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Maine Sportsman The Top 10 Waters for Maine Brook Trout MUNSUNGAN LAKEMunsungan Lake, a 1,415-acre water with a maximum depth of 123 feet, lies east of the Allagash in T8 R10, T8 R9 and T9 R10. Check MAG Map 56, C-5 for details. Access is from the Pinkham Road, and the boat launch is on the east end of the lake. Although you can drive to Munsungan, it looks like wilderness with wooded hills rising above its shores. Campsites dot the shoreline although there's only one "campfire approved" site, or you can camp by the boat launch. This water holds brookies, togue, salmon, smelt, cusk and whitefish, and many anglers on this lake concentrate on salmon. The brook-trout fishing is excellent, though, and according the Robert "Allagash Bob" Cram, The Maine Sportsman's "Allagash" columnist, the trout average 12 to 14 inches. However, 3-pounders are possible on any cast, and the fish are beautiful specimens with that olive phase, heavy vermiculations and distinct red spots and blue aureoles. Special regs insure fishing quality so check OWFR for details. From ice-out to July 4 and then again in September produces the best fishing. In June, this lake has a Hexagenia recurvata hatch, that dark brown drake imitated by a brown Comparradun on a no. 6 2x long hook. This hatch lasts but three days, but comes off like a blizzard, bringing big fish up in a frenzied feed. It also has Hexagenia limbata, a longer hatch that locals call the "green drake" hatch. This lake has heavy caddis and mayfly hatches in the shallows, typical in the east end of the lake where depths are less that 13 feet. Any shoreline can be good, though, particularly in front of the many feeder brooks. The inlet from Chase Lake is another honey hole. Nine-foot-plus, 5- and 6- weight rods work well here for covering rises, but winds prevail so a super fast-sinking line on an 8- weight rod will get the most use, dredging the depths. Anyone who fishes this lake will fall in love with it. That's a guarantee!
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