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Fishes
Salmon, Hornpout (bullhead), Brook trout (squaretail), Smelt, Brown trout, Lake
whitefish, Lake trout (togue), Eel, Smallmouth bass, White sucker, Largemouth bass, Minnows, White perch, Fallfish
(chub), Yellow perch, Cusk, Chain pickerel, Pumpkinseed sunfish
Physical Characteristics
Area- 2,510 acres
Temperatures
Surface - 76 degrees Fahrenheit
147 feet - 42 degrees Fahrenheit
Maximum depth - 155 feet
Kezar Depth Map
Principal Fishery: Salmon, lake trout, smallmouth bass, white perch, chain pickerel,
smelt.
Kezar Lake is rather unique in that it provides satisfactory fishing for three species of cold-water fish and several
warm-water species. Of the three cold-water species, probably hand-lining for smelts is the most popular.
Lake trout have become well established at Kezar and they are beginning to enter the fishery in good numbers.
These deep-dwelling trout can best be caught during open water fishing by either trolling close to the bottom with
a sewed-on bait, or by anchoring and jigging for them with a cut bait or a threaded-on smelt. In the winter-time
they are most successfully caught by jigging with cut bait or threaded-on smelt, but some anglers are successful
with conventional ice traps and live bait.
Salmon are present in large numbers in Kezar Lake and they are maintained by natural reproduction in Great Brook
and Mill Brook and by an annual stocking program. Spring and late summer fishing with stream flies, artificial
lures, and sewed-on minnows, trolled near the shores, provides successful salmon fishing. During the hottest
part of the summer salmon fishing is usually at its lowest ebb because salmon are then in deep water and seem content
to feed on the large numbers of smelts that are available to them.
The period between late June and mid-September when fishing for salmon is slowest, is the best time to fish for
bass, white perch, and pickerel. Large populations of all these game fish are present and exceptionally large
fish are commonly caught. Smelts seem to be the most popular fish at Kezar and they are caught most anytime
during winter and summer. These tasty little fish are best caught by jigging with a monofilament line in
deep water with small pieces of cut bait (smelt is best), or with small garden worms.
There are two boat launching areas available on Kezar Lake, one on the North Lovell end and one at the "Narrows".
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
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