BACKCOUNTRY Fly FISHING for NATIVE Maine BROOK TROUT!! “Google Maps Challenge”

Everyone is always asking me how I go about finding my best fishing spots. While I’m not going to give them away, I decided today to show ever one how I go about finding new fishing spots. Using Google maps often called the “google maps challenge” for some reason. This is a great way to find a new location to fish and explore. Today I bring everyone along for the ride while I explore some new waters in search of some native Maine brook trout. Stay tuned to find out how the day progresses and maybe go try this spot out for yourself.
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[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks for watching! If you want to help support my work, check out my website to submit fly orders or pick up some fly boxes. Good luck this season ever one! www.mainely-outdoors.com/

[@edrose9941]

Baxter State Park is such a special place. I had the privilege to volunteer with the Appalachian Trail team for trail maintenance as my first exposure to the park. Fishing for native Brook Trout in their wilderness environment is a gift. Thank you for the great content!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Glad you enjoyed it! BSP is definitely one of my favorite places in Maine and I never make it out there enough each year. I’ll have to plan a trip soon

[@williamemmons8816]

I still prefer finding new spots the old fashioned way, Maine Gazeteer. Batteries never run out.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I have my fathers old Gazeteerso so I just use his spots he’s marked 😂

[@chrispeacock9414]

I have my father's gazetteer. Fishing has never been better. Go Maine

[@mkwy8782]

Good job. Fifty years ago My brothers and I would jump in the car and drive 500 miles from Ann Arbor to the Western UP and pick one of the small tributaries to the Ontonagon, pitch out tent and catch brook trout, up to 14 inches, hand over fist.

[@ugsisr]

I did see that flash of it taking the frog... In NEPA I fish some wild Brown Trout waters and have seen Browns take Baby Ducks more then once.... Amazing how aggressive Big Brown Trout can be.... From a # 22 Olive to a Duckling .... LOL Thank You

[@Ozzylakeside]

Your filming and editing has come a long way dude. keep up the awesome work

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks 🙏! I’m pretty happy with how it’s been progressing

[@rayvivdurgan3060]

Special place, it's a real treat to do the homework and find these places. I grew up doing that with USGS maps and the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer. Makes for a great adventure To thanks for sharing

[@warwickjames4284]

You get it. Nice job

[@jesselaporte788]

Blueberry ledges Katahdin stream! Nice spot!

[@Charlie-lh4xb]

What's that!?...yes a paa-tridge, he's drawn to it...can't help himself. Forgets everything he's thinking...yes!!🤣 Freaking love it. Great fishing vid too👍

[@dougbrown6690]

hahahaha....... that'd be me!

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Excellent video! Very cool challenge.

[@OurjourneyMaine]

i love fishing in maine

[@wooooofishing]

Exploring new areas is soooo freakin fun, totally agree! Great video dude!! WOOOOO FISHING!!!!!🤘🎣

[@mrhuntinjunkie]

Great vid. Getting back into FF after 15+ years off and really looking forward to exploring some of my local water NE of Bangor

[@arthurskim7898]

Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. Bravo Zulu

[@kevins2386]

Great video nice spot

[@driftstone]

That frog eat was insane! LOL Nice video, looks amazing over there!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

It was! Guess i'll bring my bass flies next time 😂

[@davidnice9216]

Your in my backyard. Born and raised in Millinocket and fished allot of the creams and streams around the west branch. And along the old rail road crossings around the area that cross water you have to check

[@clobbermiron7337]

Joined the navy last year, haven’t been back yet. God I miss Maine, so beautiful.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Maine tends not to change much so it will be just about the same when you get back!

[@brandom5138]

All my trout streams are so low right now it’s so depressing, had a really good spring this year fishing for trout

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I know we desperately need some rain

[@brandom5138]

MainelyOutDoors looks like we might get some soon in northern New England

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I hope your right otherwise the Fall run is going to end up be very spotty

[@Lukeeleven11]

First day of Grouse season up here in Nova Scotia, great videos man keep em coming cheers

[@JJ-uq6qb]

I love Maine

[@MainelyOutDoors]

you and me both!

[@garymclaughin]

When i was young could use worms, but have to release the baby salmon, yes grab a partridge as well. Share it with the family. Three hour bicycle ride..🤠

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Sound fantastic! I grew up in a very similar fashion. Thanks for watching Gary!

[@ErickSchmidt-ej6rb]

Squirrel!!!

[@Kayakingoutdoorsman]

I am just getting into brookies this year, and have been 2 times thus far. So much FUN! New SUB, hope to catch you back

[@MainelyOutDoors]

That’s awesome such a great species to target! Good luck out there!

[@Gillesgip]

Well done! I spend all winter looking for fishing and grouse spots on on line maps

[@riverrightoutdoors]

Great info and a great job filming ....

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thank you!

[@crucialcurry1957]

Thanks for all the videos man, getting me stoked for spring!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Glad you like them! I’m excited for spring to start!

[@bajajoepoker]

Use the same approach for coastal saltwater. Great video, new sub!

[@josiahjohnson2515]

Love your channel, I'm 65 & live in New Brunswick, when I was a kid, I got up before dawn & would come back before 10 A.M., with a creel full of brook trout. My grandmother & I would cook them together and have a massive feed of trout for breakfast, those were the days!! Today here in N.B., it's pretty well fished out. It's great to watch you as it reminds me so much of what I loved in my younger years, brook trout fishing & the outdoors, God Bless you ❤️

[@SkullKram]

Catching fish in locations like that is just a bonus. Quite a Feet. lol

[@Leorm00]

Nice video

[@coleslaw3422]

beautiful spot!

[@heartproblems2727]

Amazing video. Love to go on adventures up north. Now I have to go to Baxter. Thanks for sharing

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks and good luck next season

[@vaoutdoorssportsman3555]

Love this, thanks for sharing!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulsnyder681]

Excellent! That’s exactly the same thing I do to find spots and I also analyze topo maps as well. Love your content. Keep it up.

[@riffsandwich9541]

Amazing footage. Can’t believe a trout was taking frogs!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

You and me both!

[@BAC-bm8em]

I’ll be hiking the AT in Maine next year and was on google maps looking for fishing spots. Then punched in Maine Fishing to KZbin and your video came up. 👍 new subscriber.☮️

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Plenty of great spots out there! you should have no problem finding fish

[@haydendaigle2152]

Awesome Stuff!

[@jf6395]

I always get distracted by grouse, I didnt know yo guys call ruffed grouse partridge, interesting. In Montana upland bird season opens Sept. 1....we have sage grouse, sharptail grouse, franklins grouse, dusky grouse and ruffed grouse....varied habitats.... we also have Hungarian partridge...pheasant opens in october...I cooked up dusky grouse in an orange red wine and juniper berry/rosemary sauce on sunday, with wild rice and lentils...i also smoke grouse very low temp and slice like prosciutto , love your videos its such different country from ours its a great country we share....thanks for doing so...evening is settling on Churchill Montana, I got a mule deer yesterday (archery) average buck 5 point(western count) and am eating leftover backstrap tonight

[@captaintrips8786]

I've always just used my Maine atlas and Gazzateer!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

That works too but google maps gives a great idea of where fish will be holding. in conjunction their perfect!

[@jerrydoyle5622]

I have found Gazzateer to be not true to life in a bunch of spots. Not outdated issue.

[@jerrydoyle5622]

Ya dirt roads in Maine can go on forever!! LOL.

[@georgeshea8613]

Love this video! I’ve wanted to fish Baxter for years but wasn’t sure how to approach it without a guide. Thank you 😊

[@wired4fishing690]

I watched this because I’m transferring with fed ex too Augusta Maine come April/May it’s been my life dream too live in Maine an find descent work definitely looking forward too it since watching this. We need too link when I get there I won’t have any friends too show me around I think it would be a cool experience if your up for fishing! I’m down for any kind of it 🎣

[@barrytree6666]

I seen a big brown trout eat a couple baby ducklings in a river. Crazy they’ll eat those

[@peterplanz2310]

Excellent, as always!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thank you!

[@March94Hare]

Beautiful spot! Insane to see a trout eat a frog!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

No kidding could you tell how excited I was 😂

[@March94Hare]

MainelyOutDoors I’d have been the same way!

[@cdoremus]

Nice vid, but can't you just save your spot as an offline Google map and use that and ibiquitous GPS to guide you to the spot? I could be wrong, but I thought that GPS works everywhere.

[@wchase1969]

I grew up on Moosehead Lake but always preferred to fish remote locations. There was no Google back then so I used USGS maps to find my next fishing destination. Great video!!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Couldn't agree with you more! My dad worked for the state forest service and when I was a kid I use to have him print me maps of remote beaver damns that I could hike into. Some of the best fishing Ive ever had!

[@wchase1969]

MainelyOutDoors My dad worked for Great Northern Paper Co. in the Telos Lake area back then. He would often find some great fishing spots.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

@@wchase1969 I've headed out that way this weekend actually. There is some great fishing out that way!

[@amitachalal85]

Amazing video as always.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AbsurdlyOutdoors]

New to your channel, this video got my subscription! I am very new to fishing myself, just over a year. Any advice on how to start out trout fishing? I have been advised on a couple hidden gems in VT - a remote pond and the stream that feeds it. I’m not sure if I can get away with small flashy spinning lures, or if I should just bite the bullet and try to learn to fly fish this year! Any advice?

[@markgray8185]

I do this all the time I usually end up just being skunked🤣🤣

[@loganpulk1004]

I never realized how easy it was to catch needed until I started researching on maps and really looking into it now I have a couple secret hole I’m sure other people hate them too but it’s nice to have somewhere to go I would have no luck catching anything anywhere else

[@cali_misfit1387]

Awesome vids man! watching all the way in Southern California! your brother led me to your channel!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks! He probably promotes the channel more than I do 😂

[@cali_misfit1387]

@@MainelyOutDoors 😂 right on bro. well i’m glad i found the page. dig the content.

[@marksheppard6498]

I’d like to use a mepps in that stream.

[@nhflyfishing6600]

nice video

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks

[@brittpereira2600]

Great video

[@gldead3741]

This video is absolutely amazing. It is a dream of mine to do this someday . DO you ever run into black bears on your quest for trout waters ? Is there places to camp up there ? SO many questions but these two will do for now? Tight Lines !

[@geraldledoux125]

I was wondering do you carry bear mace/ Repellent?. If not I think it would be a good idea. You're not looking for trouble but just in case.

[@lambertsaldi1550]

Jesse nice good for you I will be up in the Eustis and Rangeley area mostly fly fishing And some scouting. Bird hunting in Maine this year starts September 26 . Good luck too all fishing and Hunting 🎏 🛶 🦌 The Vermonter

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I had no clue until someone told me that changed! Thanks for letting me know and best of luck hunting!

[@stevephilbrick1237]

I live in Orono but enjoy fishing the rivers and streams in the shadow of Katahdin. Perhaps I'll see you out in the wild, up there or over at G.L.S.? PS) Awesome video, as I pretty much take the same approach that you displayed in this video. There is nothing like catching that first fish in a brand new fishing spot...all while wondering if you'll make it back to your vehicle alive... :)

[@KitDBaiting]

Awesome video, i sub in

[@andronomisneltron3231]

You remind me of the lead singer of 311". Nick Hexum. Not a bad thing.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

😂 first time I’ve heard that one

[@780fishing5]

Bring on the hunting videos!!!!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Hopefully I’ll get out next weekend

[@gtoutdoorexcursions2938]

and on the next video you'll be throwing frog flies that you've tied in search of the beasts of the park? Great video, looks like a great time!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

How did you know!! 😂

[@FlyTyer1948]

I haven’t checked the Google map yet, but, based on where you started, I think you were in part of the area that was part of a big blow down & a few years later, burned in a large forest fire. Did you see evidence of a past burn? If they are eating frogs, try taking some Gartside Gurgler on your next trip there (no floatant needed).

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Yes I did actually I have part of it on film where the trail splits that’s where I first saw evidence of it and I would stumble across burnt logs throughout my hike. The biggest thing I noticed was all the white birch regeneration thought it was weird at first till I realized there had been a fire

[@shawnbergman6558]

No disrespect to Maine as this is a gorgeous land. I came here in search of the Brook trout, I'm from Montana and I am very disappointed. In Montana there are literally dozens and dozens of streams full of trout in a five mile radius. I hit Baxter and nothing, I caught the biggest shad I have ever seen which is kind of neat but, no trout. I searched for brookies because in Montana they have poisoned them out of our lakes and rivers and replaced them with native West slope cutthroat trout.

[@zacharymichaud3733]

dude if you like fly fishing for Nesawadahunk lake in maine

[@lukejohnson6623]

because it already started here in co

[@victory48]

Try the Google Earth challenge in arizona... There's not that much water...

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Haha never thought of that maybe it would be a challenge then. A challenge finding water anyway 😂 If I was back in Arizona I would probably just go to Lee's Ferry again, I loved it there! Little hot for a Mainer though

[@trex1448]

Helps to be in Baxter State Park. Lol.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Never hurts 😂

[@LSongz13]

I always use google earth, it’s so much better to scout places for parking and launches and what ever.

[@GambleMan417]

Great spot Jessie! If you ever want company or spots I can hook ya up

[@TheMaineWoods]

Do you tie frog flies?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I would but I don’t want to present a fly that will end up killing a lot of little fish. Even that chubby was pushing it

[@TheMaineWoods]

@@MainelyOutDoors lol

[@adamkenney2112]

How long did that hike take you? Awesome video!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Can’t recall maybe 40 minutes could be less though

[@eric44707]

Awesome dude! What size rod and weight were you using? Did you have any human contact out there?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

It's a 9' 6 wt with my 3/4 wt reel and 3 wt line on it.. I broke my 3 wt 😢 so its a pain to cast and tends to send little fish flying if I'm not carful hopefully I can buy a new one next year

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Oh and no I didn't see a single person just the way I like it when I'm fishing!

[@johnst.pierre7664]

@@MainelyOutDoors I have a 6' 3 weight rod. Awesome for these small streams

[@MainelyOutDoors]

@@johnst.pierre7664 jealous I'm trying to save up to replace the one I broke

[@lukejohnson6623]

When does grouse season start in Maine

[@MainelyOutDoors]

It started the 26th this year normally it’s October first

[@MainelyOutDoors]

It started t he 26th this year normally it’s October 1st

[@lukejohnson6623]

MainelyOutDoors weird starts late for y’all does it go past like November

[@MainelyOutDoors]

@@lukejohnson6623 Yeah I think till the end of December but I never hunt them that late

[@DaveHyde]

Use google maps offline maps

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Good call I didn’t know what was a thing thanks 🙏