Fishing Guides In Maine
Hire a guide to take you fishing in ME
Hire a fishing guide to fish for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, blue catfish, black crappie, brook trout, brown trout, lake trout, bluegill, white perch, yellow perch, Atlantic salmon, chain pickerel, muskie and northern pike in local lakes.
Maine Fishing Guides
For the ultimate fishing experience, hire a professional guide. They know the ME fishery inside out and have determined the best techniques for catching fish at various times of the year.
Gillies & Fallon Guide Service - 207 389-2300
Focus Species: Striped Bass & Bluefish
Saltwater fly fishing and light tackle angling for striped bass and bluefish on Maine's Kennebec River. We provide top notch tackle, fully equipped boats and Professional Maine Guides. Fly casting lessons available.
Maine-ly Smallmouth Guide Service - 207 268-3474
Focus Species: Smallmouth Bass, Stripe Bass. Fully outfitted 18' Jet-Drive boat, Tackle-Lures. Season from April to October! Guiding since 1989 on Maine's Lakes and Rivers. Master Maine Guide with 35 years experience on Maine waters!
Belgrade Bassin' - 207-872-9688
Focus Species: Smallmouth & Largemouth Bass. Full service guide service with 19' Stratos Bass boat. Full & Half Day Fishing Trips. Central Maine Area. We supply all gear and provide lunch for full day trips. Insured & Licensed.
Coastal Fly Angler - 207-671-4330
Focus Species: Stripe Bass, Bluefish. Full and half day guides trips on Casco Bay, New Meadows River and Kennebec River.
Tracewski Fishing Adventures - 207 827-3110
Focus Species: Brook trout, smallmouth bass sand landlocked salmon. Join Kevin Tracewski, author of the best-selling book, A Fisherman's Guide to Maine, on a trip to some of the best fishing holes in Maine. Driftboat floats on different rivers, fish remote brook trout streams and ponds statewide, and wade for salmon and brown trout and ice fishing in the winter.
Maine Experience Guide Service - 207 215-3828
Focus Species: Stripers, blue fish, small and largemouth bass, pike and salmon. Half and full day fishing, 3 day 2 night fishing or hunting packages with lodging, day canoe trips and wilderness camping (with or without fishing).
Maine Wilderness Tours - 207 465-4333
Focus Species: Northern pike, largemouth, smallmouth, splake, brown trout. Offering guided fishing trips and lodging in the beautiful Belgrade Lakes area. Excellent pike and bass fishing! Ice fishing trips too - heated ice shacks, comfortable cottages and great food.
Bronzeback Adventures - 207 782-9410
Focus Species: Smallmouth and largemouth bass. We offer guided fishing for trophy smallmouth and largemouth bass or northern pike. Fish from a fully rigged Triton bass boat with a Registered Guide who has over 25 years of bass tournament experience in Maine.
MooseKat Guide Service - 207 416-5644
Focus Species: Brook trout, salmon, lake trout and panfish. Registered Maine Guide with over 10 years experience in the Moosehead and Katahdin Region. We offer fishing charters for trout and salmon on the best and most remote lakes and ponds in Maine. Trolling, fly fishing, spin casting, and ice fishing charters available.
Fishing Guide Services
In addition to putting you on fish, professional guides provide hands-on instruction that can shape the way you fish for the rest of your life. A day on the water becomes a master class in selecting the right rods for specific techniques, such as graphite casting rods for jigs or composite rods for crankbaits, along with matching gear ratios in modern low-profile baitcasting reels and high-capacity spinning reels. Guides often explain the advantages of today’s braided superlines, fluorocarbon leaders, and advanced monofilaments, and demonstrate reliable knots like the Palomar, FG, and improved clinch for different applications. You’ll gain insight into hook styles, from extra-wide-gap worm hooks to drop-shot and circle hooks, as well as when to choose tungsten weights, finesse jig heads, or bladed jigs.
Beyond terminal tackle, many guides introduce clients to the latest marine electronics and boat control systems. You may learn how to interpret high-definition sonar, side-imaging, and forward-facing sonar to identify bait schools, brush piles, and individual fish in real time. GPS-enabled chartplotters and custom contour mapping reveal subtle depth changes and offshore structure that once went unnoticed, while shallow-water anchors and advanced trolling motors with spot-lock features allow precise boat positioning in wind or current. By spending the day in the boat with a knowledgeable local guide, you not only catch fish but also build confidence using cutting-edge equipment and refined techniques that dramatically improve fishing skills for years to come.
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