Annabessacook Lake is a lake in Maine, near Kennebec County.
Annabessacook Lake is a lake in Kennebec County, Maine and covers about 1,415 acres, with a deepest recorded spot of 49 feet, and the recorded storage amount is about 3,250 acre-feet.
Annabessacook Lake is too large to fish all at once, so pick one group of coves and points and stay there long enough to learn what the fish are using.
Fish reported from Annabessacook Lake include brown bullhead, chain pickerel, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, white perch, and yellow perch.
For bass at Annabessacook, use a tube, Ned rig or small crankbait on rock for smallmouth, and fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Annabessacook, use a worm or tiny jig near weeds and shade for pumpkinseed, and fish a small jig, minnow or worm close to the bottom for yellow perch.
For pike, pickerel or muskellunge at Annabessacook, use a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike, and throw a small spoon or flashy swimbait along weeds for chain pickerel.
For brown bullheads at Annabessacook, put a nightcrawler or small piece of cut bait on the bottom in quiet water, especially after sunset.
For deep-water fish at Annabessacook, use a small jig, minnow or worm when white perch gather over deep flats and drop-offs.
Spring at Annabessacook is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is a good time to fish shade, weeds and the first drop into deeper water. Fall at Annabessacook can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Annabessacook, check one quiet cove, one rocky or firm point and the nearby deep water with a moving lure, then use a jig or worm where you find fish.
A medium spinning rod covers smaller lures at Annabessacook, while a heavier rod and stronger leader are better for pike or muskellunge.
At Annabessacook, pick one cove and the closest point or drop into deep water, then fish that small area well before making a long move.
Not every trip. A better place at Annabessacook is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
At Annabessacook, it shows that a lot of the water sits away from the bank and around the old channel or deep end.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.