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 Great Maine Fishing - Our “Claim to Fame” Whether trolling, spin-casting or fly fishing, you're bound to have success on a Maine fishing vacation at Rideout's Lodge. Our 22-mile-long, East Grand Lake has several features that make for excellent fishing: low-intensity fishing, quality water and structure, and an abundance of small "fodder" fish. As a result, trophy-sized game fish can be caught at any time of the year. East Grand Lake is renowned for the finest smallmouth bass, landlocked salmon and lake trout fishing.Maine Salmon Fishing at Rideout's East Grand Lake offers what many consider the finest landlocked salmon fishing in Maine. In recent years, the lake has produced salmon over eight pounds, and it's not unusual for our guests to boat 15-30 legal salmon in a day's fishing. To back up our claim, our guests have written several internal newsletter articles over the years about our excellent fishing. These salmon fishing articles contain technique and location information of particular interest to Maine anglers. Read more about Maine salmon fishing here.  Maine Bass Fishing at Rideout's Fishing for smallmouth bass is second to none in Maine. Smallmouths up to six pounds are taken every year by Rideout's guests, and three-to-five-pounders are quite common. Rideout's has been featured in North American Fisherman magazine, which states that under ideal conditions, “you can catch 100 smallmouth bass per day” here (contact us for a copy of the article). Also, our guests have written several articles over the years describing our excellent Maine bass fishing. Read more about our terrific smallmouth bass fishing. Maine Lake Trout Fishing When fishing for lake trout we commonly catch 12-pounders, and sometimes haul in lunkers that tip the scales at over 20 pounds. Giant Maine lake trout swim near the surface in the spring and fall, and go deep (60 to 80 feet) in the summer. Lake trout are sometimes also taken by tandem fly fishing during the early season. Read more about Maine lake trout fishing. Update: During the Spring of 2005, an unusually large number of togue were caught on the surface of East Grand Lake. Guides reported that the big fish, many from 7 to 14 pounds, were caught all over the lake, particular off points and in the large US coves.
Maine Brook Trout Fishing Over the past few years the square tail population has increased dramatically on East Grand Lake. Why? Several years ago the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries began stocking them. Since then the fish have moved from fingerling size, to pan fry size, to full meal size. In fact, in the Spring of 2005, several fish up to 18 inches and 2 1/2 pounds were brought into the Lodge for the fry pan. Two or tree years ago, most of the brookies were being caught “accidentally” when trolling for salmon or casting for bass. But starting early last year, because of their increased size, many fly fishermen began to target the brookies specifically. Most did this by casting wet and dry flies along the shorelines, or by trolling for them close to shore using streamer fly fishing techniques.
Other Game Fish Species in East Grand Lake
Enjoy a fun and relaxing Maine fishing vacation with us at Rideout's! Contact us for additional information on fishing, lodging and dining vacation packages for serious anglers or the whole family. Top of Page
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Docking at Rideout's Lodge