Mike Fleischmann Jr. of Livermore ice fishes Tuesday on Long Pond in Livermore where he said the ice is 16 inches thick in places. “I can’t get enough of it. I don’t fish in open water in the summer, I wait until winter,” said Fleischmann, who just moved to the area and bought land on the […]
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William S. Pollard
MONMOUTH — William S. Pollard, 82, a resident of Monmouth, passed away unexpectedly Friday, Feb. 2, at his home, with his family by his side. He was born March 26, 1935 in Boston, the son of William S. Pollard Sr. and Brenda (Graham) Pollard. He was a 1953 graduate of Monmouth Academy. On May 6, 1977, […]
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Pike Derby has 'community atmosphere'
Parker Krook, 4, of Winthrop, left, watches his father, Ryan, pull a pike from Sabattus Lake in Sabattus on Saturday afternoon during the second annual Oak Hill Boosters Pike Derby. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) SABATTUS — Dave Perlman of Sabattus looked out at Sabattus Lake, which was scattered with people, ice shacks and vehicles for the […]
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Ice-fishing in comfort
Chet Blair of Lewiston sits in his truck while keeping an eye on his ice-fishing traps along the Androscoggin River in Auburn on Thursday. Blair said the river is good for catching pike, bass and perch through the ice. But he has had the best luck this winter fishing for brook trout on Middle Range […]
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Ice-fishing 'awesome' this year
Some may have called Seamus Foley of Bryant Pond crazy for ice-fishing on a cold, soggy day such as Saturday, but in Foley’s opinion, it was the people off the ice who were crazy, because the fishing was “awesome.” That seems to be the pattern this year, because over in Livermore on Long Pond, Earl […]
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A day on ice
An ice fisherman wraps up a day on the ice Tuesday on the Androscoggin River in Turner. The fisherman said he spent the morning fishing for trout on Maranacook Lake and the afternoon on the river trying to land a northern pike. Other than a few nibbles, he said he did not have much luck. “If the […]
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Ice-fishermen see 'crazy' season ahead
STANDISH — While recent subzero temperatures have sent chills through the Lakes Region, some local ice-fishermen aren’t complaining. “If it’s wintertime, it might as well be cold,” said Chris Erickson of Gorham while jigging for togue on Sebago Lake this week. Erickson and Mike Ferron, also of Gorham, said they hauled their ice-fishing shack onto […]
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Everett F. "Skeet" Higgins
AUGUSTA — Everett F. “Skeet” Higgins, 77, a resident of Litchfield, passed away Saturday, Dec. 23, at Maine Veterans Home in Augusta. He was born Feb. 13, 1940, in Waterville, the son of Perley Higgins and Irene (Chute) Higgins. Skeet was a graduate of Erskine Academy in South China. He served in the U.S. Navy from […]
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Early cold snap draws ice fishermen out across central Maine
Billy Gayton generally waits until he sees someone else set up on a frozen lake before he heads out for a day of ice fishing. Thanks to a late-autumn frigid snap, ice has begun to form on bodies of water across central Maine. Monday was the first day when Gayton, 29, was able to drop […]
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State hunting, fishing licenses for 2018 now available
AUGUSTA — The 2018 hunting and fishing licenses are now available for purchase online or at any of the more than 800 licensing agents statewide. The state offers a range of hunting and fishing opportunities. Maine is nearly as large as all the other New England states combined, with more than 17 million acres of […]