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Best crappie lakes in Maine

18 Maine waters hold crappie, 18 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. Schooling panfish that suspends around timber, brush and creek channels.

1. Messalonskee Lake — 113 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
2. Great Pond — 92 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
3. Sebasticook Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Chain Pickerel
4. Little Ossipee Lake — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch
5. Upper Pleasant Pond — 26 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
6. Unity Pond — 41 ft max · survey depth data · Crappie, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Burbot
7. Big Indian Pond — 32 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Brown Trout
8. Lake Wassookeag — 85 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
9. Mousam Lake — 88 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Lake Trout
10. Sabattus Pond — 19 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
11. Chemo Pond — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, White Perch
12. Webber Pond — 42 ft max · survey depth data · Crappie, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, Pumpkinseed
13. Clary Lake — 23 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
14. Mattanawcook Pond — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Crappie, Chain Pickerel, Burbot, Brown Bullhead
15. Crawford Pond — 57 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch
16. Ellis Pond — 41 ft max · survey depth data · Crappie, Brook Trout
17. Seven Tree Pond — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
18. Shaker Pond — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch

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When to fish crappie in Maine

• Spring 2–8 ft — The famous spring bite: brush, timber and docks in protected shallow pockets.
• Summer 10–25 ft — Find suspended schools over channel-edge brush piles and deep timber.
• Fall 8–20 ft — Schools follow shad into creeks; fish channel bends with cover.
• Winter 15–35 ft — Tight schools in deep holes and channel bends; slow presentations.

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