Local Waters

← Around Portland, OR

Lake / pond Open — South Zone, summer

Basin Pond

Fayette, ME · about 65 hours from Portland, OR (typical, off-peak)

Official public lot from the state access map. Confirm the sign on site and the current rule. We have not written a full card for this water yet.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Southern Maine lakes are generally open year-round. Trout go deep in the heat. Official IFW / specials win. Official rule
License
Maine freshwater license
Park
Basin Pond public launch, Fayette
Saturday conditions

NE 12 mph.

Sky
🌧️ 71° rain
Sun and moon
Rise 5:50 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:36
Wind at dawn
NE 12 mph · Patchy Drizzle · 71°F
Wind later
  • dawn: NE 12 mph
  • 10am: NE 12 mph
  • 2pm: NE 12 mph
  • dusk: NE 9 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm ME regulations.

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

NE 12 mph · Patchy Drizzle

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

L.L. Bean Hunting & Fishing

95 Main St, Freeport, ME 04032
Store hours vary; fishing department inside the flagship

Classes and a full counter. Tourist, but they will talk to a first-timer.

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day