Maine Salmon Fishing On Bog Lake Improves With New Public Access

One important piece of the Maine fisheries management puzzle is public access to state waters. This was certainly evident at Bog Lake in Northfield where for 12 years the public lost access to this 826-acre water. Located just 10 miles north of Machias in Washington County, Bog Lake supports cold-water species and is known historically as a great salmon fishery. When public access was lost, the fishing drastically changed. In 2013 Maine opened a new public boat launch and biologists immediately reinstated the annual salmon stocking program and then collected data to evaluate the fishery. A 2017 winter creel survey revealed anglers were catching... READ MORE