38 SPECIAL FISHING LAWS If a water is not listed then only General Fishing Laws apply. See inside front cover flap and pages 2-3.
PISTOL LAKE, MIDDLE, T4 ND. General fishing laws for Tribal Waters( page A-3) apply, except: CI. S-33. Daily bag limit on brook trout: 5 fish. Passamaquoddy Indian Territory.
PISTOL LAKE, SIDE, T3 ND, T4 ND. General fishing laws for Tribal Waters( page A- 3) apply, except: CI. S-33. Daily bag limit on brook trout: 5 fish. Passamaquoddy Indian Territory.
PISTOL LAKE, UPPER, T4 ND. General fishing laws for Tribal Waters( page A-3) apply, except: CI. S-33. Daily bag limit on brook trout: 5 fish. Passamaquoddy Indian Territory.
PLEASANT( MUD) POND, Litchfield, etc.( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; all bass between 16 and 20 inches must be released alive at once.
PLEASANT LAKE, Alexander( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-2, S-3. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
PLEASANT LAKE, Island Falls, T4 R3 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S-2, S-3, S-11, S-19, S-22. Open to ice fishing for smelts from the time the ice forms in the fall until April 30. Open to open water fishing from October 1- November 30: ALO, S- 7.
PLEASANT LAKE, Casco, Otisfield( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-1, S-3, S-22. The holding of any live baitfish not taken in Pleasant Lake is prohibited. From January 1 through March 31: Minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 16 inches. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
PLEASANT LAKE, T6 R1 NBPP, T7 R2 NBPR( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-25. Minimum length limit on togue: 23 inches. From October 1- December 31: Closed to all fishing.
PLEASANT LAKE, T6 R6 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. S- 19. Only 1 brook trout may exceed 12 inches.
PLEASANT LAKE, BIG, T9 & 10 R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S-19, S-25. Only 1 brook trout may exceed 14 inches.
PLEASANT POND, Caratunk( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. Opens to open water fishing on May 15. S-19. Daily bag limit on togue: 6 fish; minimum length limit: 14 inches, only 1 may exceed 23 inches.
PLEASANT POND, Orneville Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S- 11.
PLEASANT POND, Turner( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
PLEASANT POND, BIG AND TRIBUTARIES, TA R11 WELS( North Zone).
General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S- 1, S-17, S-25.
PLEASANT POND, LITTLE, T10 R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO, S-19, only 1 brook trout may exceed 12 inches.
PLEASANT POND, LITTLE AND TRIBUTARIES, TA R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO, S- 19, S-20.
PLEASANT RIVER, Beddington to Columbia Falls( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-13.
PLEASANT RIVER, Brownville, Milo, Medford( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: From the Route 11 bridge in Brownville Junction downstream to the Church Street bridge in Brownville: From August 16- September 30: FFO.
PLEASANT RIVER, Windham( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: From the Route 302 bridge downstream to the River Road bridge: April 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
PLEASANT RIVER LAKE, Beddington, Devereaux Twp( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-1, S-3, S-13, S-16, S-33. From October 1- December 31: ALO, S-7.
PLEASANT RIVER, EAST BRANCH, TB R11 WELS, TB R10 WELS, Ebeemee Twp, T4 R9 NWP( North Zone). From the TA R11-TB R11 WELS town line to Upper Ebeemee Lake in T4 R9 NWP: ALO, S-19. Only 1 brook trout may exceed 12 inches.
PLUNKETT POND, Benedicta Twp, Silver Ridge Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11.
POCASSET( MILL) STREAM, Wayne( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: From the bridge on State Route 133 to its confluence with Androscoggin Lake: Open to ice and open water fishing from January 1- December 31: S- 19. The use of all legal forms of bait, artificial lures, and artificial flies is permitted.
POCOMOONSHINE LAKE AND TRIBUTARIES, Alexander, Princeton( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: S-33. Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; all bass between 12 and 20 inches must be released alive at once. Daily bag limit on white perch: 25 fish.
POCUMCUS LAKE, T5 & 6 ND BPP( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; all bass between 12 and 20 inches must be released alive at once. No minimum length on togue. Daily bag limit on togue: 2 fish, only 1 of which may exceed 33 inches. All togue between 23 and 33 inches must be released alive at once. From October 1-20: ALO, S-7. From October 21- December 31: Closed to all fishing.
PODUNK POND, Carthage( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. Open to open water fishing from October 1- November 30: ALO, S-7.
POLAND POND, T7 R14 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S- 17.
POLLY POND, T3 R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO.
POLLYWOG POND AND TRIBUTARIES, Rainbow Twp, T1 R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. ALO, S- 17, S-25.
POND IN THE RIVER, C Surplus, Township C, Upton( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO. Daily bag limit on landlocked salmon: 3 fish; minimum length limit: 12 inches. Use of barbed hooks prohibited. All brook trout caught must be released alive at once.
– Closed to all fishing during July and August is that portion of Pond in the River delineated by red markers located approximately 1 / 2 mile above the remnants of Lower Dam, and red markers located about 200 yards below the inlet of the Rapid River.
PORK BARREL LAKE, T6 R1 NBPP( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI, CO. ALO, S-16.
PORTAGE LAKE, Portage Lake Twp( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S- 2, S-3, S-11, S-19. Only 1 brook trout may exceed 14 inches. No bag limit on landlocked salmon less than 14 inches. Daily bag limit on landlocked salmon over 14 inches: 2 fish. Open to ice fishing for smelts from the time ice forms in the fall until April 30. While fishing for smelts, anglers may harvest any fish species for which there is no bag limit. No person shall operate any boat or canoe propelled by motor on that portion of Portage Lake known as the Floating Island Area, north and westerly of a line beginning at the eastern edge of the marshy peninsula running out from Hutchinson Ridge, running 50 yards outside of the floating islands in a northerly direction to the mouth of Mosquito Brook.
PORTER LAKE, New Vineyard, Strong( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S- 2, S-3, S-11, S-19, S-22, S-26.
PORTER POND, T3 ND( South Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI, CO. S-4.
PORTLAND LAKE, Bridgewater( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S- 11.
POTTER POND, Patten( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: A. S-11.
PRATT LAKE, T11 R9 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: B. S-11.
PRENTISS POND, T1 R11 WELS( North Zone). General fishing laws apply, except: CI. FFO, S-17.
2026 STATE OF MAINE LAWS & RULES FISHING