Highland Lake fishing: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Target species: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass

The lake

Highland Lake covers 625 acres in Maine, across Cumberland County. It is a lake: 90.9% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 67 feet (20.4 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth: down to 67 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 67 ft (20.4 m). 90.9% of the water is 45 feet or shallower. We hold 43 depth contours for this water, drawn from 123 soundings.

  • 0–5 ft: 18.7% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 15.5% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 14.2% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 14.7% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 4.7% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 2.8% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 2.6% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 1% of the water

4 target fish, led by Atlantic Salmon

  • Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.

Also recorded here: Smallmouth Bass.

Ramps and access

On this water we hold 1 shore access point.

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Highland Lake — Falmouth — Falmouth, State.

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

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.