If you ask 10 Mainers to name their favorite month to fish, 9 of them will say June. That’s because water temperatures and flows are usually ideal for nearly every game fish that lives in the state. I spend lots of time in June fly fishing wild trout streams and remote brook trout ponds in the vast North Woods. For people looking for a true Maine trout fishing adventure, there is no better time than June.
I also do quite a bit of salmon fishing in the rivers around Moosehead Lake. And always make time to do a few trips for shad on the Kennebec. Shad are a beautiful, hard-fighting under-rated fish that I really enjoy. Then near the end of the month, I start to run drift boat floats on the Penobscot River for smallmouth bass.
June is a very busy time of year, and I am often in remote areas without phone service or internet. So please be patient if it takes me a few days to return your call or email.
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