Sebago Lake - Maine.gov

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U.S.G.S. Sebago [~lke, North Sd-'lljO, NOI-th loJindh.J1l1,
HiJ'yll"Ond,Naples, Steep Ful.1s, I-le. - 2 -
Land locked sa llron
Orook trout
Lake trout (togue)
Ora,.,n trout
SmallJrouth bass
LargC'll"Outhb.:1ss
I'lhite perch
Yellow perch
Olack crappie
Olain pickere 1
1I0m{XJut (bu llhead)
R3i n/.)a.y SJrC1t
!\rea - 20,771
Maxi.m.undepth - 316 feet
Fishes
Physcical Characteristics
J\rrerican eel
White sucker
Longnose sucker
Lake whitefish
C,olden shiner
Cannon shiner
Lake chub
Fallfish (chub)
OJsk
Pumpkinseed sun [ish
- Slimy ,sculpin
Ninespinc stickleL~ck
Temperatures
Surface - 72°F
300 feet - 41°F
Principal, fishery: Landlocked sa.l1ron, lake trout,'
smal.l1routh bass, largClTDuth bass, whitefish,
alsk and sl1'Clt
Suggested Manag~ncnt
SebJgo Lake, the original hare of th~ landlocked
sa.l1ron, is probably the IrOst suitable lake in the
country for the managenent of this spec;ies. The
\·.'ater quality is excell~t with good oxygen down to
]00 feet and suitable terrperatures below 25 feet with
a good food supply. Transparencies are •.. .'ell above
average for lakes in Maine. TIle large volwne oE coldwater
affords i\/T'ple opportunity to providf? high quality
angling for: si\lJl'on, lake trout, cusk, (md whitefish.
DOTand other chlorinated hydrocarb:ms hi:lve attenuated
to very low levels in the Sebago Lake syst~lI. A!; a
result, virtually all species of [ish previously
af fected by these toxic carpounds have recovered. The
quality of saloon and other species now ti\ken flUIi
Sebi\OI1.
The !X>tential impact frall winter angling cO\lld ty~
devastatiny to Sebago's sallron population and COllntCJ'mand
our u\1nagerrent efforts to maintain a high quality,
well-balanced population. Seb.Jgo is very accessible
and too vulnerable to over-fishing to .JcCOlnIcdate
winter an

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SEBAGO LAKE
CUMBERLAND Co., MAINE
[LEV 2G7 FEET -AREA 28,771 JlCRES
SOUNDINGS BY.
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MAINE OCPI\IlTMENT or INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME, 1962
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