New regulations will protect Moosehead Lake’s monster brookies

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • December 30, 2020

Recently, the brook trout population in Maine’s largest lake has seen significant improvement with many fish in the three- to six-pound range caught both summer and winter. Effective as of Jan. 1, 2021, all brook trout between 18 and 22 inches caught at Moosehead Lake must be released alive at once (this applies to ice fishing and open water fishing) .