There isn't a more beautiful time of year to go fishing in Northern New England than fall. With the brilliant foliage as your backdrop, you can enjoy some of the best fishing of the year on the lakes and rivers of Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire. 

Our real estate agents are excited to share some of our favorite fall fishing destinations in the region. Whether you're interested in fishing for trout, bass, panfish or even saltwater species, the crisp weather and spectacular scenery of autumn provide the perfect opportunity. 

• Androscoggin River - Route 16, Milan, NH 03588
  Known as one of the best trout streams in New England, the Androscoggin River begins in the White Mountains and ultimately flows 178 miles before joining the Kennebec River, which carries its waters into the Atlantic. The river supports brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout as well as landlocked salmon. Fall is an especially good time to fish for big brown trout, which are spawning this time of year. The New Hampshire portion of the Androscoggin River provides some of the best fishing and easiest access, especially the 20-mile section that is paralleled by Route 20. Androscoggin Wayside State Park offers excellent fishing access in this section. 
  
  
• Sebago Lake - 11 Park Access Rd, Casco, ME 04015
  One of the largest and best fishing lakes in Maine, Sebago Lake spans 30,510 acres and has depths greater than 300 feet. It's an excellent place to fish in every season, but fall offers some particularly good fishing opportunities, not to mention a break from summer crowds. The lake is accessible through Sebago Lake State Park, which includes a campground as well as bank access, hiking trails and boat launch facilities. Bass fishing in Sebago Lake is at its finest in early fall, with both largemouth and smallmouth bass biting along weed beds and drop-offs. Late fall brings about great action for lake trout and landlocked salmon, which are attracted to shallow water by the cooling temperatures. 
  
  
• Grand Isle, Lake Champlain - 36 E Shore S, Grand Isle, VT 05458
  Lake Champlain might just be the best bass lake in New England, and as the weather cools off in fall, the bass fishing in this 120-mile-long natural lake heats up. Some of the best fall fishing is for hefty smallmouth bass which congregate off rocky points and reefs in the Grand Isle area of the lake, and readily bite jigs, spinnerbaits, and topwater lures. Grand Isle State Park offers excellent access. Fall is also a great time to target species like steelhead, lake trout, and landlocked salmon, which usually live in very deep water but are more likely to be in shallower areas when temperatures fall. 
  
  
• Maine's South Coast - York, ME 03909
  Fall is a big time for coastal anglers along Maine's rocky beaches. This is the season when striped bass, also known as stripers or rockfish, start their southward migration along the coast. Stripers spend their summers up north in waters off northern Maine and Canada, but they all must pass by the York and Kittery areas on their way south again. The migration usually starts around the end of August and peaks in early October, with a few stragglers lingering as late as November. Anglers can cast from shore at rocky spots around York's Long Sands Beach and from the craggy point near the Nubble Lighthouse. Live mackerel are the bait of choice. 
  
  
• Upper Connecticut River - 439 River Rd, Pittsburg, NH 03592
  Way up in the northern tip of New Hampshire, the Upper Connecticut River offers some of the best trout fishing in New England, and the hills that surround it will be adorned with some of the region's best fall foliage in September and October. The best stretch is the designated trophy trout section, which begins at the dam below First Connecticut Lake and ends at the upper end of Lake Francis, flowing through Lake Francis State Park. Brown trout, brook trout, and rainbow trout all inhabit this section, and landlocked salmon also enter the river from the lake in autumn. 
  
  
• Jobs Pond - 2985 Newark Rd, West Burke, VT 05871
  Spanning just 41 acres and with depths no greater than 18 feet, Jobs Pond might seem like a small, unassuming lake in Northern Vermont. But Jobs Pond is special because it's one of relatively few wild brook trout ponds in the state, where a healthy naturally-occurring population thrives without any help from hatchery stocking. Some of the biggest wild brook trout in Vermont are caught here, and anglers typically find success by trolling spoons, spinners and streamers in parts of the lake less than 10 feet deep on fall. The state operates the Jobs Pond Public Launch Site on the east side of the lake, and trout fishing remains open until October 31.

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