Lewiston High School students and a friend fish from the dam at The Basin of Lake Auburn in Auburn on Tuesday. “Everything is still frozen, so it is hard to find a spot,” said Matthew Gaudette, second from left. From left are: Terrance Landry and high school junior Gaudette, junior Brayden Charest, senior Nathan Quimby […]
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Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo set for March 18
BETHEL — The Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host the sixth annual Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at the Bethel Inn Conference Center. The Expo will have more than 40 exhibitors, presentations by several well-known guest speakers, a showing of the latest Fly Fishing Film […]
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Fishing industry unsure what impact executive order would have
PORTLAND — An executive order by President Donald Trump designed to radically cut back on federal regulations has spurred disagreement among fishermen about how it will affect them — and lawmakers and regulators aren’t sure what the answer is. Groups that represent both commercial and recreational fishermen are divided over whether Trump’s “one in, two […]
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Community Credit Union’s Fourth Annual Battle of the Boats Bass Fishing Tournament
TURNER — This is a Bass Fishing Tournament to benefit the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger and the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. There is over $2,000 in cash prizes to be awarded in the tournament. The tournament hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday, August 21 that will be taking place at the Turner […]
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Fishing season comes early
AUBURN — As far as registered fishing guide Scottie Bragdon is concerned, it’s only right that fishing season should open early this year after the horrid conditions since last autumn. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has announced that open water fishing will open Thursday — two weeks ahead of schedule — sending a […]
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Cold weather lasts through Norway fishing derby
NORWAY — This hasn’t been the best winter for ice fishing in Maine, but that didn’t stop dedicated anglers from heading out onto the lakes for Norway’s 46th annual Ice Fishing Derby. Sylvia Bosse, president of the Norway-Paris Fish and Game Association, was very happy with the turnout for the derby. It was touch and […]
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New England Aquarium studies commercial version of catch & release
PORTLAND — What happens when a fisherman tosses a fish back overboard? It’s not a frivolous question. The government bases catch quotas and other rules in part on the mortality of tossed fish, and there isn’t always accurate data available about how many fish survive the fling. Now, a group of New England scientists says […]
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Disagreements threaten uneasy truce between tribes, Maine
PLEASANT POINT (AP) — Eighty-one years after a neglected tribal water supply caused a devastating outbreak of typhoid fever and a century after the state outlawed spearfishing of the salmon that fed their ancestors, Native American tribes who trace their history back millennia say their trust in the government of Maine is at an all-time […]