAKE, T4 R10 WELS, T4 R11 WELS, T5 R10 WELS, T5 R11 WELS.( See Sourdnahunk Lake).
NEZINSCOT RIVER, Turner( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except:
– From the Central Maine Power Company transmission line crossing approximately 500 yards below the junction with Martin Stream to the Turner Mill Dam: ALO, S-19. Open to open water and ice fishing from January 1- December 31.
– From Turner Mill Dam downstream to its confluence with Meadow Brook: ALO, S-7. Open to open water fishing from January 1- December 31.
– From its confluence with Meadow Brook downstream to its confluence with the Androscoggin River: S-19. Open to open water and ice fishing from January 1- December 31. The use of all legal forms of bait, artificial lures, and artificial flies is permitted.
NICATOUS LAKE AND TRIBUTARIES, T40 MD( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: Daily bag and possession limit on smelts: 1 quart. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
NICKERSON LAKE, Linneus, New Limerick( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S-2, S-3, S-11, S-19, S-26. Open to open water fishing from October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
NOKOMIS POND, Newport, Palmyra( South Zone). General fishing laws apply. Motorboats with internal combustion engines prohibited.
NORCROSS POND, Chesterville( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11, S- 19. From October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
NORSE POND, Cutler( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S-4.
NORTH GORHAM POND, Gorham, Standish, Windham( South Zone). North Gorham Pond is the impounded portion of the Presumpscot River from the North Gorham Pond Dam upstream to the red markers at the end of the Eel Weir Canal and the natural falls on the river( Latitude: 43.817579 Longitude:-70.448736).
General fishing laws apply, except: Daily bag limit 1 brook trout and 1 landlocked salmon.
NORTH LAKE, Orient( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S-2, S-3, S-11. International Water( page A-1).
NORTH POND, Chesterville( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11.
NORTH POND, Elliottsville Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S- 17.
NORTH POND, Sumner( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-13, S-16. Motorboats with internal combustion engines prohibited within 300 yards of North Pond Dam. Motorboats with more than 10 horsepower prohibited on rest of pond. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
NORTH POND, T14 R9 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO, S- 20.
NORTH POND AND LITTLE POND, Mercer, Rome, Smithfield( South Zone). General fishing laws apply.
NORTHEAST POND, Acton, Lebanon. General fishing laws for Interstate Waters( page A-2) apply.
NORTHERN STREAM, T19 ED BPP, Berry Twp( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-13.
NORTHWEST POND, Massachusetts Gore( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
NORTHWEST POND, LITTLE, Massachusetts Gore( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
NORTHWEST RIVER, Sebago.( See Sebago Lake).
NORTON( PETERS) POND, Brownville( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: Open to open water and ice fishing from January 1- December 31: S-11, S-19.
NOTCH POND, Bowdoin College Grant West Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
NOTCH POND, BIG, Moosehead Junction Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S-7.
NOTCH POND, LITTLE, Moosehead Junction Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S-17.
NOTCHED POND, Gray, Raymond( South Zone). General fishing laws apply. Motorboats over 10 horsepower prohibited.
NOYES( NORRIS) POND, Blue Hill( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI, CO. S-4, S-17.
NOYES( NORRIS) POND TRIBUTARIES, Blue Hill( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-4.
NUBBLE POND, Raymond( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO.
NUMBER NINE LAKE AND TRIBUTARIES, T9 R3 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S-19. Open to open water fishing from October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
OAKS POND, Skowhegan( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S-11, S- 19. Open to open water fishing from October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
OGUNQUIT RIVER, Wells( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: From North Village Road downstream to the Route 1 bridge: Open to open water fishing from April 1- October 31: S-19. The use of all legal forms of
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