Echo Lake (Crotched Pond)

Brook trout and atlantic salmon water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record.

Kennebec County · Maine · see it on the national map

2 stockings 2026

May 19 last stocked

1,000 fish reported

1,235 acres (NHD)

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Brook trout 1 stocking

Atlantic salmon 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 16	Brook trout	yearling	500	completed
May 19	Atlantic salmon	yearling	500	completed

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (brook trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, stillwater)

Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points

For the salmon and steelhead (atlantic salmon stocked 1 time here in 2026, stillwater)

Medium spinning rod	8 to 9 ft with 8 to 12 lb line; big water, big runs
Spoons and spinners	1/4 to 1/2 oz metal; cast across and swing through the run
Beads and egg imitations	drifted under a float where bait rules allow

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Minnehonk Lake	2.8 mi	Jun 2
Maranacook Lake	8.2 mi	May 19
Belgrade Stream	9.6 mi	Jun 2
Messalonskee Lake	11 mi	Jun 7
Muddy Brook	13 mi	Jun 18

Records from Maine IFW (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Maine fishing regulations.