Upper Sysladobsis Stream in Penobscot County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Upper Sysladobsis Stream is a Penobscot County water, in Maine. The bank gives way to rolling bush. 22 miles away sits Lincoln, the nearest town. Lévis sits 182 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Within a short run: Bottle Lake at 2.1 miles, Lower Pug Lake out at 2.8 miles, Upper Sysladobsis Lake at 3 miles, Junior Lake out at 3.2 miles and Upper Pug Lake at 3.4 miles. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Upper Sysladobsis Stream

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Log jams gather bait and everything that eats it. Undercut banks hold fish that the middle of the river never will. Survey and observation records for Penobscot County include Atlantic salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass and chain pickerel. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Anyone new to Upper Sysladobsis Stream should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 67°F and January at 15°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Winter slows the flow and edges it with ice; the open runs keep fishing where the current holds. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid April in spring and again near early December in autumn. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Upper Sysladobsis Stream runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Bottle Lake, 2.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Upper Sysladobsis Stream.