Landlocked Salmon

Atlantic Salmon, Salmo Salar, are an endangered species.  Every year, hatchery raised salmon are released into Maine's river systems in an attempt to establish a self sustaining spawning group.  Currently, the breeding population is about one twentyfifth that of a healthy breeding population. 

Atlantic Salmon are also hatched in freshwater then grown in cages in the ocean untill they are big enough to be sold as meat. 

LL Salmon feed primarily on smelt. This means LL Salmon will follow spring runs of smelt into river systems from lakes to feed. Trophy Landlocked Salmon can be caught in GL Stream durring the spring, when large numbers of smelt migrate to the swift flowing water.

Popular flies for LL Salmon are the gray and black ghosts and other smelt imitations. LL Salmon also feed on aquatic insects. Durring the summer, most fishing for these fish is done by trolling Maines's lakes, thought the Kennebago river (a Fly fishing only water) and the west branch of the Penobscot river are year round LL Salmon fisheries. The minimum keeper length in the Fly-Fishing only section of the Penobscot from Rippogenous Dam to the Telos road bridge is 26 inches.

Along with the Penobscott and Kennebago rivers and GL Stream, the Kennebec river also holds LL Salmon, near the forks in Solon.