Lake Annabessacook in Monmouth and Winthrop, Maine: Home of Trophy Bass

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Fish the peaceful waters of Lake Annabessacook
Lakefront property owners who love to fish value Lake Annabessacook in Monmouth and Winthrop, Maine,  as one of the most popular largemouth bass fishing spots in the Belgrade Lakes Region. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife manages the lake for this warm water species. Several bass tournaments are held throughout the season and it’s not unusual to catch a true trophy.

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Lake Annabessacook has a surface area of 1,391 acres with a maximum depth of 47 feet and an average depth of 17 feet.

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Explore the lake by kayak or canoe. Paddle to Great Island and walk the nature trails. Sit on your dock and experience some amazing bald eagle moments. Listen to the loons serenade at night. You can do all this and more when you own lakefront real estate on Lake Annabessacook.The Annabessacook Lake Improvement Association is working with the Cobbossee Water District and other agencies throughout the state to improve the water quality of the lake. The CWD has done extensive watershed work to reduce runoff phosphorus and to help guide watershed development to reduce future phosphorus loading. The overall water quality appears to be gradually improving.The towns of Monmouth and Winthrop are situated on the lake. Here you’ll find dining choices, the Theater at Monmouth, golf courses, shopping and more. Augusta and Lewiston are only about twenty minutes away, while it’s a forty minute drive to LL Bean and other shops in Freeport and fifty minutes to all that Portland has to offer.
As you sit at your computer and dream of sunning on a dock, watching falling stars at night, curling up in a hammock by the water’s edge to read a book, telling stories around a campfire, and enjoying a lake up close and personal, remember that spectacular scenery surrounds Lake Annabessacook. Own a piece of waterfront property and  you can swim, boat, fish, and enjoy the aesthetic beauty of Annabessacook any time you wish.

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