Maine fishing guide: species & cities
Explore all Maine species evidence
78 species with Maine source associations
State source evidence does not establish city-level presence, access or legal targeting.
- Alewife — Alosa pseudoharengus · anadromous
- American Eel — Anguilla rostrata · freshwater
- American Shad — Alosa sapidissima · saltwater
- Atlantic Cod — Gadus morhua · saltwater
- Atlantic Croaker — Micropogonias undulatus · saltwater
- Atlantic Mackerel — Scomber scombrus · saltwater
- Atlantic Menhaden — Brevoortia tyrannus · saltwater
- Atlantic Salmon — Salmo salar · freshwater
- Atlantic Tomcod — Microgadus tomcod · brackish
- Banded Killifish — Fundulus diaphanus · freshwater
- Black Bullhead — Ameiurus melas · freshwater
- Black Crappie — Pomoxis nigromaculatus · freshwater
- Black Drum — Pogonias cromis · saltwater
- Black Sea Bass — Centropristis striata · saltwater
- Blacknose Dace — Rhinichthys atratulus · freshwater
- Blue Catfish — Ictalurus furcatus · freshwater
- Blueback Herring — Alosa aestivalis · freshwater
- Bluefish — Pomatomus saltatrix · saltwater
- Bluegill — Lepomis macrochirus · freshwater
- Brook Trout — Salvelinus fontinalis · freshwater
- Brown Bullhead — Ameiurus nebulosus · freshwater
- Brown Trout — Salmo trutta · freshwater
- Burbot — Lota lota · freshwater
- Chain Pickerel — Esox niger · freshwater
- Channel Catfish — Ictalurus punctatus · freshwater
- Cisco — Coregonus artedi · freshwater
- Cobia — Rachycentron canadum · saltwater
- Common Shiner — Luxilus cornutus · freshwater
- Creek Chub — Semotilus atromaculatus · freshwater
- Cunner — Tautogolabrus adspersus · saltwater
- Cusk — Brosme brosme · saltwater
- Fallfish — Semotilus corporalis · freshwater
- Fathead Minnow — Pimephales promelas · freshwater
- Flathead Catfish — Pylodictis olivaris · freshwater
- Golden Shiner — Notemigonus crysoleucas · freshwater
- Green Sunfish — Lepomis cyanellus · freshwater
- Haddock — Melanogrammus aeglefinus · saltwater
- Lake Trout — Salvelinus namaycush · freshwater
- Lake Whitefish — Coregonus clupeaformis · freshwater
- Largemouth Bass — Micropterus salmoides · freshwater
- Longnose Dace — Rhinichthys cataractae · freshwater
- Longnose Sucker — Catostomus catostomus · freshwater
- Muskellunge — Esox masquinongy · freshwater
- Ninespine Stickleback — Pungitius pungitius · freshwater
- Northern Pike — Esox lucius · freshwater
- Pollock — Pollachius virens · saltwater
- Pumpkinseed — Lepomis gibbosus · freshwater
- Rainbow Smelt — Osmerus mordax · freshwater
- Rainbow Trout — Oncorhynchus mykiss · freshwater
- Red Drum — Sciaenops ocellatus · saltwater
- Redbreast Sunfish — Lepomis auritus · freshwater
- Redear Sunfish — Lepomis microlophus · freshwater
- Rock Bass — Ambloplites rupestris · freshwater
- Round Whitefish — Prosopium cylindraceum · freshwater
- Sauger — Sander canadensis · freshwater
- Scup — Stenotomus chrysops · saltwater
- Sea Lamprey — Petromyzon marinus · anadromous
- Sheepshead — Archosargus probatocephalus · saltwater
- Slimy Sculpin — Cottus cognatus · freshwater
- Smallmouth Bass — Micropterus dolomieu · freshwater
- Southern Flounder — Paralichthys lethostigma · saltwater
- Splake — Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis · freshwater
- Spot — Leiostomus xanthurus · saltwater
- Spotted Bass — Micropterus punctulatus · freshwater
- Spotted Seatrout — Cynoscion nebulosus · saltwater
- Striped Bass — Morone saxatilis · freshwater
- Summer Flounder — Paralichthys dentatus · saltwater
- Tautog — Tautoga onitis · saltwater
- Threespine Stickleback — Gasterosteus aculeatus · freshwater
- Walleye — Sander vitreus · freshwater
- Warmouth — Lepomis gulosus · freshwater
- Weakfish — Cynoscion regalis · saltwater
- White Crappie — Pomoxis annularis · freshwater
- White Perch — Morone americana · freshwater
- White Sucker — Catostomus commersonii · freshwater
- Winter Flounder — Pseudopleuronectes americanus · saltwater
- Yellow Bullhead — Ameiurus natalis · freshwater
- Yellow Perch — Perca flavescens · freshwater
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City starting points
- Augusta, ME — geographic discovery
- Auburn, ME — geographic discovery
- Bangor, ME — geographic discovery
- Belfast, ME — geographic discovery
- Calais, ME — geographic discovery
- Caribou, ME — geographic discovery
- Ellsworth, ME — geographic discovery
- Lewiston, ME — geographic discovery
- Old Town, ME — geographic discovery
- Presque Isle, ME — geographic discovery
- Saco, ME — geographic discovery
- Sanford, ME — geographic discovery
Local directories
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