Local Waters

← Around Portland

Lake / pond Open — South Zone, summer

Buttermilk Cove

Brunswick, ME · about 45 min from Portland (typical, off-peak)

Official public lot from the state access map. Confirm the sign on site and the current rule. We have not written a full card for this water yet.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Season
Southern Maine lakes are generally open year-round. Trout go deep in the heat. Official IFW / specials win. Official rule
License
Maine freshwater license
Park
Buttermilk Cove public launch, Brunswick
Tuesday conditions

W 2 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 88° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 5:54 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 7:30
Wind at dawn
W 2 mph · Partly Cloudy · 55°F
Wind later
  • dawn: W 2 mph
  • 10am: 0 mph
  • 2pm: E 1 mph
  • dusk: N 5 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm ME regulations.

Log this trip

Stays on this phone only. Nobody else sees it.

W 2 mph · Partly Cloudy

How did it go

Shops

L.L. Bean Hunting & Fishing

95 Main St, Freeport, ME 04032
Store hours vary; fishing department inside the flagship

Classes and a full counter. Tourist, but they will talk to a first-timer.

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day