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Maine Ice Fishing Laws and Rules - Oxford County

NOTE: Don’t throw away your most recent ice fishing law book! The regulations are in effect for another year, through March 31, 2009.

The following laws and rules are effective from ice-in 2007 to March 31, 2009.

Oxford County

To Use This Oxford County Section - Look for the name of the water you wish to fish. If it is NOT LISTED, it is CLOSED to all ice fishing.

If the water you wish to fish IS LISTED, the letter code in bold print will direct you to the rules which are in effect. The meanings of the letter codes are as follows:

A: Open to ice fishing for all fish from the time ice forms in the fall through March 31.

B: Closed to fishing until January 1 and then open to ice fishing for all fish from January 1 through March 31.

S: Special regulation(s) in effect. (Note: Special regulations may restrict the general provisions set forth for A and B waters.) See Special Regulations (S-Codes), listed at the bottom of this page.

Also see Border water rules between Maine and New Hampshire. These waters are listed as S-9.

On lakes and ponds in Oxford County, the daily bag limit on brook trout is 2 fish.

 

Anasagunticook (Canton) Lake, Canton, and Hartford. B

Androscoggin River. (see Androscoggin County).

Androscoggin River, Little (from Route 26 bridge in Paris downstream to the dam in South Paris. A

Back Pond, Lovell. B, S-13.

Barker Pond, Hiram. B

Bear Pond, Waterford. B

Bear Ponds, Big and Little, Hartford (see Androscoggin County).

Beaver Pond, Denmark. A

Berry Pond, Sweden. A

Bickford Pond, Porter. B, S-1.

Bill Rich Pond, Otisfield. A

Bird Pond, Norway. A

Black Pond, Sweden. A

Black Pond, Fryeburg. A

Black Pond, Porter. A

Bog Pond, Fryeburg. A

Bog Pond, Waterford. A

Boston Pond, Denmark. A

Bradley Pond, Lovell. B

Brownfield Bog, so-called, on the east side of the Saco River, Brownfield and Fryeburg. A

Bryant Pond, Hiram. A

Bryant Pond, Woodstock and Greenwood. B

Bunganock Pond, Hartford. A

Burnt Meadow Pond, Brownfield. B, S-13.

Burntland Pond, Albany. A

Cat Pond, Fryeburg. A

Chalk Pond, Albany. A

Charles Pond, Fryeburg. A

Clemons Ponds, Big, Hiram. B

Clemons Pond, Little, Hiram. B, S-1.

Colcord Pond, Porter. B

Concord Pond, Big, Woodstock. B

Dan Charles Pond, Lovell. A

Davis Pond, Rumford. A

Duck Pond, Waterford. A

Farrington Pond, Lovell. A

Forest Pond, Canton. B

Furlong Pond, Albany, Greenwood, and Norway. A

Granger Pond, Denmark. A

Green Pond, Oxford. A

Haley Pond, Fryeburg. A

Halfmoon Pond, Mexico. A

Hall Pond, Paris. B, S-13. Motor Vehicles prohibited on ice. (Does not include ATV's & snowmobiles.)

Hancock Pond, Denmark. B

Heald Pond, Lovell. A

Hicks Pond, Greenwood. A

Hogan Pond, Oxford. A

Horseshoe Pond, Andover. A

Horseshoe Pond, Denmark. A

Horseshoe Pond, Lovell and Stoneham. B

Hunts Pond, Fryeburg. A

Hutchinson Pond, Albany. B, S-13.

Ingalls Bog (headwaters of Willette Brook), Denmark. A

Island Pond, Waterford. B, S-13.

Jewett Pond (5 Kezars), Waterford, Stoneham. A

Joe’s Pond, Rumford. A

Keewaydin Lake, Stoneham. B

Keoka Lake, Waterford. B, S-22.

Kezar Lake, Lovell and Stoneham. B, S-6, S-17, S-22.

Kezar Pond, Fryeburg. A

Kimball Pond, Lower, Fryeburg. S-9.

Kneeland Pond, Albany. A

Labrador Ponds, Big and Little, Sumner. A

Lily Pond. Sweden. A

Lincoln Pond (Jersey Bog), Buckfield. A

Little Pond, Fryeburg. A

Little Pond, Stoneham. A

Lovewell Pond, Fryeburg. B

Marshall Pond, Hebron. A

McWain (Long) Pond, Waterford. A

Middle Pond, Hiram. A

Middle Pond, Lovell, Waterford. B, S-13.

Mill Pond, Lovell. A

Mine Pond, Porter. B, S-8.

Mollidgewock Pond, Upton. A

Moose Pond, Denmark and Sweden (see Moose Pond, Bridgton, etc. Cumberland County).

Moose Pond, Lovell. A

Moose Pond, Otisfield. A

Moose Pond, West Paris. A

Moose Pond, Waterford. A

Moose Pond, Little, Denmark. A

Moose Pond, Little, Waterford. A

Mud Pond, Greenwood. A

Mud Pond, Peru. A

Mud Pond, Albany. A

Mud Pond, Mechanic Falls. A

Mud Ponds, Big and Little, Waterford and Stoneham. A, S-13.

Noah Eastman Pond, Lovell. A

North Pond, Greenwood and Woodstock. B

North Pond, Sumner. B, S-13, S-16.

North Pond, Norway. A

Northeast Pond, Hartford. A

Papoose Pond, Waterford. A

Patte Brook Duck Marsh, Albany. A

Pennesseewassee (Norway) Lake, Norway. B

Pennesseewassee Lake, Little (Hobbs), Norway. B, S-13.

Pequawket (Rattlesnake) Pond, Brownfield. A

Perley Pond, Denmark. A

Pickerel Pond, Denmark. A

Plain Pond, Porter. A

Pleasant Lake, Otisfield (also Cumberland County). B, S-17, S-22.

Pleasant Pond, Denmark, Fryeburg, and Brownfield. A

Pleasant Pond, Sumner. A

Proctor Pond, Albany. A

Quint’s Bog, so-called, on the west side of the Saco River, Brownfield and Fryeburg. A

Round Pond, Brownfield (on the south side of Ten Mile Brook). A

Round Pond, Greenwood and Woodstock. A

Roxbury (Ellis) Pond, Roxbury and Byron. A

Saco River (see Cumberland County).

Sand Pond, Denmark. B

Sand Pond, Norway. B

Saturday Pond, Otsifield. A

Shell Pond, Stow, Stoneham. A

Songo Pond, Albany and Bethel. B

South Pond, Buckfield. A

South Pond, Greenwood. B

Southeast Pond, Hiram (see Cumberland County).

Speck Pond, Little, Norway. A

Spectacle Ponds (2), Porter. A

Stanley Pond, Hiram and Porter. B

Stearns Pond, Sweden. B

Stone Pond, Brownfield. B

Swan Pond, Hartford. A

Thompson Lake (including the Heath), Poland, Oxford, etc. B, S-5. Daytime fishing restricted to 2 lines per person. Open to the taking of cusk in the nighttime with 5 lines and bait. During the months of January and February: Closed to the taking of landlocked salmon; all landlocked salmon must be released immediately without removal from the water. During the month of March: S-17, S-22; Daytime fishing restricted to artificial lures only.

Trafton Pond, Hiram and Porter. B, S-13.

Twitchell Pond, Greenwood. B

Umbagog Lake, Upton. S-9.

Virginia Lake, Stoneham. B

Webber Pond, Sweden. A

Weymouth Pond, Stoneham. A

Whitney Pond, Oxford. A

Whitney Pond, Stoneham. A

Worthley Pond, Peru. B

Special Regulations (S-Codes)

Special regulations may apply to waters in any county. Whenever any water is followed by an S-Code you must refer back to this table to determine which special regulations apply.

S-1

Closed to the taking of smelts.

S-2

No longer used.

S-3

No longer used.

S-4:

Use or possession of live fish as bait is prohibited.

S-5:

Daily bag limit on togue: 3 fish; minimum length limit: 14 inches, only one may exceed 18 inches.

S-6:

Daily bag limit on togue: 6 fish; minimum length limit: 14 inches, only one may exceed 23 inches.

S-7:

Boundary waters with New Brunswick.

S-8:

Restricted to two lines per person.

S-9:

Border waters with New Hampshire.

S-10:

Daily bag limit on landlocked salmon: 3 fish; minimum length limit: 12 inches.

S-11:

Daily bag limit on bass: 2 fish; All bass between 13 and 18 inches must be released alive at once.

S-12:

No longer used.

S-13:

No size or bag limit on bass.

S-14:

Daily bag limit on bass: 1 fish; All bass between 16 and 20 inches must be released alive at once.

S-15:

Daily bag limit on trout: (includes splake) 2 fish; minimum length limit: 10 inches, only one may exceed 12 inches.

S-16:

Daily bag limit on trout: (includes splake) 2 fish; minimum length limit: 12 inches, only one may exceed 14 inches.

S-17:

Minimum length limit on landlocked salmon: 16 inches.

S-18:

Total daily bag limit on trout: 1 fish; minimum length limit: 18 inches.

S-19:

Daily limit on trout: 2 fish.

S-20:

Daily bag limit on white perch: 25 fish.

S-21:

Daily bag limit on trout: 1 fish; minimum length limit: 14 inches.

S-22:

Daily limit on landlocked salmon: 1 fish.

S-23:

Daily limit on togue: 1 fish.

S-24:

Open to fishing for children under 16 years of age. Restricted to two lines per person. Daily limit on trout: 2 fish.