Endless Lake is a reservoir in Maine, near Penobscot County.
Endless Lake is a reservoir in Penobscot County, Maine and covers about 1,439 acres, with a deepest recorded spot of 36 feet.
Endless Lake has an old channel, incoming water and quiet coves, and small water-level changes can move fish from the bank to the first drop.
Fish reported from Endless Lake include landlocked Atlantic salmon, brook trout, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, lake trout, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, splake, white perch, and yellow perch.
For bass on Endless, 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 on Endless, 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 on Endless, throw a small spoon or flashy swimbait along weeds for chain pickerel.
For brown bullheads on Endless, put a nightcrawler or small piece of cut bait on the bottom in quiet water, especially after sunset.
For trout on Endless, try a small spoon, inline spinner, streamer or worm near cool incoming water for brook trout.
For deep-water fish on Endless, troll a smelt-colored streamer, thin spoon or small minnow plug for landlocked salmon and jig or troll a spoon or minnow-shaped lure in cold, deep water for lake trout. Also on Endless, use a small spoon, jig or minnow-shaped lure in cool water for splake and use a small jig, minnow or worm when white perch gather over deep flats and drop-offs.
Spring around Endless 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 around Endless can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Endless, check incoming water, one bend in the old channel and a point near deep water with a moving lure, then slow down with a jig or worm where you get a bite.
A medium spinning rod covers most casting at Endless, while a second rod with enough line and weight to reach deep water is useful for salmon, togue, and splake.
At Endless, 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 Endless is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
Landlocked Atlantic salmon is on the fish list for Endless, so start with a bait made for that fish instead of guessing at a species that may not be there.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.