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Posted on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 by Maine Sportsman
Ice conditions were good on most waters last weekend. Most of previous week’s water and slush on the ice had frozen to create safer conditions and easier traveling. The ice thicknesses on the smaller waters in the northwestern corner of the state have six to eight inches. The larger waters still are a problem, so ice travelers need to use some caution. Slushy conditions likely will return after a few more snow events.
Overall, this year’s winter fishing season is off to a great start. The first couple of weeks in the year produced some fast action. Here are some of the regional highlights.
Pleasant Pond, Caratunk: We have so far interviewed 185 anglers. They’ve caught 140 legal lake trout and a 15-inch brook trout. Two of the togue were over 30 inches long and weighed more than 10 pounds.
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Posted on Friday, January 18th, 2008 by Maine Sportsman
There are no current fishing reports for this area.
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Posted on Thursday, September 20th, 2007 by Maine Sportsman
With the appearance of red and golden leaves and threats of frost comes a drop in water temperatures, which has already sent trout and salmon on their way towards the spawning grounds. Although they won’t be dropping their eggs until October, they make prespawning runs triggered by shorter days and colder water temperatures. If that doesn’t do it, a good flush of water from a rainstorm will. And so it is that we have reports of nice trout being caught in the Rapid, Magalloway, and Kennebago rivers; presumably others as well. There’s also good fishing in lakes and ponds the last week of September.
We’ve pretty much completed our summer work of sampling lakes and streams. Dave Boucher and several fishery consultants have been working on the bass problem on the Rapid River and on the Dead Cambridge River as of late. We completed several stream restoration projects in western Maine this summer, including an experimental technique called “chop and drop”, in which tree stems are added to stream channels to slow the rate of runoff and to trap organic nutrients.
With the help of volunteers, we recently completed the annual monitoring of our stream restoration projects. It is in that regard that we sadly note the passing of a longtime and enthusiastic stream volunteer from Rangeley. Patty Silvia helped survey the Magalloway River, South Bog Stream, Bemis Stream, Cupsuptic River, South Branch of the Dead River, and Allagash Stream. She also helped every year with the monitoring of stream restoration work on the Cupsuptic River, South Bog Stream, and the Sandy River. Anyone who knew Patty also knew how much she enjoyed the outdoors and how much fun she was to have around. Our condolences to her family.
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Posted on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 by Maine Sportsman
With the water cooling down and higher flows, many anglers are heading for rivers that flow into the large lakes. Most serious anglers know that the place to be a few days after a heavy rain event is were the brook trout and salmon will be running for fall spawning season. These rushes of water trigger the fish’s instinct to move to their pre-spawning holding areas. At this time large fish from the lakes are catchable by anglers wading or standing along the shoreline.
Anglers might also try their favorite trout pond again too. Often anglers fish a pond regularly in the spring, but then forget about it after the water warms up. However, water temperatures have begun to cool, so the trout are now on the move and feeding more aggressively. A few ponds to try would be Beal Pond in Madrid, Quimby Pond in Rangeley, or Rowe Pond in Pleasant Ridge Plt. All three of these waters are annually stocked with brook trout.
Anglers interested in bass fishing don’t have to give up quite yet. Although these fish become a little less active and more difficult to catch as the warm summer days end, they will take bait or lures if presented to them properly. Try fishing a little deeper than you normally would in lakes and ponds. The fish in rivers are more likely to be in their same old haunts, even moving into very shallow water on bright sunny days. For anglers in the northwestern part of the state I would recommend fishing the Androscoggin River in the Jay or Canton area. There are some very large smallmouths in this stretch of water.
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Posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2007 by Maine Sportsman
Landlocked salmon, a Maine native, are the most sought-after coldwater sportfish in the state, with the exception of brook trout. Want to know more about this magnificent fish? Read on…
Landlocked salmon are a freshwater form of the sea-run Atlantic salmon.
Prior to 1868, landlocked salmon populations occurred in only four river basins in Maine: the St. Croix, including West Grand Lake in Washington County; the Union, including Green Lake in Hancock County; the Penobscot, including Sebec Lake in Piscataquis County; and the Presumpscot, including Sebago Lake in Cumberland County.
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