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The rule for this water, with the receipt.

Special regulations for SEBAGO LAKE, AND ALL DIRECT TRIBUTARIES INCLUDING RIVERS, Naples, etc., as the state words them

Cumberland County · Lake · ME

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Today's rule hereParsed

Season
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Gear
it is unlawful to fish other than with a single baited hook and line, artificial flies or artificial lures and spinnersStatewide
Bait
Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
Poles
the number of lines an angler may fish at any one time is limited to two lines while open water fishing (Title 12, §12652) and five lines while ice fishingStatewide
SpeciesDaily limitSize
smelt
1 quart-Statewide
river herring
A licensed fisherman may harvest up to 25 river herring (for consumption by that person or members of their family) by use of hook and line or dip net (Title 12, §12506 -5-A).-Statewide
smelts
Varies by water: limit 1 quart (T6 R8 WELS)
2 quartsmin. NoneStatewide
Bass (Largemouth & Smallmouth)
Varies by water: No minimum length. Only 1 may exceed 14 inches., limit 2 fish (South Zone)
Unlimitedmin. NoneStatewide
Whitefish
Varies by water: 16 inches (North Zone); 16 inches, limit 1 fish (North Zone); 18 inches, limit 1 fish (North Zone)
3 fishmin. NoneStatewide
brook trout
Varies by water: limit 5 fish (South Zone); 12 inches, limit 1 fish (North Zone); limit 1 fish (North Zone); limit Only 1 may exceed 14 inches (North Zone); limit only 1 brook trout may exceed 14 inches (T3 R10 WELS); limit Only 1 brook trout may exceed 12 inches. (T2 R10 WELS); limit only 1 brook trout may exceed 12 inches (Pierce Pond Twp); limit Only 1 brook trout may exceed 14 inches. (T3 R10 WELS); 8 inches (T22 MD to Cherryfield); 12 inches (T10 R11 WELS); 14 inches (T16 R9 WELS); limit 1 fish (total daily bag limit on brook trout) (Rangeley)
2 fishmin. 10 inchesStatewide
trout
Varies by water: 6 inches, limit 2 fish (only 1 may exceed 12 inches) (Prentiss Twp T4 R4 NBKP to Pittston Academy Grant); 6 inches (Prentiss Twp T4 R4 NBKP to Pittston Academy Grant)
1 fish-Statewide
bass
Varies by water: limit No bag limit under 12 inches (South Zone); greater than 12 inches (South Zone); between 12 and 20 inches (Franklin); 18 inches (Eastbrook, Waltham)
1 fish-Statewide
landlocked salmon
See size rulemin. 16 inchesThis water
togue
No bag limit for togue under 26 inches and no minimum length limit; only 1 may equal or exceed 26 inchesmin. only 1 may equal or exceed 26 inchesThis water
white perch
25 fish-Statewide
smallmouth bass
1 fish-Statewide
largemouth bass
No size or bag limit-Statewide
landlocked salmon and brown trout
Varies by water: 25 inches (Special Fishing Law Codes)
Maximum length 25 inches-Statewide
trout and togue
Total daily bag limit on trout and togue: 1 fish.-Statewide
trout, landlocked salmon, and togue
Total daily bag limit on trout, landlocked salmon, and togue: 1 fish.-Statewide
brook trout, landlocked salmon, and togue
Varies by water: limit 1 fish (Attean Twp)
Total daily bag limit on brook trout, landlocked salmon, and togue: 1 fish.-Statewide
brook trout, landlocked salmon
Varies by water: 14 inches (brook trout); no bag limit on landlocked salmon less than 14 inches, limit 2 fish (landlocked salmon over 14 inches) (Portage Lake Twp)
1 brook trout and 1 landlocked salmon-Statewide
landlocked salmon, brown trout
See sizemin. 25 inches (maximum length)Statewide
trout, landlocked salmon
Varies by water: 18 inches (landlocked salmon) (Seboomook Twp to T1 R9 WELS)
1 fish (total daily bag limit on trout and landlocked salmon)-Statewide
landlocked salmon, brook trout
3 fish (landlocked salmon)min. 12 inches (landlocked salmon)Statewide
brook trout, whitefish
1 fish (whitefish)min. 14 inches (brook trout); 18 inches (whitefish)Statewide
brook trout, togue
1 fish (total daily bag limit on brook trout and togue)-Statewide
chain pickerel
See sizemin. 12 inchesStatewide

The official text, verbatimOfficial text

Straight from ME's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.

Whole water
  • All fish
    S-1
  • landlocked salmon
    Size 16 inches
  • togue
    Daily limit No bag limit for togue under 26 inches and no minimum length limit; only 1 may equal or exceed 26 inchesSize only 1 may equal or exceed 26 inches
  • trout (excluding lake trout) and landlocked salmon
    Daily limit must be released immediately without removal from the water
    while ice fishing
  • All fish
    Closed to all fishing within 100 feet of White's Bridge
  • All fish
    Closed to fishing, except for the lower reach of the Muddy River south of the Lake House Road and the lower reach of the Sticky River northeast of the Route 114 crossing
  • All fish
    Closed to open water fishing
  • All fish
    "No Trespassing" zone
Out of season today
  • togueOctober 1 - December 31 (out of season today)
    ALO. Togue may be harvested as described above
  • trout (excluding lake trout) and landlocked salmonOctober 1 - March 31 (out of season today)
    Daily limit must be released alive at once
    while open water fishing
  • All fishOctober 1 - December 31 (out of season today)
    ALO, S-7

How this answer was assembled

  1. StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
  2. This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
  3. Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.

Where this rule applies

This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.

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Next change: opens Oct. 1, 2026.

Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.

What are you fishing for here?Advice

Pick from the species named in SEBAGO LAKE +3 more's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.

Receipts

Statewide rules
Statewide
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.
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This water
Checked against this official source on July 12, 2026.

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