WILTON — The Wilton Fish & Game Association’s fifth annual Michael J. Rowe Memorial Ice Fishing Derby on Wilson Lake will be held from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Wilson Lake. It coincides with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Free Fishing Weekend, allowing any person may fish without a […]
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Anglers called for Norway-Paris ice fishing derby
NORWAY — Norway-Paris Fish & Game will host the annual ice fishing derby on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 24 and 25. Fish caught in any area lakes and ponds may be entered into the derby. The club will offer cash prizes for the largest bass, togue, pike, salmon, pickerel, brown trout and brook trout/splake in […]
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Kids’ ice fishing derby POLAND — Range Pond State Park will host a kids’ ice fishing derby from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at 26 State Park Road. Admission to the derby will cost $1.50 for adults and youth ages 13 to 64; all others are free. The first 500 children ages 12 and younger […]
Harrison derby returns to Long Lake
HARRISON — After a hiatus of a few years, the Winter Fest Family Ice Fishing Derby is returning to Long Lake, Harrison Parks and Recreation Director Kayla Laird said. The derby is from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, and is for area children and youth. Laird and her husband used to take […]
Poland state park hosts kids ice fishing derby
POLAND — Range Ponds State Park in Poland, Maine is hosting the Hooked on Fishing Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby. The event lasts from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday and includes free fishing traps for the first 500 registered children age 12 and under and the first 100 Special Olympic entrants. It includes free bait […]
Wilton ice-fishing derby attracts 90 anglers
WILTON —Wilton’s fourth annual Wilson Lake ice-fishing derby got underway at 6 a.m. on Saturday from the boat launch off Lake Road. The temperature was 5 degrees below zero and didn’t warm up much by noon. Snow flurries swept through on a light breeze by 10 a.m. as heavier snow showers began obscuring distant hills […]
Mexico Lions Club to host ice fishing derby on Valentine’s Day
ROXBURY — After placing a nearly 20-inch tagged brook trout into Roxbury Pond through the ice last February, Roland Patneaude hoped someone would catch it during the Larry Mercier Ice Fishing Derby. It was worth $2,000. But for the 35th year in a row, no one caught the beautiful fish during the derby. However, for […]