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Fishing piers near Augusta
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Fishing piers near Augusta

3 stops3 watersUpdated Nov 6

3 piers and shore spots on public waters near Augusta — no boat needed.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Augusta; below are the 3 closest, grouped by water.

Messalonskee Lake

Recorded in Messalonskee Lake: Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, and Rainbow Trout.

Surveyed depths in Messalonskee Lake reach 113 ft.

  1. 1Messalonskee Lake — Belgrade: shore access on Messalonskee Lake, ≈ 9.3 mi from downtown.

Lake George

Recorded in Lake George: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, and Brook Trout.

Surveyed depths in Lake George reach 68 ft.

  1. 2Lake George — Skowhegan: shore access on Lake George, ≈ 32.5 mi from downtown.

Highland Lake

Recorded in Highland Lake: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, and Brown Trout.

Surveyed depths in Highland Lake reach 67 ft.

  1. 3Highland Lake — Falmouth: shore access on Highland Lake, ≈ 48.4 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Rainbow Trout is at peak around Augusta in November.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Augusta fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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