Upper Hot Brook Lake is a lake in Maine, near Washington County.
Upper Hot Brook Lake is a lake in Washington County, Maine and covers about 890 acres, with a deepest recorded spot of 18 feet.
Upper Hot Brook Lake is small enough to check weeds, wood, rock and the first deep drop without spending the whole day moving around.
Fish reported from Upper Hot Brook Lake include brook trout, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, pumpkinseed, smallmouth bass, white perch, and yellow perch.
For smallmouth bass at Upper Hot Brook, drag a tube or Ned rig across rock and points, or use a small crankbait when the fish are chasing.
For panfish at Upper Hot Brook, 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 Upper Hot Brook, throw a small spoon or flashy swimbait along weeds for chain pickerel.
For brown bullheads at Upper Hot Brook, put a nightcrawler or small piece of cut bait on the bottom in quiet water, especially after sunset.
For trout at Upper Hot Brook, try a small spoon, inline spinner, streamer or worm near cool incoming water for brook trout.
For deep-water fish at Upper Hot Brook, use a small jig, minnow or worm when white perch gather over deep flats and drop-offs.
Spring at Upper Hot Brook 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 Upper Hot Brook can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Upper Hot Brook, 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 with 8- to 10-pound line handles most jigs, worms and small lures at Upper Hot Brook, while a medium-heavy rod is better for bass jigs and heavier bottom rigs.
At Upper Hot Brook, 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 Upper Hot Brook is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
Brook trout is on the fish list for Upper Hot Brook, 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.