China Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, Atlantic Salmon

Reservoir · Maine · South China, 2.8 mi away

China Lake, Maine: Smallmouth Bass. 90.6% of it is 50 feet deep or less. 1 trailer ramp. 92.4 ft at the deepest measured point. 46,490 fish stocked since 2010.

China Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, Atlantic Salmon 1

Reservoir

Surface area: 3,909 acres6.1 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 92.4 ftdeep
Average depth: 21.3 ft
Fish species: 5
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: South China2.8 mi

China Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, Atlantic Salmon

Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, Atlantic Salmon
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at China Lake — China, 1 lane.

The lake

China Lake covers 3,909 acres in Maine, across Kennebec County. It is a lake: 90.6% of it is 50 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 92.4 feet (28.2 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth: down to 92.4 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 92.4 ft (28.2 m). 90.6% of the water is 50 feet or shallower. We hold 105 depth contours for this water, drawn from 25,285 soundings.

VassalboroME ChinaLake.jpg — User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

0–5 ft: 5% of the water
5–10 ft: 14.2% of the water
10–15 ft: 11.5% of the water
15–20 ft: 9.5% of the water
20–25 ft: 12.2% of the water
25–30 ft: 12.7% of the water
30–35 ft: 9.5% of the water
35–40 ft: 7.2% of the water
40–45 ft: 5.2% of the water
45–50 ft: 3.6% of the water
50–55 ft: 2.3% of the water
55–60 ft: 1.7% of the water
60–65 ft: 1.6% of the water
65–70 ft: 1.6% of the water
70–75 ft: 0.9% of the water
75–80 ft: 0.7% of the water
80–85 ft: 0.7% of the water
85–88 ft: 0.2% of the water

Stocking: 46,490 fish, 2010–2026

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife records list 46,490 fish released into this water from 2010 to 2026.

Brown Trout: 26,290 in 2010–2025

One more species on the stocking list.

3 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass

Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp and 1 boat ramp.

China Lake — China — 1 lane. China, Local. 71 Causeway Road, China 04926
China Lake — Vassalboro — restrooms. Vassalboro, Local.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Only 2 public ramps are on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

Maine DEP — Maine DEP: depth soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.