Yeah, if you want to live in the east and prefer native fish, Maine is probably the best fishing state. No steelhead, and not much for browns or rainbows, but it's brook trout heaven, with landlocked salmon, striped bass, and shad, too. If you make that Grand Lake Stream trip, you want to to fish in mid-May to early June or during the October extended season. Most of the landlocked salmon will be in the lake the rest of the year. I think it is the prettiest of Maine's landlocked salmon rivers, especially in October with the foliage (and some the east's best partridge and woodcock hunting).

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