Estes Lake is a reservoir in Maine, near York County.
Estes Lake is a reservoir in York County, Maine and covers about 170 acres, with a deepest recorded spot of 30 feet, and the recorded storage amount is about 5,800 acre-feet.
Estes 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 Estes Lake include black crappie, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, largemouth bass, northern pike, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, white perch, and yellow perch.
For bass on Estes, 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 Estes, use a small jig or live minnow beside brush for black crappie, and 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 Estes, 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 on Estes, put a nightcrawler or small piece of cut bait on the bottom in quiet water, especially after sunset.
For deep-water fish on Estes, use a small jig, minnow or worm when white perch gather over deep flats and drop-offs.
On a first trip to Estes, 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.
Spring around Estes 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 Estes can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.