Meduxnekeag River (North Branch)

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, all in May. One of 20 stocked waters on the Aroostook County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live, water temperature included.

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last stocked May 13 163 days ago

water temp 43 °F

flow 9% of seasonal normal

best window 9:29-11:29 pm solunar major today

Water right now 1.50 ft gage height flow 23.7 cfs, 9% of the Oct 23 median water temp 43 °F USGS gauge 01018035 (Meduxnekeag River at Lowery Rd. nr Houlton, Maine) · read 8:45 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

500 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brook trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 13	Brook trout x 2 sections	adult	250	completed

When to fish Meduxnekeag River (North Branch)

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:06-11:06 am and 9:29-11:29 pm	3:21-4:21 am and 3:37-4:37 pm
Tomorrow	9:52-11:52 am and 10:16 pm-12:16 am	4:35-5:35 am and 3:56-4:56 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Eastern Time (EDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked May 13
Water 43 °F
Flow 9% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Maine fishing forecast

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 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom
Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends

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
Carry Lake	14 mi	Sep 24
Nickerson Lake	17 mi	Oct 6
Conroy Lake	17 mi	Apr 29
Timoney Lake	24 mi	Sep 24
Spaulding Lake	25 mi	Sep 24

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