Eagle Lake Fishing Spot

• Elevation: 573'
• Last Modified By: vinny60 on 09/11/09 01:14 PM
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Directions: Travel east on SR 233 for approximately 2.5 miles to boat ramp on left. Small boats only with engines 10 horsepower or less. Eagle Lake offers the serious fishermen great fishing with unsurpassed scenery including Pemetic and Cadillac Mountains. 20 mile long Eagle Lake, is one of the famous Fish River chain of lakes that stretches, in northern Maine, sixty miles through beautiful forest almost to the Canadian border, surpassing in primeval beauty and grandeur many of the better known woodlands and lakes of Maine. Landlocked salmon reach perfection in these waters, weighing up to thirteen pounds, and the square-tail trout weigh up to six pounds. Since the early 1900’s, sportsmen – even royalty – have travelled to the Eagle Lake Sporting Camps for world-class May salmon fishing along the Square Lake thoroughfare only a short walk from your cabin. Starting from Eagle Lake Camps one may go up Square Lake thoroughfare to the famous Salmon Pools, where the king of fresh-water fighters makes his annual sojourn of several weeks. Words cannot describe the extreme pleasure and deep satisfaction of getting one of these speckled silver beauties on fly or troll. This wonderful three and one-half mile thoroughfare between Eagle Lake and Square Lake is one of the finest stretches of water on this continent -- placid water, beautiful vistas, and shaded salmon pools. Freedom from wind makes it an ideal place to learn the gentle art of paddling a canoe and tossing a fly. In the Fish River chain of lakes both salmon and trout fishing are excellent in May, early June and September. Fishing continues to be good through July and August at Eagle Lake, because Long Lake, Lake, Mud Lake, Cross Lake and Square Lake flow into Eagle Lake through the Square Lake Thoroughfare; and Fish Lake, Portage Lake, St. Froid Lake, and all the Red River lakes flow into Eagle Lake on the south side, through Nadeau's Thoroughfare. Eagle Lake is the outlet for them all, and is the largest and deepest of the chain of lakes, being twenty miles long and from one-half to two miles wide. Three thoroughfares provide safe and relaxing canoeing opportunities for the entire family. Canoe trips are especially popular from late July to late September. Speed boats, fishing boats, pontoon boats, personal watercraft, canoes, and kayaks are available for rent from Old Mill Marina.

Eagle Lake is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The town's population was 815 at the 2000 census. The town was named by a body of troops heading from Bangor to the Aroostook War for the many eagles that they saw around the lake.[1] 49.0% of the population speaks French, reflecting a trend in Northeastern Maine.