BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 24, 2025
There is a $6,000 reward for information on how largemouth bass were introduced into West Musquash Lake in Washington County. Working with the Maine Warden Service, Maine Operation Game Thief and the Grand Lake Stream Guides Association are offering $5,000 and $1,000 rewards, respectively, to anyone who has information on the illegal stocking. West Musquash Lake is the only body of water in the Down East region that has wild brook trout, lake trout and a landlocked salmon fishery and is not stocked by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The lake is also one of the last bodies of water in Maine that has a population of round whitefish. Largemouth bass are likely to outcompete these naturally-occurring populations for crucial resources.