Philip Moon of Turner reacts Monday afternoon as he feels the heft of a 13-pound northern pike he caught off the Turner Boat Launch on the Androscoggin River in Turner. Fellow fisherman Robert Shufelt of Jay ran over to help haul in the lunker. Visit sunjournal.com to watch a video of the catch. (Sun Journal […]
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Jan. 1 is ice fishing's 'Black Friday'
POLAND — In the earliest hours of 2019, Rian Nilsson of Winthrop ventured through the darkness to his coveted spot on Middle Range Pond in Poland. “I made sure to get down here and beat everyone to my spot,” he said. Nilson, who arrived about 4:30 a.m., caught two brook trout before the sun came […]
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Ice-fishing is 'biggest passion' for Oxford man
OXFORD — Jeff Witham eats, sleeps and breathes ice-fishing — and that’s not just a tired cliche. Witham runs Jeff’s Bait and Tackle from the bottom half of his trailer on Fore Street in Oxford. “Ice-fishing is one of my biggest passions,” he said. With very cold weather freezing up smaller ponds in the area, […]
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Wardens: ‘Ice is doing pretty well’ but check it before heading out
Rob Angelides, of Lewiston, collects a trap while ice fishing Sunday on Cochnewagon Pond in Monmouth. Cool temperatures have drawn anglers to the ice, which game wardens caution is still very thin on many bodies of water. Angelides said he caught a few small trout and cut through 6 inches of ice to put out […]
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Inching closer to ice fishing
Mike Timberlake, left, Steve Benedetto, center, and Jack Driscoll, all of Livermore, chat in Timberlake’s ice shack on the side of Brettuns Pond in Livermore on Monday. Timberlake has not put the “Brettun’s Pond Casino” out on the ice just yet, but that has not stopped him and his buddies from running the wood stove and […]
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Early ice-fishing in Livermore
A group of Winthrop fishermen take to the ice on Bartlett Pond in Livermore on Saturday for their first day of ice-fishing. One man, who chose not to be identified, was pleased with the early season. He said the ice was about 8 inches thick. “Usually, we don’t fish until Jan. 1.” The group was […]
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Watch: Stretching out ice fishing season on Range Pond
Dave Flynn of Lyman, bottom right, and several of his friends stretch out the ice-fishing season on Range Pond in Poland on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s better than sitting on the couch and is a whole lot of fun, especially when they are biting,” Flynn said. With about 18 inches of ice left, Range Pond is […]
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Brothers get ice-fishing tips at Range Pond
Dominic Cataldi, 11, and his brother, Gavin, 8, get some ice-fishing tips from Brian O’Mearlaigh at a free ice-fishing derby at Range Pond in Poland on Saturday morning. The event, put on by the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, provides a free fishing trap to every child and Special Olympics participant. More than 200 children attended […]
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Teaching kids how to ice-fish in Monmouth
Jackson Nye, 3, of Wells gets off his bicycle to help his dad, Andrew Nye, pull in his line during the ninth annual Jack Traps Youth Ice Fishing Derby on Cochnewagon Lake in Monmouth on Saturday. About 500 children came to fish for the 300 brook trout that were put in the lake by the […]
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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 […]