BETHEL — A Maine fisheries biologist said late Tuesday afternoon in Gray that mercury being discharged from a Superfund site into the Androscoggin River in New Hampshire won’t intrinsically affect how Maine manages its trout fishery in the river’s upper section. Francis Brautigam of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said he wasn’t […]
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Open-water anglers won’t be wetting lines by April 1
WILTON — Finding open water on ponds and lakes for fishing April 1 — the traditional day to start open-water fishing — may be impossible without a flamethrower. Those waters are still buried under several feet of ice and snow. Just after 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, one lone ice angler on Wilson Pond trudged through nearly […]
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New fishing rules in 2014 Maine lawbook
RUMFORD — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife continues work to simplify its fishing rulebook, now available at most town offices. Additionally, there are six significant changes listed in the 2014 magazine-format book. The general law for lakes and ponds in the southern and eastern counties now allows year-round fishing with no special […]
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Ice fishing starts early on Roxbury Pond
ROXBURY — January temperatures arriving this month and in November, coupled with the lack of a thaw, helped set up ice earlier than usual on Roxbury Pond, Darla Patneaude said Thursday afternoon. Patneaude works at Ellis Pond Variety at 1255 Roxbury Notch Road. “The ice is thick enough, and we’ve got people out ice fishing […]