fishing at its best

If you’re looking to fish for native brook trout in total seclusion, fish the Allagash River in northern Maine. You’ll be fishing wild, natural brook trout far from any significant populations. I won’t talk too much about this one, because it’s a local secret. 

Another off-the-beaten-path fishery in Maine is the St. Johns River. While it’s 140 mile length make it the longest free flowing river in the Eastern half of the country, it rarely gets fished. But it holds wild brook trout and landlocked salmon in its various waters ranging from pocket water to 170-foot wide river flows.

The Allagash Wilderness Waterway has ample opportunity to catch one of those 20-plus-inch brightly colored male brook trout with a hooked jaw that are something to behold!