Local Waters
Kennebec River (Hallowell DACF)
Hallowell, ME · about 85 min from Portland (typical, off-peak)
Named state lot on the Kennebec at Hallowell.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
- Season
- Aug 16–Sep 30: artificials only on general-law streams. This is fly water by state rule. Special laws still override. Confirm FLOAT / the law book. Official rule
- Park
- DACF state all-tide hard ramp, Hallowell. Trailer parking. Signed public.
- Walk in
- Short from the state lot.
- Wading
- Big river. Shore fly.
- Usual window
- Spring through summer. Stripers on the tide.
- Monday conditions
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N 6 mph around dawn. Fine to go.
- Sky
- ⛅ 84° partly
- Sun and moon
- Rise 5:51 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:32
- Wind at dawn
- N 6 mph · Mostly Clear · 60°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: N 6 mph
- 10am: N 5 mph
- 2pm: N 6 mph
- dusk: NNW 6 mph
- Flow
- 1880 cfs · 5.22 ft · 11:15 am · Kennebec River at North Sidney, Maine · USGS gauge
- A setup that belongs here
- 6- or 8-wt.
- Notes
- DACF public ramp. Tidal. Stay at the state lot.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
L.L. Bean — lessons and trips
Freeport, ME · lesson / shore · Walk-on classes and booked trips — ask the fishing desk
Good for: A first lesson, Portland-area day
Tourist flagship, but the fishing desk is real. Better for a lesson than a secret river.