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Best pumpkinseed lakes in Maine

72 Maine waters hold pumpkinseed, 72 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 brilliant little sunfish of weedy northern bays — a snail-crunching shallow-water resident that outnumbers bluegill across the east and Canada.

1. West Grand Lake — 127 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
2. Lower Sysladobsis Lake — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
3. Pemadumcook Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
4. Nicatous Lake — 42 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
5. Gardner Lake — 58 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
6. Attean Pond — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Burbot, Splake, Pumpkinseed
7. Caucomgomoc Lake — 79 ft max · survey depth data · Landlocked Salmon, White Perch, Pumpkinseed
8. Meddybemps Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Chain Pickerel, Pumpkinseed
9. Little Ossipee Lake — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch
10. Baskahegan Lake — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
11. Moxie Pond — 51 ft max · survey depth data · Brook Trout, Pumpkinseed
12. Crooked Brook Flowage — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, White Perch
13. Little Sebago Lake — 52 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead
14. Pocomoonshine Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
15. Webb Lake — 42 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
16. Hadley Lake — 31 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Landlocked Salmon
17. Highland Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead
18. Pleasant Lake — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, Burbot, White Perch
19. Tunk Lake — 222 ft max · survey depth data · Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Pumpkinseed
20. Rocky Lake — 34 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Pumpkinseed
21. Spectacle Pond — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Brown Trout, Brook Trout, White Perch, Pumpkinseed
22. Lake Wassookeag — 85 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
23. Annabessacook Lake — 49 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
24. Rocky Lake — 36 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Landlocked Salmon, Chain Pickerel
25. Boyden Lake — 34 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon

…plus 47 more Maine waters holding pumpkinseed.

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When to fish pumpkinseed in Maine

• Spring 1–8 ft — Spawning colonies carpet warm, protected bays — small baits dropped on the beds get instant attention.
• Summer 2–10 ft — Docks, pads and weed flats — pumpkinseeds hold tighter to vegetation than bluegill and love snails and nymphs.
• Fall 4–14 ft — Schools tighten on the last green weeds — find healthy cabbage near a drop and the school is there.
• Winter 6–18 ft — A staple ice panfish — soft-bottom flats just outside the deepest green weeds; downsize and watch for lift bites.

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