Bar Harbor

[Patrick Ottenhoff]

Hi all, I'm a long-time "lurker" and appreciate all of your advice and commentary. I was wondering if anyone has fished Mt. Deseret Island or around Bar Harbor by chance, or has knowledge of the area?  I am planning a mid-August anniversary trip with the wife, so naturally am thinking about fishing opportunities. 

Knowing little of the waters there, I was thinking my best bets might be stripers (with a guide on a boat), smallies (canoe rental?), or brookies in the park - or a combination of the above!  Would definitely appreciate any thoughts from Mainiacs and/or anglers familiar with the area. Thanks!

[Carl Z.]

How about a divorce lawyer?  If I tried this, I would need one.

Carl

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On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Patrick Ottenhoff <patott...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all, I'm a long-time "lurker" and appreciate all of your advice and commentary. I was wondering if anyone has fished Mt. Deseret Island or around Bar Harbor by chance, or has knowledge of the area?  I am planning a mid-August anniversary trip with the wife, so naturally am thinking about fishing opportunities. 

Knowing little of the waters there, I was thinking my best bets might be stripers (with a guide on a boat), smallies (canoe rental?), or brookies in the park - or a combination of the above!  Would definitely appreciate any thoughts from Mainiacs and/or anglers familiar with the area. Thanks!

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[Rob Snowhite]

Jim from Catcher And The Fly fishes up there. Drop him a line. 

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[TomG]

If your willing to drive about 2 1/2 hrs north of Bar Harbor I recommend trying Grand Lake Stream for landlocked salmon.

[Matthew Longley]

Not much for stripers that far north at that time, you're best off sticking to ponds. There's trout on MDI, and lots of options within an hour drive. If you wanna drive more than that, some of the best fishing on the east coast is within reach (Grand Lake Stream falling in that category).

Are you looking for easy quick trips, or to disappear for a day or so and fish (with or without the wife)? I'm in Boston now, from Maine originally, keep me updated.

[Patrick Ottenhoff]

Thanks much everyone!

Matthew - GLS sounds awesome, but think it will have to be somewhere local with the wife, either on foot or by kayak/canoe around MDI. 

[Andy Thomas]

To be honest, it kind of depends on what your looking for.  I was up there last August for a few days with my wife.  To be blunt, there is a lot of freaking water to try and research for only a day or two.  Your best bet is hiring a guide for the salt, or if your feeling adventurous, pick one pond/hiking trail with a pond and try and fish it well.  Some of the ponds in the park have trout, some have smallmouth, some have other species.  If you have a kayak or small boat, you may have some luck in some of the ponds, some of which are easily accessible.  All of the publicly accessible beaches that are easy to get to will be filled with people and almost impossible to fish though so you will need the boat if you go to one of the easy to reach places.  Check out this link.  It gives some decent info on brook trout ponds.

http://amazingfishametric.com/fishing-for-brook-trout-in-acadia-national-park/ 

On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 4:25:51 PM UTC-4, Patrick Ottenhoff wrote:

[John Smith]

I was up there last August and the most fun I had was fishing from the rocky outcrops along the Ocean shoreline for pollack and mackerel. The pollack are mostly juveniles in the 10-14 inch range and the mackerel are a similar size but the fish (particularly pollack) are plentiful, pretty, and fight hard in the cold water (mid 50s). The rocky shore to the right of sand beach is full of pollack as are many other areas. I used rather small clousers--basically the ones i use here to fish for shad and did best on the lower tides which often provided better access to deep water. Sounds contradictory but the higher tides make access on the rocks tricky. At the lower tides you can walk or climb further out on the rocks to access the deeper dropoffs. For the mackerel I used small blue/white or green/white deceivers because they were generally a bit higher in the water column. I fished mostly a sink tip line (teeny 350) on an 8 weight for the pollack which I know is overkill and used an intermediate line for the mackerel.  If you get a chance for a day trip, i really liked the Schoodic Peninsula area. Real easy shoreline access and less crowds. I did well at Grindstone Point too near Winter Harbor. There are also numerous ponds on both the Schoodic Peninsula as well as Mount Desert with good smallmouth action but I just prefer saltwater fishing so mostly stuck with that. Hope this helps.

On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 4:25:51 PM UTC-4, Patrick Ottenhoff wrote: