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Originally Posted by jmen24
But you cannot take salmon prior to April 1st regardless of the water body being fished.
Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout & their Hybrids
Rivers & Streams: January 1 - October 15
Wild Trout Streams: January 1 - Labor Day
Trout Ponds: 4th Saturday in April - October 15
Wild Trout Ponds: 4th Saturday in April - Labor Day
Lake Trout &/or Salmon Waters: January 1 - September 30
All Other Waters: No closed season
Lake Trout
All Waters: January 1 - September 30
Landlocked Salmon
4th Saturday in April - September 30 (Pleasant Lake, New London)
All Other Waters: April 1 - September 30
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You can't take Salmon before April 1st, but if you inadvertently hook one while fishing for trout you just release him. The Merrymeeting river opens January first for trout, for example, but sometimes a few salmon sneak in there - especially in March if the ice goes out early.
Caught and released this little one on wet fly March 18, 2010. Naturally I was fishing trout, but he was not to be denied:
And I got this hen about a hundred yards upriver, the last day of October (this dude held it for me so I could snap the pic):
