Barrows Lake Fishing Guide, Washington County, Maine

• Overview

  Barrows Lake is one of the Washington County waters in Maine. This is mixed forest country. About 253 acres, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. Some 4.9 miles of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Supplies mean a trip to St. Stephen, 14 miles off. Dartmouth sits 194 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Barrows Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Washington County names alewife, Atlantic salmon, rainbow smelt and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Barrows Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 67°F for July and 16°F for January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Time your trip to Barrows Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Love Lake is 3.2 miles distant. What applies at Barrows Lake may have changed since it was mapped.