Pennesseewassee Lake fishing: Atlantic Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout

Target species: Atlantic Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pennesseewassee Lake — Norway.

The lake

Pennesseewassee Lake covers 1,064 acres in Maine, across Oxford County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is 48 feet (14.6 m). Our records hold 6 species for this water.

6 target fish, led by Atlantic Salmon

  • Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

Depth: down to 48 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 48 ft (14.6 m). We hold 64 depth contours for this water, drawn from 47 soundings.

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  • 0–3 ft: 19.8% of the surveyed bottom
  • 3–6 ft: 27% of the surveyed bottom
  • 6–9 ft: 10% of the surveyed bottom
  • 9–12 ft: 8.9% of the surveyed bottom
  • 12–15 ft: 7.4% of the surveyed bottom
  • 15–18 ft: 3.9% of the surveyed bottom
  • 18–21 ft: 4.2% of the surveyed bottom
  • 21–24 ft: 4.7% of the surveyed bottom
  • 24–27 ft: 6.9% of the surveyed bottom
  • 27–30 ft: 1.9% of the surveyed bottom
  • 30–33 ft: 2.2% of the surveyed bottom
  • 33–36 ft: 1.2% of the surveyed bottom
  • 36–39 ft: 0.9% of the surveyed bottom
  • 39–42 ft: 0.6% of the surveyed bottom
  • 42–45 ft: 0.4% of the surveyed bottom

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp and 1 shore access point.

  • Pennesseewassee Lake — Norway — restrooms. Norway, Local.

Shore access for bank fishing

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  • Little Pennesseewassee Pond — Norway — Norway, 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.

Water and conditions

pH averages 6.3. These readings span 2023.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is 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.