Tommy Keister wades into the current of running alewives with a net as he fishes on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Thursday.
Alewives run up the Sebasticook River in Benton as Brandon Bezio, left, and Tommy Keister, right, haul a net of the silver fish in Benton on Friday.
Jacob Howard, a senior at Unity College studying fisheries and wildlife management, monitors the flow of alewives over the dam at the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Saturday.
Ernie Wallace and Tommy Keister haul a net of alewives into a waiting crate at the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Tuesday.
Ernie Wallace hauls a crate of alewives along the shore to be hauled up the embankment for shipment to Canada at the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Tuesday.
Ernie Wallace and Tommy Keister haul a net of alewives into a waiting crate at the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Tuesday.
A netfull of alewives is dropped into a crate at the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Tuesday.
Brandon Bezio crates alewives on the banks of the Sebasticook River at the Benton Falls Dam in Benton on Tuesday.
Harland Simmons, left, and Marlon Wotton prepare to haul a crate of alewives up the steep embankment of the Sebasticook River at the base of the Benton Falls Dam in Benton on Wednesday.
Harland Simmons, left, lights a cigarette as he waits for crates of alewives to haul up the embankment to a waiting truck at the Benton Falls Dam in Benton on Wednesday.
Ernie Wallace fixes his net as he fishes for alewives at the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Tuesday.
Brandon Bezio wipes sweat from his brow as he fishes alewives to be sold as lobster bait at the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Tuesday.
Tommy Keister stands on the rocks near the base of the Benton Falls Dam as he prepares for a day of alewife fishing on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Thursday.
Jacob Howard, a senior at Unity College studying fisheries and wildlife management, monitors the flow of alewives over the dam at the Benton Falls Dam on the Sebasticook River in Benton on Saturday.
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