Fishermen from Friendship Harbor fish for alewives May 11 on the Sebasticook River below Benton Falls Dam. Alewives have seen a resurgence in central Maine and the Benton Alewife Festival is planned for Saturday to celebrate the fish's annual migration up the Sebasticook.

Tommy Keister hauls alewives into his skiff May 11 on the Sebasticook River below Benton Falls Dam. Alewives have seen a resurgence in central Maine and the Benton Alewife Festival is scheduled for Saturday to celebrate the fish's annual migration up the Sebasticook.

Fishermen from Friendship Harbor fishing for alewives May 11 on the Sebasticook River below the Benton Falls Dam. Alewives have seen a resurgence in central Maine and the Benton Alewife Festival is planned for Saturday to celebrate the fish's annual migration up the Sebasticook.

Fishermen from Friendship Harbor fish for alewives May 11 on the Sebasticook River below Benton Falls Dam.

Tommy Keister pulls himself into place to fish for alewives Tuesday on the Sebasticook River below Benton Falls Dam.