Maine Inland Fisheries And Wildlife “Insider” Report
February 5, 2009
The February 3, 2009 edition of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife “Insider” is available for your reading pleasure. Follow this link.
Tom Remington
Maine Ice Fishing Report – Jan. 15, 2009
January 16, 2009
*Note* For a full color, complete with photos, copy of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Ice Fishing Report for January 15, 2009, click this link for download.
Region A – Southern Maine:
Ice conditions in southern Maine have continued to improve since Jan. 1st. Some of the smaller to medium sized ponds are covered in a blanket of ice 8 or more inches thick. Cold temperatures have thickened the ice on lakes that “buttoned up” early, but persistent winds have delayed ice formation on the region’s largest lakes, including Sebago. Read more
Maine Fish and Wildlife Magazine Now Online
January 10, 2009
AUGUSTA – Maine Fish and Wildlife, the quarterly magazine of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, now is available in an online version only – and is free!
The magazine can be viewed at http://www.flipseekllc.com/maine2009winter.html or from the IF&W website at www.mefishwildlife.com. Read more
Maine 2009 Ice Fishing Preview
January 1, 2009
It looks like the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is trying something a bit new. I was sent a copy of their “2009 Ice Fishing Preview” but it’s in a pdf format. So I saved it and uploaded it to my server and you can click the link below and check it out. It’s full of great pictures too.
Maine 2009 Ice Fishing Preview
Tom Remington
Will With His Brown Trout
October 17, 2008
The following letter and photo were sent to the owners of the Pleasant River Campground in West Bethel, Maine. They were past guests.
I helped him a bit with the cast but the rest was all him.
His 4th trout of the day. Thought I’d share as it’s a real nice fish for that river. (Androscoggin)
Use it if you want on your site etc. It’s a healthy reminder to anglers that there are nice fish in that river. It’s also a healthy reminder to catch and release and be educated on invasive species that can kill a river. Read more
Driftboat Championship – Angler’s Journal 9/28/2008
October 10, 2008
Copyright 2008, Used by permission
By John W. Corrigan
Seven minutes and twenty five seconds is the new world’s record for drift-boat racing.
That’s their story, and they’re sticking to it.
Michael Jones, who has guided full-time out of a drift boat on the Androscoggin and Kennebec rivers for the past dozen years, set the standard by reaching the take-out point 10 seconds ahead of local hero Scott Stone.
To twist a term from horse racing, plaques were awarded on the basis of win, place and show-up. Chris Russell, a guide for Northern Outdoors in The Forks, Maine, completed the course in eight minutes, 21 seconds. Read more
L.L. Bean Honors Former Maine IF&W’s Bill Pierce
September 20, 2008
AUGUSTA – Former Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife marketing specialist Bill Pierce recently was named a recipient of the prestigious L.L. Bean 2008 Outdoor Heroes award.
Mr. Pierce, who worked at the Department from 1999 until April 2008, was nominated by Fisheries Division Director John Boland. He now works at the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust.
The L.L. Bean Outdoor Heroes Program was developed to thank individuals who have dedicated their time to preserving the outdoors and encouraging the use of recreational outdoor space.
Winners are awarded a $5,000 grant towards their organization to support continued preservation, conservation and educational efforts. IF&W will apply the grant to its youth fishing and education programs. Read more
Illegal Koi Fish Spotted In Pickerel Pond
September 20, 2008
AUGUSTA – Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists have retrieved a non-native koi/carp from Pickerel Pond in Limerick and have received reports that there may be at least one other in this particular body of water.
Koi, which is the Japanese term for carp, is an invasive species that can survive and reproduce in Maine’s waters and cause devastating harm to the state’s native fish species, aquatic plant life, and the quality of water.
Based on public reports, it is believed the koi was introduced into Pickerel Pond earlier this summer, but it is not known how it got there. IF&W was alerted to the koi by Limerick Town Selectman Dean Lepage and resident Ilene Dashner, and these reports prompted a quick response from fisheries biologists who hope their efforts will reduce the risk of the koi taking over the pond. Read more
Mapleton Youth Catches Record-Setting Arctic Charr
September 13, 2008
MAPLETON – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife confirms that an 11-year-old young man from Mapleton has caught a record-setting Arctic Charr, breaking a 35-year-old record.
Carter McLaughlin, 11, of Mapleton, caught the charr on Aug. 20 at Pushineer Pond in T15 R9. According to IF&W Assistant Fisheries Biologist Frank Frost, who measured the fish, the record-setter was 25.4 inches in total length and weighed 5.24 pounds.
The previous record weighed 4 pounds, 4 ounces and was 22-3/8-inches long. It was caught by Merton Wyman of Belgrade on Basin Pond on May 5, 1973. Read more
Maine Fishing Report For September 9, 2008
September 12, 2008
Region A – Southwestern Maine
To Region A biologists, the last month of summer means it is time to complete the stream surveys scheduled in our annual work plan. Some of these surveys are associated with the statewide brook trout monitoring program. These surveys are completed in each of MDIF&W’s seven regions and involve sampling brook trout and taking habitat measurements in two “close to pristine” streams. The objective is to use these streams as an overall measure of the health of wild brook trout populations statewide.
Our sampling at Worthley Brook in Poland indicated a very healthy population, averaging about one brook trout for every two feet of stream. Our second brook trout monitoring stream, Branch Brook in Sanford, seemed to have a slightly reduced population from past years but can still boast a high quality brook trout fishery with plenty of young trout in the system. Read more
