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Best yellow perch lakes in Maine

71 Maine waters hold yellow perch, 71 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 premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.

1. Chesuncook Lake — 150 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
2. West Grand Lake — 127 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
3. Eagle Lake — 135 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
4. Lower Sysladobsis Lake — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
5. Pemadumcook Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
6. Nicatous Lake — 42 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
7. Attean Pond — 54 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Burbot, Splake, Pumpkinseed
8. Little Ossipee Lake — 72 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch
9. Upper Pleasant Pond — 26 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
10. Baskahegan Lake — 22 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
11. St Froid Lake — 114 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
12. Cross Lake — 46 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout
13. Lobster Lake — 107 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
14. Crooked Brook Flowage — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, White Perch
15. Little Sebago Lake — 52 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead
16. Pocomoonshine Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
17. Webb Lake — 42 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brown Trout, Brook Trout
18. Hadley Lake — 31 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Landlocked Salmon
19. Pleasant Lake — 63 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, Burbot, White Perch
20. Rocky Lake — 34 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Pumpkinseed
21. Nahmakanta Lake — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
22. West Musquash Lake — 108 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
23. Annabessacook Lake — 49 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Yellow Perch
24. Kezar Pond — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Burbot
25. Upper Sysladobsis Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon

…plus 46 more Maine waters holding yellow perch.

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When to fish yellow perch in Maine

• Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
• Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
• Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.

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