Stony Brook Fishing Guides
A short tributary entering Sebago Lake at its western shore, small enough to wade anywhere and connected to one of Maine's great landlocked salmon fisheries.
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About the Stony Brook
Stony Brook reaches Sebago Lake on the western shore at East Sebago, and it is worth fishing for what it connects to as much as for what it holds. Sebago is Maine’s deepest lake and one of the two original homes of the landlocked Atlantic salmon, and the tributaries feeding it carry fish in and out on a seasonal rhythm that a small-stream angler can use. The brook itself is modest, a wadeable stream running through mixed woods and old farm ground over a cobble and ledge bottom, with alder-choked stretches and open runs in roughly equal measure.
Resident brook trout hold through the brook, particularly in the shaded upper water where springs and shade keep temperatures down through July. Brown trout are present in the lower reaches. The seasonal fish are what make the stream more than a small-water curiosity: smallmouth bass push up from the lake in warm weather, chain pickerel hold in the slower weedy sections, and landlocked salmon enter the lower brook in spring and again in autumn, subject to the regulations that govern tributary fishing on the Sebago system, which are specific and should be read carefully before going.
The gauge at East Sebago reports discharge and stage. Being short and steep in its middle section, the brook rises and drops quickly, and the falling limb after a rain is the productive window for the fish that run up from the lake. Low summer water makes the resident trout fishing technical and the stream very clear. Access is a mixture of road crossings, town ground and private frontage, with the Sebago Lake State Park facilities a short distance away on the lake itself.
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Access
East Sebago - the village at the brook mouth and the gauge, the most direct approach on Route 114. / Sebago Lake - the lake itself at the brook's mouth, the source of the seasonal fish and a major fishery in its own right. / Sebago Lake State Park - developed camping, beach and boat launch on the northern shore. / Standish - the town southeast, the nearest larger service centre. / Route 114 - the road along the western shore giving the main access to the crossings. / Portland - forty-five minutes southeast, where most visiting anglers base themselves. / Private shorefront - much of the lower brook and the lake frontage is privately held and should not be crossed without permission.
Seasons
Spring: high water and the strongest run of fish from the lake, with landlocked salmon in the lower brook and the best flows of the year through April and May. / Summer: low clear water, technical fishing for resident brook trout in the shaded upper reaches, and smallmouth pushing up from the warm lake. / Fall: cooling water brings fish back into the brook, brook trout colour up on gravel and the foliage season makes it the most pleasant time to be there. / Winter: the brook is closed and frozen, with all effort moving to ice fishing on Sebago Lake itself.
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Questions
What species can you catch on the Stony Brook?
Anglers target American Eel, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Fallfish, Landlocked Salmon, Smallmouth Bass, White Sucker on the Stony Brook in Maine.
Where can you access the Stony Brook?
East Sebago - the village at the brook mouth and the gauge, the most direct approach on Route 114. / Sebago Lake - the lake itself at the brook's mouth, the source of the seasonal fish and a major fishery in its own right. / Sebago Lake State Park - developed camping, beach and boat launch on the northern shore. / Standish - the town southeast, the nearest larger service centre. / Route 114 - the road along the western shore giving the main access to the crossings. / Portland - forty-five minutes southeast, where most visiting anglers base themselves. / Private shorefront - much of the lower b...
When is the best time to fish the Stony Brook?
Spring: high water and the strongest run of fish from the lake, with landlocked salmon in the lower brook and the best flows of the year through April and May. / Summer: low clear water, technical fishing for resident brook trout in the shaded upper reaches, and smallmouth pushing up from the warm lake. / Fall: cooling water brings fish back into the brook, brook trout colour up on gravel and the foliage season makes it the most pleasant time to be there. / Winter: the brook is closed and frozen, with all effort moving to ice fishing on Sebago Lake itself.
Where are the fishing regulations for the Stony Brook?
Regulations change by season and section. Read the current rules on the Maine agency site: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing-boating/fishing/laws-rules/index.html