How many of these Maine fishing adventures have you completed? See which belong on your bucket list.

The article highlights six Maine fishing “bucket list” experiences, focusing on species and techniques locals and visiting anglers may overlook. It starts with catching and cooking landlocked salmon, noting Maine’s large sport fishery and that landlocked salmon now occur in more than 300 lakes and over 300 miles of rivers and streams, compared with four original lake systems. It then recommends “smelting” for rainbow smelt, including renting a commercial smelt camp on the Kennebec River for $20 per person for a six-hour tide. Other experiences include fly fishing—encouraging a native brook trout—then targeting Arctic charr, found naturally in only 14 Maine waters.