Medunkeunk Lake Fishing Guide, Penobscot County, Maine

• Overview

  You will find Medunkeunk Lake in Penobscot County, Maine. The water sits 436 feet up. It measures about 62 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. About 1.5 miles of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. 4.9 miles away sits Medway, the nearest town. Then East Millinocket, 5.7 miles, and Millinocket, 10 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Medunkeunk Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and rainbow smelt. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Medunkeunk Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 67°F; the cold one sits at 14°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Medunkeunk Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. If the gate is shut, Mattamiscontis Lake at 6.2 miles is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Medunkeunk Lake in what we hold.