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East Grand Lake Fishing Report

Updated Mon, Nov 9, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

A 16,070-acre boundary lake on the Maine–New Brunswick line, with stocked landlocked salmon and wild lake trout.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Water temp
~44 F est.
Air / High
36 / 45 F
Wind
WSW 6 mph

Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Monday
9
November 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

2/5Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

East Grand Lake asks for patience today: short windows, precise presentations. Today brings a mixed sky, wind WSW around 6 mph, rising pressure near 1000 hPa and a high of 45. Water sits around 44 F for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:11 PM-1:11 AM and 11:30 AM-1:30 PM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Lake troutGood

Winter: Vermont says most of its lake trout fishing is done through the ice, and Michigan anglers jig spoons tipped with cut bait in deep Great Lakes bays.

Brook troutFair

Below 50°F is the fall spawning band (40-50°F in Vermont), so stay off spawning gravel. In winter Maine IFW finds pond fish close to shore in 4 to 12 feet of water under the ice.

Smallmouth bassFair

Fish hold in slower, deeper water; fish slowly and expect fewer bites until spring warming.

Landlocked salmonSlow

Right after ice-out salmon are near the surface; through the ice, Maine IFW advises fishing the first 15 feet below it. Wild fish spawn in tributaries from mid-October to late November.

Tomorrow: Cooler at 38 F with a rain chance. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Tue, Nov 10, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Before you go

Maine requires a fishing licence from age 16, from $30.00 for residents. What a Maine licence costs and where to buy it →

Chasing landlocked salmon here? Check the size and bag limits with MDIFW before you keep anything. The season dates for Maine, read off the agency, are on the Maine seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

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Right now

Latest readings

Air temp36 F
High / Low45 / 34 F
WindWSW 6-16 mph
Pressure1000.4 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain29% cloud, 7%
Sunrise / Sunset07:22 / 17:06
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~44 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PMsunrisesunset

Which day to fish East Grand Lake this week

The best day on East Grand Lake this week looks like Wednesday Nov 11, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today.

Best day this week: Wednesday, Nov 11 — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Nov 9 — Tough

Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Solunar majors
11:11 PM-1:11 AM and 11:30 AM-1:30 PM
Minor period
7:38 AM-8:38 AM
Sun
07:22 to 17:06
Moon
New Moon, 0% lit
Sky and wind
Overcast, 8 mph
Rain chance
7%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on East Grand Lake: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Landlocked salmon illustration

Landlocked salmon

Spring and fall near the surface, deep in summer, and under the ice in winter

Landlocked salmon are Atlantic salmon that complete their whole life in fresh water, feeding mainly on rainbow smelt in cold lakes of Maine and the Northeast. Right after ice-out salmon are near the surface; through the ice, Maine IFW advises fishing the first 15 feet below it. Wild fish spawn in tributaries from mid-October to late November.

Brook trout illustration

Brook trout

Spring and fall in ponds and lakes, when fish come shallow; summer in the coldest headwater streams

The brook trout is a char native to eastern North America, a fish of cold, clean streams and ponds, and the state fish of Michigan. Below 50°F is the fall spawning band (40-50°F in Vermont), so stay off spawning gravel. In winter Maine IFW finds pond fish close to shore in 4 to 12 feet of water under the ice.

Lake trout illustration

Lake trout

Spring and fall in shallow water, deep in summer, and through the ice in winter

Lake trout are slow-growing chars of large, deep, cold lakes, native from Alaska and northern Canada to New England and the Great Lakes, and introduced in many western lakes. Winter: Vermont says most of its lake trout fishing is done through the ice, and Michigan anglers jig spoons tipped with cut bait in deep Great Lakes bays.

Smallmouth bass illustration

Smallmouth bass

Best: spring and fall, when bigger fish come shallow

A bronze-brown black bass of clear, cool streams and rocky lakes, with dark vertical bars instead of a side stripe. Michigan DNR says its southeastern coast, from Port Huron to Lake Erie, is known nationally for both the size and the number of its smallmouth. Fish hold in slower, deeper water; fish slowly and expect fewer bites until spring warming.

When to come: the East Grand Lake calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Landlocked salmon
Brook trout
Lake trout
Smallmouth bass
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 44 F (estimated, not a reading).

304050607080JanMarMayJulSepNovNov, ~44 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks East Grand Lake today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Sun, Nov 8

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Lake trout led the card at good. High of 42 F, wind to 12 mph.

Sat, Nov 7

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Lake trout led the card at good. High of 52 F, wind to 13 mph.

Fri, Nov 6

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Lake trout led the card at good. High of 64 F, wind to 7 mph.

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Before you go

License

Maine requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Maine or New Brunswick license on the main lake; the matching jurisdiction's license in coves and from shore. Check the current Maine fishing laws (or FLOAT) for East Grand's salmon, togue and bass rules.

Access

MDIFW's survey (revised 1998) names the major launch at Greenland Cove in Danforth off Route 1 and a smaller site at Davenport Cove in Weston off Route 1.

About this water

A 16,070-acre international lake in Washington and Aroostook counties, Maine, on the New Brunswick border.

Fishing East Grand Lake: the full guide

A boundary lake

East Grand Lake covers 16,070 acres in Danforth and Forest City (Washington County) and Weston and Orient (Aroostook County), at the head of the East Branch of the St. Croix River on the New Brunswick border. MDIFW's lake survey calls it the second-largest lake in the boundary chain that Canadians know as the Chiputneticook Lakes, with a maximum depth of 128 feet, an irregular rocky shoreline and many prominent rocky reefs.

Salmon, togue and smallmouth

MDIFW maintains the landlocked salmon fishery by annual stocking, while lake trout (togue) reproduce naturally; both feed heavily on smelt. In spring 2026 the department stocked 6-inch salmon at Danforth, Orient and Weston, and 9-inch brook trout at those towns and Forest City. The survey describes smallmouth bass as abundant but slow-growing and notes a fair fishery for cusk and lake whitefish.

Licenses on the border

Either a Maine or a New Brunswick license is honored on the main body of East Grand Lake. In coves where jurisdiction can be fixed by a straight line between two points of land, and when fishing from shore or tied up to it, you need the license of the side you are on. MDIFW's Fishing Laws Online Angling Tool (FLOAT) shows the boundary.

Common questions

Which license do I need?

On the main body of the lake, either a Maine or a New Brunswick license. In coves and from shore, you need the license of the jurisdiction you are in.

Is the salmon stocked?

Yes. MDIFW keeps the salmon fishery going with annual stocking because the tributaries cannot produce enough fish; the lake trout are wild.

Where do I launch?

MDIFW's survey points to Greenland Cove in Danforth off Route 1 as the major access site, with a smaller one at Davenport Cove in Weston.

Is fishing good at East Grand Lake right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Nearby waters

Grand Lake Stream41 miPenobscot River58 miWest Branch Penobscot River65 miChesuncook Lake80 miMoosehead Lake94 miKennebec River113 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 45.7800, -67.7800 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
Pages checked
The facts in the written guide were checked against these pages, from the agencies and operators that manage the water, on October 5, 2026. Anything we could not verify was taken out.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written text was drafted with AI assistance from the official pages listed above, and its facts were checked against those pages by automated verification on October 5, 2026; anything that could not be verified was taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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