TURNER — Randall Alden Wells, 68, of Turner, passed away at his home on Saturday, June 16. He was born Aug. 21,1949 in Lewiston, a son of the late Forrest and Phyllis (Alden) Wells. He attended local schools, graduating from Leavitt Institute in 1967. He was a lifetime stone mason in Turner, a member of the […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Poland students release brook trout
Fifth-graders from Poland Community School on Wednesday release trout above Waterhouse Brook Dam in a project coordinated with Poland Spring Water Co., the state and The Ecology School in Saco. The students grew the fish in tanks in the classroom, did a hands-on study at the dam, named their fish and released them into the […]
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Students release trout in North Auburn
Janvi Patel, right, and Ava Weaver release brook trout into the stream below The Basin outlet in North Auburn on Thursday. Edward Little High School students from the University of Maine at Augusta Bridge Chemistry class met with Lynne Richard of the Lewiston-Auburn Watershed Protection Commission to test the water quality and to release about […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Trends even affect the world of fly fishing
If there is one thing I have learned over the years is that fashion trends invariably travel full circle. There are none of those clown-like, super-wide neck ties in my clothes closet. My James Dean narrow jobbies that are still hanging around from the fabulous 50s, came back once. And they will again. Alas, fly […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Downtown Norway’s Family Fishing Festival reels in 85 children
NORWAY — Saturday was catch-and-release day for turtles inadvertently taking bait while 85 youngsters armed with fishing poles tried to catch newly stocked brook trout in the Lake Pennesseewassee Stream pool at Butters Park. Temperatures in the 80s likely kept 172 of the 175 fish from biting during the second annual Norway Family Fishing Festival […]
Posted inFranklin
Bristol lobsterman catches salmon on Wilson Pond in Wilton
WILTON — Salmon and brook trout were taking bait fish on ice-fishing trap lines Friday morning on the eastern end of Wilson Pond, while most anglers waited out the wind inside their vehicles parked onshore. Wind chills were near zero with the air temperature 26 in and out of snow squalls coating the ice with […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Anglers wanted for brook trout survey in Maine
FALMOUTH — Maine Audubon, Trout Unlimited and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are seeking volunteer anglers to participate in a trout survey this season. Anglers are needed to survey remote ponds and coastal streams in Maine, which are believed to be home to 97 percent of the wild brook trout habitats in […]
Posted inBethel, River Valley
State to manage Upper Androscoggin River trout fishery
BETHEL — Given that the Upper Androscoggin River is mainly a trout fishery, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will now manage it as such, according to its new plan. The Upper Androscoggin River Fishery Management Plan by state fisheries biologists Francis Brautigam and James Pellerin was released last month and made available […]