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Penobscot River
The Penobscot River (Abenaki: Pαnawάhpskewtəkʷ) is a 109-mile-long (175 km) river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's West Branch and South Branch increases the Penobscot's length to 264 miles (425 km), making it the second-longest river system in Maine and the longest entirely in the state. From Wikipedia
- Length
- 350 mi
- Basin
- 8,610 sq mi
- Flows into
- Gulf of Maine
Flow now
Penobscot River at West Enfield, Maine, 14 mi from the river.
4,690cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT
The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 6,670 cfs to 12,800 cfs, around 10,100 cfs.
Also gauged at Kenduskeag Stream near Bangor, Maine: 68 cfs, Nov 12.
The season, November
Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.
- Midgessizes 18 to 22
- Small eggs and worms
- Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator
Typical for the week over 10 years: 6,670 to 12,800 cfs. Running 4,690 cfs today, below that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.
Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.
Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.
Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.
- Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.
Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.
Fly shops on this water
- Kennebec River Angler CaratunkWebsiteFishing report, updated Dec 7
Nearby waters
- West Grand Lake42 mi
- Grand Lake Stream45 mi
- Big Lake48 mi
Open Penobscot River in FlyMaster for today's plan, the flies, and your own log here.
Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.