Fishing the Rapid River in Maine |

Rapid River is one of the must-fish rivers of Maine for the serious angler seeking brook trout and landlocked salmon. An excellent place to seek solitude and nature.
Rapid River is approximately 5 miles located in the northwestern portion of the state of Maine flowing from Lower Richardson Lake to Umbagog Lake. The river holds landlocked salmon, brook trout and, unfortunately, smallmouth bass, which is an invasive species. If you happen to catch any smallmouth bass, please harvest the fish to reduce the threat reduction to the brook trout, which it feeds on.
Louis Dickinson wrote a few books while living on the Rapid River - one of them called "We Took to the Woods." A few popular Maine flies were developed near this river, including Carrie Steven's Grey Ghost and Herb Welch's Black Ghost.
Check out Bob Mallard's "50 Places - Fly Fishing the Northeast" for some excellent information on about the river, including access, flies and species.
00:05: Aerial view
1:11: Salmon on the Streamer
1:46: Brook Trout
2:28: Crawfish on the Rocks
2:33: Brook Trout
3:31: Salmon Euro-Nymphing
4:06: Smallmouth Bass on the Streamer
5:17: Salmon Spits the Hook
5:57: Biggest Catch of the Day
7:40: One Last Look at the River
7:54: Sunsets on the Rapid
8:14: Aerial View of the Rapid
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[@dennisplante737]

A very enjoyable day…

[@wherethefishare]

Yes it was!

[@markkjellman1623]

If you all get the chance, read the book "We Took to the Woods" by Louise Dickinson Rich. Life along the Rapid River in around the 1930's.

[@wherethefishare]

Thanks. Will give it a look!

[@iancarpenter5488]

Great place to fish. It's a shame that the bass got in there. Hopefully fisherman continue keeping enough of them to keep the population down.

[@wherethefishare]

Had a blast there. Can’t wait to get back. I hope the Smallmouth don’t overrun that place.

[@samgibson684]

I ice fished umbagog with my hard side shanty last winter near the big island and those smallmouth aren't going anywhere.... Caught some up 20" this winter State record is 23 1/2" and I'm pretty sure the new record is swimming around in there... Landed hundreds of smallies over the winter and only two brook trout and one salmon Lots of fallfish and some 12"+ yellow perch If you want steady action on slabs.... It's world class action It's a little different fishing 12' or less all the time tho... Subtle nuances

[@wherethefishare]

Good to know! I’ve never I’ve fished before. Gonna have to break new ground one of these winters soon!

[@timconnors3211]

Thats some serious solitude for sure! Great video.

[@wherethefishare]

Thanks, Tim!

[@williamburnham3255]

Don't want to give away too much information, but were you above or below the pond? Excellent videos!

[@wherethefishare]

Thanks. Love that river. I fished above and below the pond. I enjoyed the above better, but didn’t get to explore as much below as I would’ve liked.

[@ROSENTHAL41]

No large brook trout the place is really going downhill.

[@wherethefishare]

How is “large” defined? What did it used to be? The Salmon fishing was excellent.

[@spennykcn]

@@wherethefishareit was the preeminent brook trout water in the eastern us before the illegal introduction of the smallmouth. Last summer I caught one landlocked and 25+ smallies. FWIW, It’s illegal to release the smallmouth alive back into the river.

[@wherethefishare]

@@spennykcn​​⁠​​⁠​​⁠i didn’t catch any Smallmouth upstream of the pond that summer but a few below the pond. It may have been seasonal or have the Smallmouth near completely take over the whole river?

[@Haynesvilleguide]

Nice fish

[@wherethefishare]

Thanks!