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Best splake lakes in Maine

13 Maine waters list splake (official records or labelled estimates), 12 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Stocked brook × lake trout hybrid — the Shield-lake specialty that splits the difference: shallower than lakers, deeper than brookies, and a superb ice bite.

1. Scopan Lake — 58 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, SplakeWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
2. Messalonskee Lake — 113 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, CrappieWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 3 public access sites, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
3. Nicatous Lake — 42 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook TroutWhy #3: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
4. Attean Pond — 54 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Yellow Perch, Landlocked Salmon, Burbot, SplakeWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
5. Spectacle Pond — 30 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
6. Endless Lake — 36 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Landlocked Salmon, Chain Pickerel, White PerchWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
7. Indian Pond — 52 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Lake WhitefishWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site, 1 carry-in or shore-oriented
8. Echo Lake — 117 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
9. Pleasant River Lake — 54 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
10. Cedar Lake — 24 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Chain PickerelWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
11. Mopang Lake — 76 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, SplakeWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
12. Little Big Wood Pond — 74 ft · Approximated contours · Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook TroutWhy #12: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
13. Deer Pond — 41 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Brook Trout, SplakeWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached

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When to fish splake in Maine

• Spring 5–25 ft — Ice-out through spring, splake patrol shoreline rock, points and inflows like oversized brookies.
• Summer 25–60 ft — Warm water pushes splake below the thermocline — deep breaks and humps, shallower than lakers in the same lake.
• Fall 10–35 ft — Mostly sterile but still hormone-driven — fall splake stage on rock shoals and points and eat aggressively.
• Winter 10–45 ft — Why they're stocked: an active, roaming winter predator — work basin edges and mid-depth humps, and hole-hop.

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