Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
The Moose River is a freestone river in Maine, listed as Catch and release by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW).
1 guide nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is The Forks & the upper Kennebec.
Moose River is a freestone river in Maine. Our destination hub The Forks & the upper Kennebec is 19 mi away in a straight line. Maine has 2 waters named Moose River in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Somerset County, the one the agency list names.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Moose River or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Moose River
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Moose River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Catch and releaseWyman Lake on the Kennebec River near Moscow, Maine (the impoundment above the Solon tailwater). Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Little Wilson Hill PondRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Wilson Hill Pond.
Maine · about 13 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Island PondMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Island Pond.
Maine · about 16 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Spencer StreamKennebago Lake, Maine, which the Kennebago River passes at its western end, in a print from about 1875–1880. Photo: Rijksmuseum, CC0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Spencer Stream.
Maine · about 16 mi
Heritage Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Horseshoe PondLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Horseshoe Pond.
Heritage Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Pickerel PondSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pickerel Pond.
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water.
On the Special Fishing Laws — all trout, salmon and togue released (S-7) waters list (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Whole Moose River, not only this reach.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Caratunk, ME · 24 mi
Float trips · Drift boat · Kennebec & West Branch Penobscot
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
What 1 nearby guide website mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 1 nearby guide website
The Forks is the settlement in western Maine where the Dead River joins the Kennebec, downstream of Harris Station dam on Indian Pond; upstream, the Kennebec leaves Moosehead Lake at the East Outlet, and the Moose River runs into Moosehead from Jackman to the north-west.
Destination hub · 19 mi away in a straight line
What to bring on a guided float fishing trip: rain gear, polarized sunglasses, sun protection, a dry bag and your license. Most guides supply rods and flies. Estimated prices and where to buy.
Usually supplied by the guide; a 9′ 5–6 weight if you bring your own · Trout on most western float rivers
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Moose River.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Moose River”, halfway along its length in Maine, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Catch and releaseWyman Lake on the Kennebec River near Moscow, Maine (the impoundment above the Solon tailwater). Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Little Wilson Hill PondRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Wilson Hill Pond.
Maine · about 13 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Island PondMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Island Pond.
Maine · about 16 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Spencer StreamKennebago Lake, Maine, which the Kennebago River passes at its western end, in a print from about 1875–1880. Photo: Rijksmuseum, CC0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Spencer Stream.
Heritage Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Horseshoe PondLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Horseshoe Pond.
Heritage Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Pickerel PondSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pickerel Pond.
Jackman, Maine
Fishing lodge · 4.7 mi
Jackman, Maine
River cabins · 5.7 mi
Jackman, Maine
River cabins · 6.3 mi
Parlin Pond, Maine
Fishing lodge · 7.1 mi
Somerset County, Maine
Fish camp · 7.8 mi
