Best brown bullhead lakes in Maine
85 Maine waters hold brown bullhead, 85 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. Night-feeding catfish of weedy, mud-bottomed lakes — the classic after-dark shoreline bite across the east and Canada.
- Chesuncook Lake — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
- Chamberlain Lake — 152 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
- Big Eagle Lake — 122 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, Burbot
- Eagle Lake — 135 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
- Lower Sysladobsis Lake — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Pemadumcook Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Square Lake — 122 ft max · survey depth data · Brook Trout, Burbot, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Nicatous Lake — 42 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
- Attean Pond — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Burbot, Splake, Pumpkinseed
- Little Ossipee Lake — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch
- Baskahegan Lake — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
- Ragged Lake — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Burbot
- Cross Lake — 46 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
- Lobster Lake — 107 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
- Crooked Brook Flowage — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, White Perch
- Little Sebago Lake — 52 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead
- Pocomoonshine Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Cold Stream Pond — 103 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
- Highland Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead
- Pleasant Lake — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, Burbot, White Perch
- Unity Pond — 41 ft max · survey depth data · Crappie, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Burbot
- Rocky Lake — 34 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Pumpkinseed
- Crawford Lake — 27 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
- Fish River Lake — 46 ft max · survey depth data · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Burbot
- Spectacle Pond — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Brown Trout, Brook Trout, White Perch, Pumpkinseed
…plus 60 more Maine waters holding brown bullhead.
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When to fish brown bullhead in Maine
- Spring 2–8 ft — First warm rains pull bullheads into black-bottomed bays and creek mouths — the classic spring shore bite.
- Summer 3–12 ft — Day fish hold on deeper mud and weed edges; after dark they spread across the shallows to feed by smell.
- Fall 5–15 ft — Fish slide toward deeper soft bottoms as the shallows cool — the evening bite shortens with the days.
- Winter 10–25 ft — Bullheads pod up half-dormant in the deepest mud basins; a long soak with bait on bottom is the lone play.
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