![]() ![]() Many guests opt to try tantalizingly remote Big Reed Pond, surrounded by old growth forest and chock full of nice trout. Here too, owner/pilot Igor Sikorsky can whisk you off by float plane to Maine's most remote and best brook trout water, book you a guide, or point you to the region's abundant ponds and rivers on your own. The 100-year old log cabins and original décor take you back in time. Nearby Bradford Camps, on Munsungan Lake, is another top-notch option in the region. Affordably priced outpost camps offer fewer perks but equally good fishing. Given the remoteness of these camps, packages at the main lodge are all-inclusive. Whether you choose to fish with a guide or on your own, the crew at Libby's, endorsed by world-renowned fly-fishing company Orvis, can point you to outstanding trout water, outfit you with the proper flies and put you on fish. Owner Matt Libby, himself a guide and pilot, can take you by plane to sample some of the most remote brook trout and salmon water anywhere. ![]() Picture-perfect log cabins dot the shoreline of sprawling and pristine Millinocket Lake. This award-winning, high-end lodge has been owned and operated by generations of the Libby family for 125 years. Red River Camps is typical of many Maine lodge setups where cozy cabins surround a boathouse and main lodge area. There's even a cabin on its own private island. It's a rarity that's hard to put a price tag on fortunately, a range of accommodation plans assures you'll find one that meets your budget. The camps have canoes stashed on more than a dozen local hike-in ponds, all protected by state public land, offering fishing in a forever-wild wilderness setting for the native brook trout that have populated these waters since the last ice age. So do nearly limitless options for the brook trout fisherman. Nestled in far northern Maine's Aroostook County, Red River Camps are among the state's most remote, but well worth the extra effort. Several of the region's sporting camps can help you access an area many say more closely resembles Alaska than anywhere else in the lower-48. ![]() ![]() For those looking for adventure off the beaten track, some of Maine's most pristine native brook trout ponds can be accessed by hiking along often discrete and unmarked trails, or by a short trip via floatplane. Even the roadside ponds fish well in this remote area. The farther north you go in Maine, the longer the voyage and often, the bigger the payoff in terms of fishing. The storied, nationally-renowned waters around Rangeley, Moosehead Lake, Grand Lake Stream, the Fish River Chain and Sebago - now all have updated, idyllic lakeshore cabins in still remote places that offer all family friendly water sports, and of course, some of New England's best fishing. Sporting camps are a tradition unique to Maine begun more than a century ago, when pioneering fishermen came north and staked out the state's fishiest, most pristine lakes for rustic lodges. But with so many legendary "sporting camps," dotting the countryside, why would you? You could theoretically fish here on your own. Much of the land in Maine, both public and private, is open to the public for recreational purposes. Maine's fabled north woods are vast the size of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island combined, with few organized towns, limited paved roads and a population that totals less than the number of people you can probably find living on a typical city block in Manhattan. ![]()
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