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Acadia National ParkA man hauls a lobster trap into his boat by hand in 1894.
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Acadia National Park
Acadia Fishing Details

Cold-Water Fishing

Motors over 10 horsepower are prohibited on:

Eagle Lake landlocked salmon
brook trout
lake trout
Echo Lake brook trout
landlocked salmon
Jordan Pond landlocked salmon
lake trout
Lower Hadlock Pond brook trout
brown trout
sunfish
white perch
Upper Hadlock Pond        brook trout

Internal Combustion engines are prohibited on:

Bubble Pond brook trout     
Witch Hole Pond        brook trout

No motors are permitted on:

Half Moon Pond brook trout       
Upper Breakneck Pond brook trout
Lower Breakneck Pond brook trout

There is no horsepower limit on:

Long Pond                           brook trout
landlocked salmon




Warm-Water Fishing

Motors over 10 horsepower are prohibited on:

Hodgdon Pond brown trout
chain pickerel
smallmouth bass
sunfish
white perch
yellow perch
Seal Cove Pond     alewives
brown trout
chain pickerel
smallmouth bass
sunfish
white perch
white sucker
yellow perch


Internal Combustion engines are prohibited on:

Round Pond                smallmouth bass   


There is no horsepower limit on:

Long Pond             smallmouth bass
chain pickerel
The wide carriage road is lined by the spring foliage of birch trees.  

Did You Know?
Acadia National Park's carriage road system, built by John D. Rockefeller Jr., has been called “the finest example of broken stone roads designed for horse-drawn vehicles still extant in America.” Today, you can hike or bike 45 miles of these scenic carriage roads in the park.

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Last Updated: July 17, 2007 at 12:25 EST