Fishing Pushaw Lake

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Pushaw Lake, ME

Popular Fish Species Pushaw Lake, ME

Pushaw Lake Popular Fish - Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Bass Fishing

Pushaw Lake offers a robust smallmouth bass fishery. Many locals enjoy smallmouth fishing, as smallies are tough fighters and very exciting to catch. Smallmouth bass fishing is particularly good virtually anytime they are shallow. Use shallow spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, crankbaits, tube baits and jerkbaits around rip rap. Around grass, use worms, jigs, topwater and spinnerbaits. In winter, spend your time on deeper structure with drop-shot rigs, small worms, jigs and spoons. Largemouth bass also reside here in good numbers. Rock piles and points are prime areas for smallmouth as these areas are also home to crawfish. When the lake freezes over, consider ice fishing for smallies.

Pushaw Lake Popular Fish - Chain Pickerel

Chain Pickerel Fishing

Chain pickerel prefer to weedy areas of lakes and rivers. They ambush baitfish and sunfish which requires cover for them to hide within. Submerged aquatic vegetation, brush, fallen tree limbs, or structures such as rock piles, bridge pilings, rip-rap, or debris. Pushaw Lake has a very healthy population of these toothy critters, many approaching 30 inches and exceeding 5 pounds. Unlike many freshwater fish species, chain pickerel do not school up. They tend to be loners. Once you catch one, find other, spots with similar cover and depth to fish. Flashy spoons, live minnows, and bait-imitating crankbaits all work well. For added excitement, try fishing topwater lures over vegetation areas. Topwater lures that mimic wounded baitfish are very tempting to these predators. When the lake freezes over, ice fishing can get very exciting with these big pike.

White Perch Fishing

Pushaw Lake continues to have a very healthy population of white perch, which have been a mainstay in the fishery for decades. White perch are great table fare, and are a food source for many predator fish in the lake as well. Fishing for white perch is simple, their primary diet consists of minnows and other small fish, insects and worms. White perch tend to gather in small groups and hang out on relatively deep structure, near cover and/or drop-offs. Use a small hook and sinker. Bait a small hook with minnows, worms or small jigs using 6 to 10 pound line. They make for an excellent fish fry, are a food source for many of the larger predator fish in the lake, and they are fun to catch in winter when ice fishing.

Pushaw Lake Fishing Video

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Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed sunfish, redbreast sunfish, white perch, yellow perch and chain pickerel at Pushaw Lake in Maine.

Several boat launch ramps welcome boating and fishing enthusiasts at Pushaw Lake, a 5,000-acre lake, at Glenburn. The 30 plus miles of shoreline is developed with homes and docks.

Camping, RV hookups, lodging, rental boats, marinas, restaurants and stores await visitors. Bass, both largemouth and smallmouth, are the favored species here. In addition there is plenty of perch, sunfish and chain pickerel to keep anglers returning again and again.

Primary fish species residing in Pushaw Lake

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Pushaw Lake Amenities

Marina: YES
Boat Rental: YES
Boat Launch Ramp: YES
Campgrounds: YES
RV Hookups: YES
Lodging: NEARBY
Convenience Store: YES
Bait & Tackle: YES
Restaurant: YES

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Public Boat Launch Ramps & Landings

Gould's Landing Boat Launch Ramp
Located in the southwest section of the lake, off Gould Road, this is a one-lane, concrete ramp with a dock and gravel parking.