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 […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Which is Maine’s most popular sport fish?
If you had to make a guess, what would you say are the three most popular, or sought after, freshwater fish in Maine? There is an answer, a clear, unequivocal answer to this question, and it is not based on guesswork or cracker barrel sessions with sport fishermen. It is an authoritative answer arrived at […]
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Maine panel votes against fishing pact with tribes
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine legislative committee recommended Wednesday that the state not approve a request from a group of American Indian tribes for shared management of commercial fish species. Representatives for the tribes, led by sponsor and Passamaquoddy Tribe legislative Rep. Matthew Dana, have said their bill would allow state regulators to enter into […]