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Best bluefish lakes in Maine

96 Maine waters hold bluefish, 96 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The yellow-eyed wrecking crew — schools blitz bait on the surface, chop through anything shiny, and pull like fish twice their size.

1. Eggemoggin Reach — 169 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
2. Blue Hill Bay — 338 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
3. Sheepscot Bay — 251 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
4. Saco Bay — 282 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
5. Broad Sound — 244 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites
6. Frenchman Bay — 309 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
7. Jericho Bay — 127 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
8. Saint George River — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
9. Muscle Ridge Channel — 184 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
10. Cobscook Bay — 149 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
11. Luckse Sound — 132 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
12. Eastern Passage — 338 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
13. Booth Bay — 173 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
14. Hurricane Sound — 195 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
15. Portsmouth Harbor — 84 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 5 public access sites
16. East Bay — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #16: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
17. Eastern Bay — 121 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #17: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
18. Fore River — 67 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #18: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
19. Blue Hill Harbor — 78 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #19: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
20. Toothacher Bay — 106 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #20: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
21. Hussey Sound — 122 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #21: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
22. Casco Passage — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #22: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
23. Stave Island Harbor — 89 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #23: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
24. Robinhood Cove — 55 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #24: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 4 public access sites
25. Johnson Bay — 52 ft max · survey depth data · Striped Bass, Bluefish, Atlantic Herring, Atlantic MackerelWhy #25: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site

…plus 71 more Maine waters holding bluefish.

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When to fish bluefish in Maine

• Spring 3–20 ft — Racers arrive with the bunker schools — follow birds, cast metal, and check your leader after every fish.
• Summer 5–30 ft — Snappers in the bays, choppers in the rips — wire or heavy mono, poppers when they're up, metal when they're down.
• Fall 3–25 ft — The fall run — mullet and bunker pour out of the bays and the blues go with them; the year's best surface fishing.
• Winter 15–40 ft — Gone south from most coasts; Florida and Gulf fish work the passes on warm winter tides.

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