Fishing Report For Cobbosseecontee Lake, ME

AKA: Cobbossee Lake

By Rick Seaman

June 13, 2025

Fishing Reports

Popular Fish Species Cobbosseecontee Lake, ME

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Largemouth Bass

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

This lake is known for both smallmouth and largemouth bass fishing, with most of the bigger fish being largemouths. Water temperatures are in the mid 60's, so the bass are in the middle of their spawning cycle. Some have spawned, others are yet to lay eggs. Pre-spawn bass are feeding in preparation, and post spawn bass are feeding to re-fuel after the rigorous event. Bass are being caught shallow for the most part, especially in rocky areas outside spawning bays and pockets. Considered one of the best bass fishing lakes in the state, it continues to uphold its reputation. Bass here feed on gizzard shad, small sunfish and crawfish. They will soon be holding on points and ledges 10 to 15 feet deep, and moving shallow for short periods to feed. They will move deeper as the water warms, and feed on shad 20 to 40 feet deep in Summer. Popular lures catching largemouth bass here, include swimbaits, vibrating jigs, crankbaits, jerkbaits and wacky-rigged stick worms.

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Northern Pike

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good

Ice fishing for northerns this winter was quite good, with some big northerns caught on spoons and baited jigs. Now that the water is warming, nice pike are beginning to be caught in the shallows. The action is not fast and furious, but dedicated anglers are catching a few of these toothy critters that exceed the minimum length of 28 inches. Shallow areas around the islands and along shallow, weedy shorelines, have been good places to catch northern pike. Bright colors, whites and flashy lures and spoons all appeal to these predators. Alternate between baits until you identify which one triggers the most bites for the day.

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Yellow Perch

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good To Excellent

The best time to catch perch here is in Winter through the ice, which was very good this year, and then again in Summer when they move into the warmer shallows. Fat yellow perch here feed on small fish and invertebrates. Minnows, mealworms, maggots, and nightcrawlers worked well ice fishing, and these baits will continue to work now that the ice is gone. Small swimbaits, underspins and jigs tend to work all through the warm season. Anglers are now catching them in 4 to 10 feet of water, around any type of vegetation. As Summer warms the water, they will move deeper, and can be found 20 feet deep, or deeper.

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Fishing Video

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, brown trout, brook trout, pumpkinseed sunfish, redbreast sunfish, white perch, yellow perch, chain pickerel and northern pike at Cobbosseecontee Lake in Maine.

Cobbosseecontee Lake is a 5,550-acre lake with 62 miles of shoreline. The lake offers fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass, brown trout and brook trout, yellow perch, white perch, sunfish, northern pike and chain pickerel. There are options for fishing from the bank, and ice fishing is good in Winter..

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".

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Contact Information

Cobbosseecontee Lake
Lakeside Lodge And Marina
77 Turtle Run Rd
East Winthrop, ME 04343
207 395-6741

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