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Libby Camps Libby Camps is located in the vast North Maine Woods region of Maine.

They specialize in fly fishing for native brook trout and landlocked salmon in small ponds and rivers; wingshooting for ruffed grouse and woodcock; trophy big-game hunting for black bear, moose and whitetail deer; as well as catering to snowmobile riders in the winter months.

Libby Camps is an award-winning Orvis-endorsed lodge in both fly fishing and wingshooting – the only lodge in the East that’s endorsed for both activities.

This endorsement is maintained by combining world-class fishing and hunting, and exceptional service.

Libby Camps’ commitment to service and conservation has been recognized, with the camp receiving the 2006-2007 Orvis Endorsed Lodge of the year award and being a finalist for Orvis Endorsed Lodge of the year in both hunting and fishing several times as recently as 2012, 2013, and 2018. They also won the Maine Tourism Hall of Fame Award in 2010.

Libby Camps has also been referenced in numerous books and magazines as one of the greatest fishing and hunting lodges in North America.

Libby Camps is unique in the Eastern U.S. in that it has two Cessna seaplanes on site to access remote regions as well as their ten outpost cabins. This allows sportsmen to fish for trophy native brook trout anywhere in and around the 3.5 million acres of the North Maine Woods or hunt a much broader region than at a typical lodge.

Ten guest cabins are spread out around the historic main lodge, where everyone congregates for meals. Each cabin is rustic but offers all modern conveniences. Heat is provided by wood stoves; illumination is from propane lights; and each cabin has a full bathroom. Homemade quilts and Amish-

made rocking chairs and furniture put the finishing touches on these historic cabins.

Libby has been known for generations for providing their guests with food that is second to none. Dinners are served family-style in the main lodge, and the homecooked breads, pies and treats have people coming back for more year after year. The Libbys pride themselves on creating a family atmosphere, and guests will feel like part of the family as soon as they walk through the door.

For more information, visit www. libbycamps.com or call Matt J. at (207) 435-8274.

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Editorial

Protecting Deer Yards: A Modest Proposal

New England’s Largest Outdoor Publication

Sportsman The Maine

ISSN 0199-036 — Issue No. 594 • www.mainesportsman.com PUBLISHER: Jon Lund MANAGING EDITOR: Will Lund will@mainesportsman.com OFFICE MANAGER: Carol Lund carol@mainesportsman.com CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Kristina Roderick kristina@mainesportsman.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Nancy Carpenter nancy@mainesportsman.com DISTRIBUTION DIRECTOR: Deb Lund Carter distribution@mainesportsman.com Second class postage paid at Scarborough, ME 04074 and additional entry offices.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Photo credit: William Luther, S.A.E.M.

Wetlands are important. Sometimes wetlands need to be developed, such as when a riverfront operation like Bath Iron Works requests permission to expand its footprint to accommodate additional shipbuilding work.

The solution often used to resolve the wetlands dilemma is called “mitigation.” In short, a developer is permitted to build on some wetlands if that same developer acquires or improves wetlands in another area of the state, and takes steps to preserve the acquired or improved land in perpetuity. Under the provisions of the Clean Water Act, wetlands may be legally destroyed, but their loss must be compensated for by the “restoration, creation, or enhancement” of other wetlands.

The outcome of this approach, under the Act, must be “no net loss” of wetlands.

Could the same approach be used to protect deer yards?

In the view of many outdoorsmen, deer wintering areas and oldgrowth forests are every bit as important as wetlands. Yet development and cutting – including not just conventional construction of homes and buildings, but also clearing trees for solar farms and wind turbine generators – are putting these lands at risk.

We would like to see the concept of mitigation applied to protect Maine’s woods. So if any developer – including the state and quasi-government entities – proposed a large-scale cutting operation or requested a change in zoning or permitted use in order to install a high-impact project, the permitting process would encourage or require a plan to offset the effects of the project by purchasing and permanently preserving undeveloped land elsewhere, under terms and conditions that do not restrict hunting, fishing and recreational use.

As any real estate professional will tell you, the time to bargain is when a deal is being struck and money is changing hands. It’s time for Maine to take definitive steps to set aside, on at least an acre-for-acre basis, valuable habitat at the same time that other lands are being lost forever to development.

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Almanac by Will Lund.................................................... 17 A Ranger on the Allagash by Tim Caverly.................. 91 Aroostook - “The County” by Bill Graves..................... 14 Big Game Hunting by Joe Saltalamachia.................. 77 Big Woods World by Timmy Bolduc.............................. 76 Central Maine by Steve Vose....................................... 82 Cooking Wildly by Kate Krukowski Gooding............... 25 Downeast Region by Jim Lemieux............................... 79 Editorial.............................................................................. 4 Freshwater Fly Fishing by William Clunie...................... 53 Jackman Region by William Sheldon.......................... 72 Jottings by Jon Lund...................................................... 12 Katahdin Country by William Sheldon......................... 70 Letters to the Editor.......................................................... 8 Maine Wildlife by Tom Seymour................................... 20 Midcoast by Tom Seymour........................................... 81 Moosehead Region by Tom Seymour......................... 74 New Hampshire by Ethan Emerson.............................. 92 Off-Road Traveler by William Clunie............................ 89 Quotable Sportsman by Will Lund................................ 10 Rangeley Region by William Clunie............................. 86 Riding Shotgun by Robert Summers............................. 95 Saltwater Fishing by Barry Gibson................................ 61 Sebago to Auburn Region by Tom Roth..................... 83 Self-Propelled Sportsman by Jim Andrews.................. 88 Shooter’s Bench by Col. J.C. Allard............................. 28 Smilin’ Sportsman by Will Lund...................................... 95 Southern Maine by Val Marquez................................. 84 Sporting Environment by David Van Wie.................... 27 Tidewater Tales by Randy Randall............................... 49 Trapping The Silent Places by David Miller.................. 52 Trading Post (Classifieds)............................................... 96 Trout Fishing by Tom Seymour....................................... 54 True Tales from the Warden Service by Ret. Lt. Doug Tibbetts.30 Vermont by Matt Breton............................................... 93 Young Maine Guide by Luke Giampetruzzi................ 47

GUEST COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS

APRIL FOOLS SPECIAL FEATURE Snapshots in Time by Bill Pierce............................... 62 Western Maine Mountains by William Clunie......... 63 Maine Sportswoman by Christi Holmes.................. 64 Guest: The Beaver by Bert Dumas & Tim Caverly.. 65 Nolan’s Outdoor World by Nolan Raymond.......... 66 Guest: New Decoy Company by Val Marquez.... 67 ATVing in Maine by George N. Saliba................... 21, 22 Boating by Steve Carpenteri........................................ 56 Guest: Fish Hatchery Update by Steve Carpenteri.... 31 Guest: Ice Out Dates by Lloyd C. Irland...................... 46 Guest: Landowner Permission, Pt. 2 by Staci Warren.48 MAINE FISH STOCKING LIST............................................ 32 Saltwater Fishing by Capt. Ron Dupuis, Jr................... 59 Upland Game Hunting by Michael Browning............ 24

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SPRING SPORTING AUCTION SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022

Wildwood Function Center, Route 113, Steep Falls, ME Giguere Auction Co. is proud to present our Annual Spring Sporting Auction! This Auction will feature Outstanding Taxidermy, Lots of Great Guns & Fishing Equipment, Collectible Knives & Traps & Lots More! Mark Your Calendars & Plan to Join Us -- This is an Auction Event You Don’t Want to Miss! For More Photos & Info, Please Visit our Listings on our Website - www.giguereauction.com and on www.auctionzip.com – This Very Partial List is as of 3/10/2022 – PLEASE NOTE – We are still Accepting Consignments & Purchasing Items in All Sporting Categories for this Auction, BUT Space is Limited & Time is Growing Short! Please Call – Don’t Wait or You’ll Be Too Late!

TAXIDERMY: AFRICAN – Head Mounts of Sable, Waterbuck, Wildebeast, (2) Blesbok, (2) Impala, Gemsbok/Oryx, (2) Eland, African Gazelle, Cape Buffalo, 2 X 4 Cape Buffalo, (2) Reedbuck; Asian Water Buffalo Head Mount; Life-Size Bushbuck Mount on Rock Base; Etc. NORTH AMERICAN & OTHER – Large Standing Alaskan Grizzly Bear Mount on Base w/Salmon; (3) Black Bear Shoulder Mounts; Growling Black Bear Half Mount; Sitting Baby Black Bear Mount; Standing Baby Black Bear Mount; Very Early Black Bear Cub Mount; Very Early Black Bear Cub Mount on Driftwood; Large Vintage Table-Top Alaskan Brown Bear Head; Life-Size Mountain Lion Crouching on Wall Rock; Walking Bobcat Mount; Reclining Bobcat Mount; Bobcat Mount on Driftwood; Bobcat Head Mount on Rock Base; Large Alaskan Moose Head Mount; Large Maine Moose Head Mount; N.H. Moose Head Mount; (2) Moose Rack on Plaque; 9 Pt. Whitetail Deer Head (Texas); Misc. Whitetail Deer Heads (6 Pt., 7 Pt., 8 Pt., 9 Pt., 10 Pt., 13 Pt.); “Locked in Battle” Whitetail Buck Skulls w/ Horns on Vintage Ice Tongs; 10 Pt. Whitetail Deer Head Mount on Plaque w/Deer Foot Gun Rack; Whitetail Doe Deer Head Mount; Whitetail Doe Head & Fetal Fawn Mounts; 20 Pt. Whitetail Deer Head w/ Vintage Carved Plaque; 35+ Pt. Whitetail Deer Rack on Vintage Plaque; Mule Deer Head Mounts (5 X 4 & 5 X 5); (2) Prong Horn Antelope Head Mounts; Badger Head Mount in Tree Knothole; Red Fox Head Mount in Tree Knothole; Red Fox Head Mount on Rock Base; (2) Reclining Red Fox Mount on Wall Rock; Black Boar Head Mount; (2) Russian Boar Head Mounts (Right Turn & Left Turn); Peary Caribou Head Mount; Mountain Caribou Head Mount; Quebec Caribou Head Mount; Walking Coyote Mount; Standing Coyote Mount; Coyote Head Mount on Wood Base; Fisher Mount on Driftwood Base; Life-Size Reclining Alaskan Mountain Goat Mount on Wall Rock; Life-Size Leaping Stone Sheep Mount; Alaskan Dahl Sheep Head Mount; Arctic Musk Ox Shoulder Mount; Life-Size Alaskan Wolverine Mount on Rock Base; Alaskan Wolverine Tanned Skin/Hide; Large Sitting Alaskan Timber Wolf Mount; Large Alaskan Blonde Timber Wolf Tanned Hide; Large Alaskan Timber Wolf Tanned Hide; New Zealand 8 X 9 Red Stag & Sambar (Ranked 15th in SCI World Record Book) Head Mounts on Pedestal Base; 6 X 6 European Red Stag Head Mount (Right Turn); Fallow Deer Head Mount; Sika Deer Head Mount; Opposum Mount on Stump Base; River Otter on Display; Baby Porcupine Mount in Tree Knothole; Sitting Rabbit Mount; Grey Squirrel Mount on Wall Plaque; (2) Grey Squirrels “High Five” on Base; Grey Squirrel w/ Nut on Rock Base; Etc. BIRDS & FISH – Ptarmigan Mount (Transition Phase); (2) Ptarmigan Mounts on Rock Base (Winter Phase); Standing Golden Pheasant Mount; Flying Hen Pheasant Mount; Flying Ruffed Grouse Mount; Flying Cock Pheasant Mount; Standing Ruffed Grouse Mount; Turkey Wing Mount; Large 25+ Lb. Lake Trout Mount on Barn Board Plaque by David Footer; Framed w/Glass Bubble Oil on Board Painting & 9 Lb. Brook Trout Mount Sg. David Footer; Framed w/Glass Bubble Oil on Board Painting & 10 ¼ Lb. Brook Trout Mount Sg. David Footer; Large Brook Trout on Birchbark Panel Mounted by Herby Welsh (Restored by Gene Bahr); 1904 Nash of Maine Metsso Salmon Mount on Oval Board (Restored by Gene Bahr); 1903 Nash of Maine Metsso Large Brook Trout Mount on Oval Board w/Black Ghost Carrie Stevens-Tied Fly; 1903 Nash of Maine Metsso Large Brown Trout Mount on Oval Board; Large Nash of Maine Brook Trout Mount in Shadow Box; Vintage Largemouth Bass Mount on Oval Board; Large Brook Trout on Birchbark Panel & Carved Chick-A-Dee; Etc. MISCELLANEOUS & SKULLS – 4-Point Jackalope Head Mount; Black Forest Deer Rack on Plaque; Deer Foot Gun Rack; Deer Foot Gun Rack on Walnut Panel; (2) Black Bear Skulls; Etc. GUNS: Pistols – Jennings Mod. J-22 – 22 Cal. Semi-Auto Pistol w/ (2) Mags., Box/Papers; Davis Ind. Mod. D-38 – 38 Spl. Cal. O/U Derringer w/Box/Paper; Ruger Mod. P95DC – 9mm Semi-Auto Pistol w/ (2) Mags., & Hard Case; Ruger Mod. SP101 – 32 H&R Mag. Revolver w/Leather Holster & Hard Case; Ruger LCP – 380 ACP Semi-Auto Pistol w/ (2) Mags., Box/ Paper & Holster; Ruger Mod. LC9 – 9mm Semi-Auto Pistol w/Box/Paper, Mag. & Soft Case; Ruger LCR – 38 Spl. Revolver w/ Box/Papers; Taurus Mod. M85 – 38 Spl. Revolver w/Box/Paper; Interarms FEG Mod. APK – 380 ACP Semi-Auto Pistol w/ (5) Mags. & Hard Case/Papers; Colt Woodsman Semi-Auto Pistol w/ Mag., Box/Paper; H&R Trapper 22 Rim-Fire Revolver w/Soft Case; Zastava 9mm Semi-Auto Pistol w/Mag.; Walther P-38 – 9mm Semi-Auto Pistol w/Leather Holster & (2) Mags.; Ruby/Royal 7.65 (32 ACP) Semi-Auto Pistol w/Mag.; Ruby/Hope 7.65mm Semi-Auto Pistol w/Mag.; Bernardelli Mod. 69 – 22 Cal. Semi-Auto Target Pistol w/Mag.; Zastrova Mod. 70 – 7.65mm Semi-Auto Pistol w/Leather Holster & (2) Mags.; Bernardelli Mod. 80 – 380 ACP Semi-Auto Pistol w/Mag. & Soft Case; Ruger Mark II Target – 22 Cal. Semi-Auto Pistol w/Mag.; Star Mod. BM – 9mm SemiAuto Pistola w/Original Box/Manual & Mag.; Springfield Mod. DX – Tactical 45 ACP Semi-Auto Pistol w/Hard Case, (2) Mags., Laser Sight & Accessories; VZOR Mod. 50 – 7.65mm Semi-Auto Pistol w/ Mag.; Taurus Mod. Millennium 40 Cal. Semi-Auto Pistol w/Case, Mag., Tools & Paper; Heritage NWTF L.E. 22 Cal. SA Revolver w/Mag., Cylinder & Fitted Wood Case; Etc. Shotguns – Browning A-5 – 20 Ga. Semi-Auto Shotgun w/Polly Choke; Vintage Parkhurst 28 Ga. Double Barrel Shotgun w/Exposed Hammers & Laminated Steel Barrels; Remington Mod. 48 – 20 Ga. Semi-Auto Shotgun; Weatherby 12 Ga. Pump Shotgun w/ Choke Tube; Beretta (NWTF-Obsession) A300 Outlander – 12 Ga. Semi-Auto Shotgun (NIB) w/Full Camo Stock; Browning M Gold Hunter – 12 Ga. 3 1/2” Mag. Semi-Auto Shotgun; Remington M-1100 – 12 Ga. 3” Mag. Semi-Auto Shotgun; Remington M-1900 Hammerless 16 Ga. Double Barrel Shotgun; Etc. Rifles – Winchester Mod. 94 – 30-30 Cal. Lever Rifle (1951 Mfg. Date); Winchester Mod. 1906 – 22 Cal. Take Down Pump Rifle; Savage Mod. 3B – 22 Cal. Single Shot Bolt Rifle; Remington M-514P – 22 Cal. Single Shot Bolt Rifle w/Aperture Rear Sight; Browning Medallion A Bolt – 300 WSM Cal. Bolt Rifle w/Leupold 3X9 Variable Scope; Browning Medallion A Bolt – 308 Win. Cal. Bolt Rifle w/Muzzle Brake & Leupold 2.5X8 Variable Scope; U.S. Springfield Trapdoor 45-70 Cal. Rifle (Antique); Savage Mod. 99 – 303 Sav. Cal. Lever Rifle w/Octagon Barrel (Mfg. Date 1921); Winchester Mod. 94 – 38-55 Cal. Lever Rifle w/Tang Peep Sight & Octagon Barrel (Mfg. Date 1899); Mossberg 715 AR-22 Cal. Semi-Auto Rifle w/ Box/Papers, Mag.; Winchester Mod. 68 – 22 Cal. Single Shot Bolt Rifle w/Soft Case; Glennfield Mod. 65 – 22 Cal. Semi-Auto Rifle w/Scope; Marlin D.U. Mod. 25MNSS – 22 W.M.R. Cal. Bolt Rifle w/ Stainless Steel Barrel, Magazine & D.U. Medallion; Winchester Mod. 67 – 22 Cal. Single Shot Bolt Rifle; Winchester Mod. 1894 – 30 W.C.F. Cal. Lever Rifle w/Octagon Barrel (Mfg. Date 1896 – Antique); Marlin D.U. Mod. 25N – 22 Cal. Bolt Rifle w/Magazine & Medallion; Browning Mod. A Bolt – 338 Win. Mag. Bolt Rifle w/ (2) Magazines, Stainless Barrel, Muzzle Brake & Scope Base; Browning Engraved Medallion Grade A Bolt – 338 Win. Mag. Bolt Rifle w/ (2) Magazines & Muzzle Brake; Howa Mod. 1500 Ranchland Camo (Continued on Next Page)

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King Desert – 240 Ruger Cal. Bolt Rifle w/Scope (NIB); Remington Mod. 770 – 270 Cal. Bolt Rifle w/ Simmons 3X9 Variable Scope (NIB); Mossberg Mod. Night Train – 308 Cal. Bolt Rifle w/ Bi-Pod & Matte Syn. Stock, Barska 4X16 Scope (NIB); Ruger M77 Hawkeye – 7mm Rem. Mag. Bolt Rifle (NIB); Remington Mod. 597 – 22 Cal. Bolt Rifle w/ 3X9 Rem. Scope (NIB); Etc. AMMO & MISC. – Lot of Misc. Early Ammo in Original Boxes; Lots of Misc. Rifle, Hand Gun & Shotgun Ammo in Boxes; Vintage Winchester Gun Oil Bottle; Early Black Powder Signal Cannon; (2) Early Peters Cartridge Boxes; Browning 20 Ga. Barrel for 2 3/4” Shells; D.U. & (3) Other Hard Long Gun Cases; Etc. BOATING, CANOES, KNIVES & TRAPS: 1922 Special Order A & F 11’ Mahogany & Canvas Canoe; 1972 – 2 HP Johnson O/B Boat Motor; Early Johnson Sea Horse O/B Motor w/Stand; Paddle Boat Bimini Top w/New Canvas; (3) Vintage Guide Canoe Paddles; Randall Model 3 Hunter Knife w/ Leather Handle & Leather Sheath w/ Sharpening Stone; (3) D.U. Hunting Knives w/ Leather Sheaths; Custom Hunting Knife w/Demascus Blade & Leather Sheath; Parker Cut Co. Knife w/ Leather Sheath; Schrade Knife w/Scrimshaw Handle & Leather Sheath; Case Hunting Knife w/Leather Sheath; Schrade & L.L. Bean Hunting Knives w/Sheaths; L.L. Bean, Schrade & Buck Folding Knives w/Sheaths; Prussia Carving Knife; German Deer Foot Hunting Knife; Kabar Fruit Knives w/Leather Sheaths; (Repro) Dagger Pistol; Lot of Misc. Pocket Knives w/Misc.

Binoculars & Vintage Powder Horn, Etc.; Newhouse No. 4 ½ Oneida ATC Bear Trap; Large Vintage Hand-Forged Single Spring Bear/Wolf Trap; S. Newhouse Oneida Community No. 2 Single Long Spring Fox Trap & No. 4 Beaver Jump Trap w/ Teeth; (6) Misc. Wolf, Beaver, Coyote & Rat Traps; Etc. ART, ADVERTISING, CARVINGS, DECOYS, BOOKS & EPHEMERA: O/C “Game Birds”; Acrylic “Sheldrake” Sg. Jim Keefer; O/B “River Fishing”; Oil on Paper “Chick-A-Dee” Sg. Footer; Print “Steep Bank Pool” Sg. Footer; Print “First to Hatch” Sg. Footer; Unframed Prints “The Take” Sg. Footer & “Ice Fishing” Sg. Murdock; Prints “Mother Bear w/Cubs” & Other by Goodwin; N.H. Conservation Ed. Salmon Stamp Print; Print “Bird Hunting” Sg. C. Spiegle; Print “Hounds at Bay”; Print “Spaniels” w/4 Artist Remarques Sg. Nigel Hemming; Hand-Colored Vanity Fair Print “Letters to Young Shooters” Sg. ZPY; L.E. Etching “German Pointers” Sg. Henry?; Fish Prints & Framed “Fisherman in Canoe”; January, 1941, Sports Afield Ad Poster; 1909 Bristol Fishing Calender Sg. Oliver Kemp; 1932 South Bend Catalog & Winning Photo for Catalog Cover; 1928 Abbey & Imbrie Fishing Tackle Catalog & Decal; 1904 Bristol Fishing Calendar Top Sg. Oliver Kemp; Canoe Rental Bait/Tackle Lighted Sign; 1912 Abbey & Imbrie Fishing Tackle Tin Sign; F.B. Fowler Sporting Goods Tin Sign (Oquossoc, Maine); Large Moose Horn “Welcome” Sign; (2) Rustic Signs “Day’s Gone By” & “Allagash”; L.E. Ducks Unlimited Bronze Lab “Patience”; L.E. Bronze Elk Head “The Majestic” by Brad Williams; Bronze “Bear” Sg. Yan Macleod; Penn. Dutch Deer Head & Reclining Deer Wood Carvings; Carved Fish on Plaques (Yellow Perch, Perch, Bass) Sg. W.C. Harris; Carved Sunfish on Painted Birchbark Plaque Sg. W.C. Harris; Carved Swimming Brook Trout on Pine Block Base; D.U. “Ruffed Grouse” Carving (Special Medallion Ed.) Sg. 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ous and inappropriate, but it also serves to promulgate division and fracture in the hunting community. I can hear the anti-hunting crowd laughing – “Look, they are fighting among themselves!”

Yes, I am a Vermont born tracker, starting when I was 10 years old, Wants a Front-Row Seat learning from my father. I am 67 years old now, so my inspiration to become a To the Editor: tracker long predates the publishing of I just read the February column by the impressive exploits of the Benoit Ethan Emerson titled “Green Invasion,” family. In my view, the reference to the in which he complains about Vermont “Benoit wanna-be’s” detracts from their hunters coming to New Hampshire and legacy.

Maine, and behaving badly.

I have hunted Aroostook County, Vermont hunters are really going to mostly past the gate in the North Maine hammer Emerson about that column.

Woods, since the mid-1980s and have Enclosed is my order for a one-year subtaken numerous jumbo bucks in that scription. I want a front-row seat for the time. I am also a tax-paying owner of a action. camp in Maine.

DK – Holderness, NH Yes, I own a 20+ year old GPS, but — it stays in my truck for use when a new Unhappy with woods road is punched in and needs to Emerson’s Column be updated to my overall “mental map.”

Additionally, I have NEVER had to “pad To the Editor: the weight” of the 200+ lb. bucks I have I am writing to express my dismay targeted, tracked and taken, and I don’t and displeasure over the anti-Vermontknow of another Vermonter who has. Iner diatribe, drivel and mis-charactericidentally, I am not a Facebooker. zations expressed by Ethan Emerson in I exclusively track large mature the February 2022 issue of the Maine bucks, because I suffer from a terminal Sportsman (“The Green Invasion”). Not compulsion to engage in single-mindonly is this so-called journalism erroneed pursuits to match wits with smart, mature and elusive whitetails. I often target specific bucks – many are bucks that I have passed in previous years.

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Most hunters know and respect the Northern Maine Code. Most hunters understand and appreciate the distinct privilege of hunting on vast properties that they do not own. The author’s vindictive singling out of Vermonters is divisive, whiny, wholly inaccurate and wrong-headed. The suggestion that the seasons should be gerrymandered to exclude a group of fellow hunters his personal satisfaction is wholly unacceptable and only further degrades and fractures a hunting community that is already pressured by anti-gun and anti-hunting elements.

Christopher Wener – West Rutland, VT —

In Partial Defense of Emerson?

To the Editor: As a former Vermonter of 20+ years, I can attest to how difficult it can be to find somewhere to hunt, at least somewhere decent, especially because of a lot of posted land. However, as a current New Hampshire resident/hunter, I can also attest to coming out of the woods and finding nearby a truck with a Vermont plate, and footprints going into the same area I was just in. I get it – there’s not a lot of space in Vermont to hunt, but there is in New Hampshire. The fact that you park near where another person is hunting is unethical and unnecessary.

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ginning of the article, which I can understand if you drive a Tacoma.

I’d be offended myself if I drove one. Anyway, the ideas in this article are that VT hunters are not respecting space – agreed. Facebook trends of big bucks make other people want big bucks – agreed.

GPS and other tech make it too easy for people who have listened to one big woods buck podcast to come out into the big woods to do something they have no clue about – agreed. Resident hunting only days in NH, VT, and ME – agreed.

If you forgot to finish the article because you were offended at the onset or you don’t read with an open mind because your feelings were hurt, you should go back through it. The article isn’t saying “Don’t hunt NH and ME if you’re from VT”; it’s saying, “If you’re going to hunt, don’t park near another truck, don’t get out and hunt near someone else, and don’t ganghunt.” It’s simple, really. Offense is unnecessary, just like parking near another truck.

Irene Simons Columbia, NH —

A Fan of “Sporting Environment”

To the Editor: I’d like to voice my enthusiastic support for David Van Wie’s “Sporting Environment” columns.

His writings are always educational and thought-provoking. While we all enjoy your magazine’s fish and game stories, it is important that all sportspeople think about the “big picture” environmental issues that are critical to us all, now and especially in the future.

His latest column on working forests is a great subject to explore, and I’m very much looking forward to reading the next instalment.

Mark Smith Gorham, NH & Rangeley, ME —

Forest Society of Maine – Land Trust for the North Woods

To the Editor: Jim Andrews’ “Self-Propelled Sportsman” column in the February Maine Sportsman shared great information on the importance of land trusts in the state of

Maine, particularly for those of us who hunt and fish on the land. And other recent articles in the Sportsman have also highlighted this.

But Jim’s article missed one very important piece of the land conservation movement in Maine.

The Forest Society of Maine (FSM), of which I serve as the board chair, has over one million acres in conservation easement. We consider ourselves to be the land trust for the North Maine Woods.

One of the key principles of FSM, and why I chose to get involved, is that part of its mission is to conserve the North Maine Woods for traditional uses – forestry and recreation, such as hunting and fishing. These conservation easements keep lands from being sold for development and keep them open for traditional uses.

This year we will close on two more large conservation easements – more than 15,000 acres in Grafton Township (Western Maine), and over 8,000 acres in Coburn Gore.

If readers want to know more about FSM, they can check out our website at www.fsmaine.org.

Thanks for your great publication.

Greg Millert Brunswick, ME —

Not All Grapes are Sour

To the Editor: I really enjoyed Ethan Emerson’s February article, “The Green Invasion.” I am a Pittsburg, NH native, and this article was on point. The State of NH should institute a resident-only hunting for one week, or at a minimum a full weekend, like Maine does. I respect Maine for doing such a thing for their residents, and I think every state should do this.

As for some of his other topics, as an avid hunter I have witnessed a lot of the same concerns he raises. Ethan was not saying that all grapes are sour – just some are, so it’s important to respect other hunters and the sport of big woods hunting.

Make sure Ethan keeps his articles coming – I always enjoy reading them.

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Misses John Rogers To the Editor: I enjoyed Dave Miller’s recent trapping article on John Rogers, but I was sad to learn of John’s passing. I managed fishing, camping and archery at the Kittery Trading Post for 20 years, starting in 1986. John crossed paths with me whenever he passed through KTP for various supplies, and we enjoyed swapping stories.

I raised my family in Biddeford and showed him some great places to find big snapping turtles in the area – one in my front yard!

John was a super interesting big guy.

Thanks for the memories.

David Ganter Great Moose Lake, Hartland, ME —

Gotta Get Me One of Those Collapsible Stools To the Editor: I just finished reading Bill Sheldon’s article on Red Dot Optics in the February edition of The Maine Sportsman. I’ve contemplated putting one on one of deer

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hunting rifles. I found the article very interesting.

However, the part of his column that caught my attention was his description of a collapsible, portable stool. I don’t recall ever seeing one.

If he would please forward information on where I could buy one, it would be greatly appreciated. I’ve used a number of different types of chairs and stools over the years, but none seems to do the job, and most are to heavy and bulky to lug around. It sounds like his collapsible stool might do the job. At age 74, I’m getting too old to sit on the ground or stand still hours on end.

Clive Farrin – Boothbay Harbor, ME —

I Want a Portable Hunting Stool, Also!

To the Editor: I read Bill Sheldon’s article on hare hunting in the February issue of The Maine Sportsman. I have an 80 year old hunting buddy who has carried a 6 gallon plastic pail with a lid for his “portable” seat for years.

I’m intrigued by the collapsible seat Bill wrote about. Can he provide me with more information ?

Vern Moore – Maine Bill Sheldon responds: Clive and Vern: I purchased the stool

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on Amazon. They are also available at Walmart and outdoor retailers. I used some Velcro to attach a 1” foam cushion to the top. The cushion was an old foam hunting seat I had laying around, and makes it a lot more comfortable. I was pleased with mine. Thanks for reading.

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Up On a Soapbox, Part 2 – A Genie Commiserates on the Challenges Facing Busy Lakes The Svea stove used to be the first choice for backpacking – light and simple.

I was polishing my old brass Svea stove when I opened the fuel cap and a bit of smoke came out and took the form of a human figure – a real-life genie! The figure introduced itself and said, “I am Russ Pernett. Perhaps you have heard of me?”

I replied “Indeed I have. My boyhood friend on the lake, the late Harry Brennan, spoke of you frequently. He said that you put all of the buoys on the reefs in Cobbosseecontee Lake, and kept a notebook that gave all the courses and sightings needed to find where to set them.

All the buoys that were white wooden kegs on iron rods fitted into drill holes on the rocky reefs of the lake, and the floating red balls were anchored.”

I continued: “Well Russ, things have changed on the lake since you operated the small marina off the west end of the Country Club Beach in the 1940s. We have many more kayaks than we used to. Lots of women and kids and whole families paddle them.

We have lots of pontoon boats. We still have a few big Chris Crafts and Gar Woods on the lake, but we also have a flock of what are called personal watercraft or jet skis. These are most-

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ly one or two person boats that can go twice as fast as a Chris Craft. The only boat that can catch them is probably another jet ski. And when they go full speed, they are noisier than most other boats. They have a high-pitched whine.”

Russ: “You mean that a warden in a boat can’t catch them?”

J.L.: “That may be, but I don’t know. We didn’t see any wardens on the lake all last summer. Of course we could’ve missed one, but usually you can spot wardens ’cause they are stopping boats to check for life preservers. When you don’t have any law enforcement, some people get foolish, and do whatever they darn please. We have a noman’s land on Cobbossee.

Russ: “But you have

five towns that each have a part of the lake within their limits – Manchester, Winthrop, Monmouth, West Gardiner and Litchfield. Don’t the towns appoint harbormasters or folks like that?

J.L.: “Not that I know of.”

Russ: “But do the towns still tax the bejesus out of the folks who have shore property? Most lakeshore properties don’t put kids in the town school system, and summer folks build, maintain and plow their own camp roads, so they are a bargain for the town.

Back when towns had poor farms, you didn’t find many summer folks on the poor farm.

Couldn’t the towns afford to provide some law enforcement on Cobbosseecontee?”

J.L.: “Probably they

could, but perhaps nobody has asked the towns to do that. Maybe we should ask. One problem is a non-resident can’t speak at a town meeting unless they are given special permission. And another thing – Cobbossee has a problem it didn’t have when you ran your marina and tended to the buoys on the lake.”

Russ: “What’s that?”

J.L.: “Milfoil and other invasive water plants.”

Russ: “I never heard of milfoil. What is it, and why is it bad?”

J.L.: It’s a plant that grows underwater and can become so thick on an infested lake that you can’t swim through it.

Russ: “What does it look like?”

J.L.: “Like a large cat’s tail, but longer – much longer.”

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Russ: “How did the plant get there?”

J.L.: “Most likely riding on a boat or trailer that came from another lake that was infested. All it takes is a small fragment of milfoil to start a whole new plant. The worst thing you can do is to chop up milfoil unless you collect all of the fragments. You’ve got to vacuum up every little piece. In fact, in some of the New York lakes that provide water to the City of New York, it is against the law to launch any boat until it has been checked out by a government inspector.

They are serious about preventing milfoil from spreading there.”

Russ: “That would be a hard sell in Maine, where the public has a right of access to every great pond. But if that is what you gotta do, that’s what you do.

Sounds like a major battle. Is the state active in combatting the spread of milfoil?”

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preciate the damage invasives in our lakes will do to our state and local economies if this threat is not dealt with effectively early on. What we really need is ‘All Hands On Deck.’”

Russ: “Isn’t that going to be expensive?”

J.L.: “Yes, but we have a potential source of funds in our boat excise tax. Trouble is, the excise tax now is paid to the municipality where the boat owner resides. It would be more helpful if the excise tax revenues were paid to the municipality where the boat is

principally operated, to be spent on lake-related problems like invasive plant control and boating law enforcement. The Cobbosseecontee Yacht Club, reputed to have been the oldest freshwater yacht club in the USA, is now history. It has become the CYC Lake Association, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that is now actively fighting invasive plants in the lake and is fund-raising for that challenge.”

Russ: “Sounds like a good idea. Is anyone else also fighting invasive plants?”

J.L.: “Yes, the Friends of Cobbossee Watershed, another organization, is helping fight the milfoil, too.”

Russ: “It looks like people who enjoy boating on the lake or have a camp on the lakeshore have their hands full. As the say-

ing goes, ‘Everyone’s job is nobody’s job.’ It’s clear that folks who enjoy boating on the lake or have a camp on the lakeshore face great challenges. Good luck to you and your friends.”

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April’s Fins, Feathers and Fur Options Spring may describe much of Maine in April, but throughout Aroostook County it is mud and slush month. I have endured freezing weather and rogue snow squalls fairly often during outdoor forays in April, and I’ve even trolled streamer flies in snow and sleet a few rare May outings. Regardless, it’s April, some cast-and-blast seasons are open, so it’s time for Crown of Maine sportsmen to get out and about!

Soldier Pond Open water options that are actually accessible and fishable are scarce as fourpound brook trout this month. I often refer to the Prestile Stream below the Mars Hill and Robinson dams and the Meduxnekeag downstream from the Houlton bridge as pos-

a lot more fish – can be covered from a boat or big, stable canoe.

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It’s my opinion that a combination of feather wing and a hair wing streamers is crucial; a Red and White, Gray Ghost, Blue Devil,

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There is another more remote location with a larger area but only moderate angling pressure that will free of ice at some point this month. Soldier Pond is below Eagle Lake, past Wallagrass, and is really only a wide spot on the Fish River as it wanders toward Fort Kent.

With a maximum depth of only 49 feet, and an average of 12 feet, this 96-acre pocket offers shoreline casting and trolling for togue, salmon and brook trout. April iceout angling generally provides the most consistent results and the largest fish of the season, the autumn spawning period being

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Tandem streamer flies are Bill Graves’ goto spring offering, with Rapalas as a backup bait – all work well on the Fish River watershed.

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Ouananiche Sunset, Colonel Bates, Magog Smelt and a Nighthawk are prime offerings.

Routes 11 or 161 will bring anglers in the vicinity of Soldier Pond, and secondary roads lead to the bridge and boat launch as well as several shoreline casting locations.

Delorme’s Atlas, Map 67, grid D-5 will pinpoint this early season hot spot. The sooner you can visit as the ice clears, the better the action should be!

Spring Shooting Wing shooting is another limited commodity during April in Aroostook, but there is one option other than clay targets at the local Fish and Game Club. Crow season is open, and when the weather cooperates, it’s very feasible and action packed. While crows are considered neither waterfowl or migratory, seasons and regulations are listed under the federal list for some reason, so check them closely for your particular zone.

Aroostook’s Zones 1 through 6 actually opened on February

During an unusually warm spring, a few wide spots on rivers and parts of small ponds become sufficiently free of ice to allow casting from shore or floating a small canoe to cast and troll for trout.

Open water is difficult to locate in Aroostook County, and often too high and turbid to fish, but there are a few spots a streamer will work.

5th and end on April 15th. While there are plenty of crows, few hunters want to deal with the low temperatures and high snow depths to access shooting sites until winter conditions mellow in late March and April.

There are dozens of rookeries along the Aroostook River near

Presque Isle, Caribou and Fort Fairfield, and a couple in the wood lots near Christina and Josephina Reservoirs in Easton. These areas are easy to reach via secondary and field roads in rural areas away from any housing and population that might interfere with shooting.

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Mike Wallace travels from Freeport to Presque Isle as soon as there’s a hint of open water to cast or troll a fly, and he seldom gets skunked.

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a mouth-blown crow and an owl call. A lot of crows spend the entire winter throughout Aroostook, but as the weather warms more of them arrive.

There are at least a dozen crow shooting locations within a 20 minute drive of most residents’ homes, and productive areas are often found near rivers, streams or ponds.

Locate a spot where crows seem

to congregate, select a good cover 500 to 1,000 yards away, hide your vehicle at least 200 yards away from the shooting site, and sneak in away from the birds’ view. Set the decoys, get your hand and face camo on, load your favorite scattergun, and start calling as if the crows and owl are fighting.

Check DeLorme’s Map 65. D-2 & 3, the Parkhurst Siding

Crows are very much creatures of habit, and are also very curious and protective of roost areas. Find a likely location, and put out an owl decoy as a nemesis and a couple of crow decoys. Don a ghillie suit like the author (at wood’s edge), then call and wait. www.MaineSportsman.com

Fishing below dams on the Prestile Stream often offers early-season trout action, as the fish school up in the deeper pools during the runoff.

Road and the Easton Reservoir for starters, then just drive and scout with binoculars near your town to find roost and rest spots for these noisy birds.

Crows don’t offer much of a taste treat, but the feathers are good for fly tying, and reducing their population decreases predation on songbird eggs.

Mini Hog Hunt Groundhog gunning is a fun and challenging spring sport, especially for archers, hand gunners and shotgun hunt-

ers. Shooters using flat-shooting scoped long guns are likely to experience more opportunities, but a .22 LR or magnum have always been my go-to guns. May is usually the best month for consistent action as expansive numbers of woodchucks come out of hibernation, and ground cover hasn’t begun to grow.

Depending on winter snowfall and April temperatures, some years the last couple of weeks this month can offer productive

Bill Graves and Buddy Horr of Dedham try to take advantage of limited wingshooting option in April by coaxing a few crows into shotgun range.

stalk-and-shoot ventures. While certainly not a big game outing, groundhog are quite wary and wily about skittering back into their burrows, and present a fulfilling, far better-than-none, small game option. After a long winter with minimal hunting options, to get out and about to retain shooting skills is rewarding.

And best of all, these garden-raiding pests are plentiful far and wide across the Crown of Maine.

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There’s often snow on the woodlines throughout Aroostook in April, but some grass green up in farm fields. When the groundhogs begin moving around, early season sniping can offer a small game challenge.

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Almanac Three Minutes with a Maine Guide:

RUNNING A CLASSIC a/k/a “A Longer Canoe is Better for Rapids”

by Lisa Deltart

The Classic Wilderness Canoe is my favorite. Typically 16 or 17 feet long.

Flat bottom, no keel. Deep V entry at the bow and stern.

Being from Maine, I’m partial to Old Towns. But Old Town stopped making all the best models they built an empire on – the TRIPPER and CAMPER. If the company asked me for advice, I’d tell them to bring back both models without delay.

Jeff DeHart, husband of the author and also a guide, is accompanied by their dog Tripper (named after the canoe) on a paddle down the St. John. Lisa DeHart photo

These boats are beautifully stable when fully loaded. Both the 16- and 17foot canoes have the length to evenly distribute the weight. More and more, I see younger canoeists choosing 12- to 15foot canoes. Since many of them likely started out as kayakers before canoeing, this might seem plenty long enough.

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Here’s the trap – they choose a canoe too small, because it’s “light” if they have to portage it, then they fill it full of gear and squeeze one and sometimes two canoeists who aren’t a biscuit under 250 or 300 pounds in it. Then, because it’s so squirrelly to paddle and has so little freeboard, they don’t dare paddle anything above a Class II, and they end up carrying around completely runnable rapids.

It also traps them into becoming more skilled at carrying around rapids than running them. I love everything about canoes, but they’re meant to be paddled and poled rather than carried.

When waves are big, a longer boat will span the troughs rather than knifing into them.

In a longer boat, the weight itself MAKES it more stable.

Every boat that ever sailed across the ocean to get here, sailed with ballast. Beginner canoeists say, “I can’t handle a bigger boat all by myself – I need a bow paddler.” However, the value of a bow paddler is not just better because they’re paddling; rather, it’s better because you have weight in the bow.

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Portland, ME DATE 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri

RISE

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DATE 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat

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Q: Can you purchase a single suppressor that attaches to different firearms?

A: There are two options. The first is to buy a suppressor designed for the largest caliber you intend to shoot. It will not be quite as efficient in mitigating sound in smaller calibers, as the hole is larger, but the difference is negligible. The second option is to purchase a model that comes with an adapter for various size barrel threads.

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April 2022 Tides LOW AM PM 5:57 6:17 6:40 6:56 7:22 7:33 8:02 8:11 8:43 8:50 9:27 9:34 10:15 10:22 11:07 11:15 — 12:04 12:14 1:04 1:16 2:02 2:15 2:53 3:07 3:36 3:53 4:16 4:37 4:55 5:20 5:35 6:03 6:17 6:48 7:01 7:35 7:47 8:26 8:38 9:20 9:34 10:21 10:36 11:27 11:45 — 12:36 12:58 1:44 2:09 2:46 3:12 3:40 4:07 4:27 4:55 5:10 5:40 5:50

model and retailer. One could spend from $500 to $1,000 for a suppressor, and more for accessories such as adapters, flash hiders, and muzzle brakes.

Mercury’s new electric outboard should be available in 2023. It’s designed to compete in a growing field of low-horsepower outboards including Torqueedo and ePropulsion. Photo: Mercury Marine

longer-lasting batteries.

In the case of the new Mercury, the top of the outboard flips back like a lid, and a smallish battery is inserted right into the space provided. The batteries are rechargeable, and it’s likely that a careful boater will have a fully-charged spare or two along in case the trip lasts longer than expected.

These portable rigs are quickly replacing the heavier units and the unwieldy wet-cell batteries that have powered electric trolling motors over the years. Unlike older units, which signaled a loss of power by slowing to a stop, the new Mercs take the mystery out of the remaining battery life with a digital display on the control panel.

Q: How much weight and length does a suppressor add to a typical hunting rifle?

A: Weight is from 3 oz. for a rimfire, to 13-20 oz. for a centerfire or shotguns – the larger the caliber, the greater the weight. Length varies from 4 - 6 inches for rimfire and centerfire rifles, to 6 - 12 inches for shotguns.

Q: How much does a suppressor quiet down the muzzle noise?

A: About 30 decibels – the equivalent of wearing typical ear protection.

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Maine’s Historic Sturgeon Fishery

According to former Maine DMR biologist Tom Squiers, whose presentation to the Friends of Merrymeeting Bay was reprinted in The Fishermen’s Voice, Maine’s first documented sturgeon fishery was in 1628 at Pejepscot Falls on the Androscoggin River.

By the early 1700s, the sturgeon fishery in the Province of Maine sometimes employed more than 20

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by Bob Humphrey Readers told us they enjoyed last month’s special section by Bob Humphrey on firearms suppressors.

A couple of readers requested additional information, so we asked Humphrey to respond to their questions.

Q: How much do suppressors cost?

A: Prices vary depending on make,

Kenneth Edgecomb at his commercial sturgeon fishing operation on Sturgeon Island, Merrymeeting Bay, circa 1900. Bath Times photo, reprinted in Fisherman’s Voice, May 2016.

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vessels.

In 1849, harvesters took 160 tons of sturgeon from the Kennebec River for roe and oil, but the fishery was discontinued after 1851 when sturgeon became scare. A subsequent fishery in the Kennebec began in 1872, but within five years sturgeon again became scarce, and by 1880 the catch was only about 150 sturgeon.

In 1983, Maine closed the tidal waters of the Kennebec and Androscoggin to harvest of sturgeon, and instituted a 72-inch minimum size for other areas. In 1992, the harvest of sturgeon (both Atlantic and Shortnose) became illegal in Maine’s coastal waters.

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Maine Wildlife:

Brook Trout

by Tom Seymour

Say “trout” to a Mainer, and brook trout spring immediately to mind. Though brown trout, rainbow trout, lake trout and splake swim in Maine waters, in the hearts of Maine people they all pale in comparison to brook trout.

Once, before the computer age, youngsters throughout the state would gladly spend all day outside, chasing down trout streams on their bicycles. April school vacation saw bikes parked at nearly every roadside stream crossing, left by children fishing the stream. Now, that tradition has largely disappeared, not because brook trout have become less popular, but because indoor activities have supplanted outdoor pursuits.

There was a time, just before I got my driver’s license, when riding a bicycle seemed childish, so I walked to my fishing holes. I would wear out the soles on my shoes trekking to hidden trout streams. People today go out of their way to walk so many miles each day. Back then, young people like me weren’t aware of any health benefit to walking – we simply could not get enough of trout fishing.

Back then, it was impractical to carry a cooler, so I kept my trout moist by placing wet ferns beneath and over them. At every place along the road with water access, the ferns and trout were re-wetted. This method worked well, and my fish always arrived home in good condition.

Brook Charr?

We will occasionally read that brook trout are not really true trout, but charr. Charr, by the way is the correct spelling, as opposed to “char.” Spelling aside, this begs the question, what is the distinction between trout and charr? Without www.MaineSportsman.com

spouting all kinds of scientific verse, here is an easy way to differentiate between trout and charr. Trout have light bodies with dark spots, and charr have dark bodies with light spots. Simple, isn’t it?

Think of it. While they vary from water to water, brown trout and rainbow trout both have light-colored bodies with darker spots. Brook trout, with the exception of anadromous (sea-run) fish, which exhibit an iridescent sheen, have dark bodies with lighter spots. Consider one of those jet-black brook trout living in some sphagnum-lined, slow-moving stream in northern or eastern Maine. The spots appear so much lighter because of the darkness of the fish’s body.

For the average angler, this charr/trout talk amounts to nothing. For most of us, a brook trout is a trout is a trout. For my part, it kind of saddened me to learn that my beloved brook trout weren’t true trout. But I quickly got over it, and now I hardly think about it at all.

Talk about charr, and most of us only recognize one example – the arctic charr. These live in a few select waters scattered around Maine and don’t constitute a major fishery, as opposed to the brook trout fishery. Still, for my bucket list, I would love to catch an arctic charr. Perhaps someday.

Hatchery Trout While Maine is considered the last frontier for wild brook trout, habitat loss has occurred, and places that once held brook trout are now too warm for them. Also, some streams and rivers that never held brook trout now hold trout because the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIF&W)

stocks them with hatchery-raised trout.

Hatchery trout fill a void, by virtue of offering anglers a chance to take trout where none existed before or where some once existed but were devastated by warming waters due to deforestation and development. In my mind, if you can’t catch the trout you love (wild brook trout), love the trout you catch. Besides that, hatchery-raised trout far surpass in quality those of yesteryear.

Our DIF&W goes to lengths to introduce new genes in order to keep hatchery strains viable. Also, the fish look better than those of my youth. You can witness this in the vividly colored, red-bellied, fall-yearling brook trout stocked in the autumn. In the past, cultivated trout were anemic-looking. Not so today. Some of our hatchery-reared trout radiate beauty.

And then we have flesh color and taste. Some of Maine’s hatchery trout feature glorious orange flesh, the same as in the wild trout of backwoods streams. I notice this feature in trout caught in northern regions. In southern areas, stocked brook trout lack the trademark orange flesh. I’m told that all rearing stations use the same feed, so therefore cannot offer a reason for this disparity. The bottom line is that to me, brook trout with orange flesh taste far better than those with lighter-colored flesh.

Contrasting Values I’d bet that for every 100 anglers who pursue larger stocked brook trout in lakes and ponds, there is at least one old-timer who would like nothing better than to take a limit of wild 10-inch trout. Where do you stand?

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Should Mainers Select a Side-by-Side, or an ATV?

by George N. Saliba Maine’s forest density has increased so much since 1999 that the phenomenon was highlighted in a September 2021 study published in Scientific Reports. This narrowing distance between trees raises practical questions for Maine sportsmen who operate side-by-side UTVs – can these 60-inchwide vehicles easily navigate through Maine’s trees and down small trails?

Overall, which is best for hunting and other Maine outdoor experiences – side-by-sides, or narrower ATVs? While side-bysides’ advantages range from roll bars and seat belts to impressive cargo and towing capabilities, they are much less maneuverable than conventional ATVs, especially when operating around tightly-packed birch or spruce trees – or between large rocks.

Although there may be fewer tires-totracks conversion options for ATVs when snow falls, quality track systems such as Camso and Mattracks brands can easily be added to nearly all recently manufactured ATVs via kits that do not require vehicle modifications.

Cost and Safety If nimbleness and year-round traction aren’t enough to make side-by-side sports-

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— ATVing in Maine —

Can Your ATV Handle Maine’s Topography?

by George N. Saliba With engine displacement, transmission options, towing capacity, build quality, noise levels and top speed among the many factors to consider when purchasing a new or used ATV, vehicle ground clearance and stability sometimes take a back seat.

Choosing the proper ATV at the time of purchase is crucial, because while larger tires and lift kits can improve an ATV’s ground clearance on an aftermarket basis, they may alter your ATV’s center of gravi-

off by glaciers, trees tipped over by the latest microburst, stream beds and dense forests. Meanwhile, riders in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico have mile after mile of flat traveling on plains and prairies. Clearance that’s fine for the desert won’t get far in the Maine woods.

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Maine Woods vs.

Texas Prairie Although ATV specifications are sometimes in flux between one year’s models and the next, ATV ground clearance ranges from 6 inches to more than 11.5 inches – enough to make a difference when encountering barriers such as rocks and fallen trees.

So why don’t all machines feature the same clearance? It’s because differing terrain calls for variations in height. The woods here in Maine feature rocks dropped

Stability Wheelbase length is often a more easily researched specification, and most sportsmen know that the longer (and wider) the wheelbase, the more stable your ATV will likely be, often fostering a greater ability to traverse Maine’s uneven terrain.

Ground clearance and stability may not be particularly exciting aspects to consider when choosing an ATV, but before you purchase a new gun scabbard and camo paint, make sure your ATV’s construction is prepared to tackle the logs, rocks and inclines that are a part of every off-road trip into the Maine woods.

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while the average new 2019 ATV cost just $7,049.

But there are some additional considerations that move the needle back to side-bysides. Although ATVs offering thrilling openair experiences in the hands of competent riders, they notably lack the previously mentioned seatbelts, roll bars and other personal protection afforded by side-by-sides. This means ATV riders should become familiar with gradient and other rollover dangers.

Ease of Transport vs.

Comfort on the Wide Trail That said, ATVs can be transported in truck beds to Maine hunting locations in ways that trailer-dependent side-by-side owners dream can only about.

The purchasing decision begins with a realistic assessment of where you’ll be riding, and the purpose of your travel. If riding is to be primarily a social activity undertaken with friend on wide, prepared trails, side-by-sides offer comfort and the ability to converse with others who are along for the ride. If, on the other hand, you are riding on your own land or with owner permission on narrow trails in tight quarters, the nimbleness of the conventional ATV may be better suited for your needs.

Overall, whether you aim to effortlessly fit an ATV down a narrow path or choose to ride under the protection of a side-by-side’s roll bar with a family member, both vehicular options have their individual merits in the Maine woods.

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Here Come the Woodcock

by Michael Browning

When Maine’s winter season is coming to an end and spring approaches, the return of migrating woodcock is an exciting time for me.

There are specific covers in my area that hold an abundance of returning woodcock.

I always look forward to sitting on my porch and listening to the distinctive woodcock mating peent sound.

Woodcock usually return to the north in late March, depending on the winter’s severity. It’s funny – I’ve been outside and pointed out to friends the woodcock’s “bazeep” sound they make when spring mating commences. A lot of people have told me they’ve heard that sound for years in the spring, and didn’t realize what it was, or they thought it was a frog.

Mating Dance in the Air Male woodcock exhibit their mating flight dance on the edge of fields with a mixture of saplings and low brush, to call in the females. These mating grounds are called singing grounds.

Every spring, I sit on my porch and face the edge of the woods that borders our field. When dusk settles, I witness the male woodcock flying as high as 200 feet, their wings making a distinctive whistling sound. It always makes me laugh when I see them high above the tree line, where they pause for a brief second before making their diving descent to the forest floor.

The American woodcock (Scolopax minor) is an interesting bird, and folks have given them many different names, including timberdoodle

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and mud snipe. Canadians call them the “Labrador twister.”

Characteristics Woodcock are strictly ground dwellers. When one is flushed, it will fly a short distance – say 300 feet – and return to the ground, never perching in a tree.

Up close, a woodcock reminds me of a hummingbird on steroids. With their bug eyes placed on the sides of their head, they have almost a complete view of their surroundings. Their long beak is for probing for worms and insects. And while probing their beaks in the earth, they can feel vibrations in the ground, which keeps them alert for predators.

The little 11 oz. bird’s migration is also fascinating, because of the distance they travel. I would love to

strap a little Go-Pro camera to a woodcock – the changing scenery would be amazing. Especially ones that are wintering in the Louisiana bayous. I’m sure they spot gators and snakes on a regular basis.

For me, I’ll admire the woodcock here in the north.

Long, Long Migration Every time I hear a woodcock, whether it’s spring mating calls or one flushing after my dog points during hunting season, I think, where did the bird migrate over the winter? Their fall migration starts in Canada and they work their way south for the winter, stopping in the warm sunshine in alder runs probing for worms and insects.

During migration, timberdoodles migrate alone or with a few other birds. They trav-

el at night, covering 20 to 50 miles.

The greatest concentration of birds in the winter months is Louisiana and Mississippi. They also stay in the Carolinas and Texas.

What prompts a woodcock to migrate from north to south?

Some biologists think it’s the change in seasonal temperatures, or the longer hours of daylight that trigger them to migrate.

Nesting Time Woodcock begin mating when they return from the south back here to our northern climate. The month of May is usually the peak nesting time. I won’t run the dogs in the area I know has nests.

They blend in well with the forest floor. The females lay a clutch of four eggs, (Upland Game Hunting continued on page 26)

The author reports that close up, woodcock resemble “hummingbirds on steroids.” Illustration by Michael Browning

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Five Wild Plants to Eat in Maine in 2022

by Guest Columnist, Daniel Vitalis While we Maine’s love our maple syrup, fiddleheads, and blueberries, today I’d like to introduce you to five often-overlooked floral and fungal ingredients you can harvest from Maine’s abundant landscape.

Foraging has been exploding in popularity, as more people become interested in harvesting wild foods. With so much time in the woods and on the water, Maine sportsmen and women have far more access to these wild ingredients than most.

On my TV show — WildFed, on the Outdoor Channel — we have a saying: “Food Is All Around You!” In each episode, we hunt, fish, and forage, and it’s been a reminder that there’s always something on the landscape to gather.

Nature provides food all year long!

As always, do your homework before you harvest, and don’t eat anything you’re not familiar with. That said, these five are easy to identify and common enough in Maine that, with a little exploring, you should be able to find them yourself.

Early Spring Birch Syrup — Like maple syrup, birch syrup is made by reducing birch sap over heat. But the birch season begins just after maple season ends. I make mine using the same equipment I make maple syrup with. Paper and yellow birch work best – just make sure your tree is 10” in diameter or bigger. While maple sap can be boiled hard, the more delicate sugars in birch sap (fructose and glucose)

Tapping a birch to make syrup.

require a more gentle simmer. The reduction is about 100:1, so I never make very much, but the finished product goes a long way. With a molasses-like flavor, it’s more savory than maple, lending itself well to smoked fish recipes and meat marinades. You can also just drink the sap raw, right from the bucket.

Early Summer Shadbush — Just about a week or two before the peak of blueberry season is when the shadbush berries are ripening.

In the genus Amelanchier, they’re found as both shrubs and small tree species.

Maitake, or hen-of-the-woods.

ing immune support. These mushrooms start coming out in September – a perfect time to forage the oak woods while you bowhunt or scout in advance of rifle season.

Shadbush, or serviceberry.

Known as serviceberries and Saskatoons in other places, this member of the rose family produces one of the finest wild fruits on the Maine landscape. Its sweet, creamy, custard-like flesh and amaretto-flavored seeds make blueberries seem a bit watery and acidic. They’re so good I almost never use them in recipes, opting instead to eat them fresh. These are one of foraging’s best-kept secrets.

Early Fall Maitake — This mushroom, also known as hen-of-the-woods (Grifola frondosa) is easy to identify, grows exclusively on oaks, and doesn’t have any poisonous look-a-likes. Rather than having gills, its spores are released from the small pores that cover the underside of its fronds. Sautéed with onions and a bit of butter, they’re far more delicious than any store-bought mushrooms, and research supports the claim that they offer tremendous health benefits, includ-

Late Autumn Cranberry — Each autumn, usually after the first frost, my wife and I head out by canoe to gather cranberries along the marshes at the edges of lakes. While they’re relatively common in Maine, most Mainers ask the same thing: “You can forage those here?” You can! They’re found in the floating peat moss mats that form between the forest and the lake’s edge. A cousin of the blueberry (Continued on next page)

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native swamp roses are there all winter.

Cooking Wildly

***** Foraging is a great way to get more days in the outdoors and to come home with incredible, healthy ingredients to cook along with your wild game. Foraging helps with your hunting and fishing, bringing you to new spots, and it works the other way, too – hunting and fishing help with your foraging, as you constantly find previously unknown stands of plants or mushrooms.

Try harvesting these five plants and mushrooms this year. They’ll add to your culinary repertoire, and to your time in the Maine woods.

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(they’re in the same genus: Vaccinium), cranberries creep low along the ground, nestled in the sphagnum moss like little easter eggs. We bring them home, cook them down in a bit of water, and sweeten them with maple syrup. We eat some fresh, and can the rest of our cranberry sauce for the holidays and special occasions.

Mid-winter Rose Hips — The ones pictured here are from our native swamp rose (Rosa palustris), and they’re a fun late-season harvest, persisting on the shrubs deep into the winter. And it’s a perfect time for them, too, since the flesh of rose hips is higher in Vitamin C than just about anything else on earth. They make a perfect winter tea, syrup or jelly, and offer a much-needed immune boost in the wintery months. They’re also a great reason to get out onto the frozen marshes in the

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making a shallow depression in the leaf and twig litter, about 5 inches across and 1.5 inches deep. The eggs are 1 by ½ inches, colored with a pinkish buff to cinnamon, and covered with light brown blotches. In some cases, the female will lay eggs without hollowing out a nest bowl. If they lose their eggs to a predator, they’ll lay another clutch of 3.

The incubation period is 20 to 22

Rosehips.

snow to do some exploring. While the big, non-native beach roses (Rosa rugosa) found on our coast also produce edible hips, they die back in the fall. Our days. The chicks are active and fully feathered when hatched. The female woodcock feeds them the first week with earthworms and succulent insects full of protein. After a week, the chicks will probe the earth themselves. In a month, the little timberdoodles begin to explore the world. Once they leave the nest, they become solitary and establish their own areas. By September, the woodcock chicks are fully grown.

Don’t Run Dogs on Nesting Birds The best time to get dog work on spring woodcock is when they first arrive, before they establish nests around

Daniel Vitalis of Bridgton is a registered Maine guide and the host of WildFed on Outdoor Channel.

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Daniel Vitalis

May and June. Here in western Maine, woodcock usually return in the middle of March. Every spring I wait to hear the bazeep sound of a woodcock return!

And the next day the dogs and I are up early in the morning to greet these intriguing little birds!

Even if you’re not a woodcock hunter, it’s still amazing to watch these acrobatic birds exhibit their mating ritual. I don’t know what’s more exciting – pursuing these birds with my dogs and shotgun, or witnessing the spring migration.

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The Dynamics of Habitat in the Working Forest Last month, I discussed how centuries of timber harvesting have determined the cover types and age classes within the 17 million acres of Maine’s working forest.

Coincidentally, I received a newsletter this week from the Ruffed Grouse Society/ American Woodcock Society (RGS/AWS) which addresses a similar topic – what they call “Dynamic Forest Restoration.”

The idea behind Dynamic Forest Restoration is to create diverse habitats for wildlife, especially those species that require a mix of younger and older forest types.

RGS/AWS is working with public and private forest landowners to attack the “sea of sameness” where landscapes include large expanses of trees of the same age and same height with closed canopies and shaded understories lacking in plant diversity.

The strategy is to promote age diversity with a mix of young and older stands interspersed in a pattern that allows wildlife to utilize different habitat types within their natural range. RGS/ AWS are looking to apply this concept on the “landscape scale” within designated Dynamic Forest Restoration Blocks (DFRBs) between 5,000 and

Timber harvests often follow straight properly lines. But wildlife managers emphasize the importance of the “edge effect,” with uneven zigs, zags, points and notches where one habitat type meets another, which is advantageous to species such as turkeys, snowshoe hares and deer.

A dynamic working forest provides young stands and openings interspersed among mature tree growth with an “edge effect” between habitat types.

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50,000 acres in size.

Not Everywhere This DFRB strategy wouldn’t and shouldn’t apply everywhere. Wildlife managers recognize that some species, like pine martens, fishers and northern goshawks, need larger blocks of undisturbed mature forest. But the DFRB approach can be applied in areas where improved diversity is desirable and beneficial.

The goal of DFRB is to achieve a dynamic distribution of 15% to 20% young forest (0-15 years old), 50% to 65% middle-aged forest, and 20% to 30% mature forest (>100 years old) across the

entire restoration block maintained in a “shifting mosaic.”

The process starts by planning harvests withing the larger expanses of mature, closed-canopy forest.

Each DFRB includes a goal of preserving mature blocks with features of a late successional forest, such as lichens, snags (standing dead trees) and downed logs. The openings are designed in an arrangement that allows species to move among different aged blocks according to their preferences.

Across Multiple Ownerships RGS/AWS President Benjamin Jones notes that the DFRB

framework can guide habitat work across multiple ownerships: state, federal, industrial and private. “If we’re working on a 4,000-acre Wildlife Management Area, we’ll look to extend the plan to adjacent state forest and private lands and expand the impact to a 20,000acre DFRB. In this way, we can focus resources while improving habitat at a meaningful scale.”

On this larger landscape scale of 5,000 to 50,000 acres, foresters, landowners and wildlife managers must be mindful of several issues affecting habitat quality.

Stand size and location or interspersion

are important.

For example, ruffed grouse prefer small “patches” or stands (1 to 3 acres) of young early regenerating forest near stands of intermediate successional forest and mature late successional stands, all adjacent to one another within a ten to fifty acre area of the grouse’s normal range.

Other species, such as black bear, prefer larger patches or stands of the same three age classes, but interspersed and connected over a much larger home range.

Shape is Important The shape of each stand or “patch” is also important. A square may not have the same value as an irregular parcel.

Landownership tends to be in rectangular shapes, so timber harvests often follow a straight properly line. But wildlife managers emphasize the importance of the “edge effect” with uneven zigs, zags, points and notches where one habitat type meets another. A longer, uneven edge provides variety and nearby cover when species, such as turkeys, snowshoe hares or deer venture out into more open areas.

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Franchi’s Varmint Model a Boon for Maine Coyote Hunters Following their 2018 successful launch of the “Momentum” line of bolt-action rifles, Franchi, the notable maker of high-end Italian over/under and semi-automatic shotguns, added the “Momentum Elite” to its 2021 line-up. These are thoroughly modern rifles incorporating all the bells and whistles 21st century gun buyers want.

Over the past several months, we’ve spent a lot of time looking backward, embracing sentimentality and some of the traditions that make Maine the sportsman’s paradise we all know and love. However, many prefer to look ahead, and those technology fixated modernists deserve their due. Also, April seems a fine time to talk about varmint hunting—coyotes in

The flat-shooting “Momentum Elite” is offered in .223 Remington, 22-250 Remington, and a rare caliber – .224 Valkyrie.

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particular.

Once, a varmint rifle was defined by a heavier than normal barrel, a flat-shooting cartridge, and maybe a cheek piece on the stock. Not in this case.

Franchi’s team designed the Momentum Elite Varmint to incorporate all the most upto-date features inside and out to make this an ideal rifle for what American Rifleman called “the precision practice of varmint hunting.”

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For all its contemporary charm and techno-élan, Franchi’s varmint rifle was conceptualized by its designers around two very traditional varmint cartridges, and one nod to the present.

The nearly ubiquitous .223 Remington descends from a series of 1957 experiments for the U.S. military that resulted in the 5.56X45mm round for the AR-15. Franchi also chose to include the 1965 vintage .22250 Remington, which is the 1915 .250-3000 Savage, designed

by Charles Newton, necked down to .22 caliber.

For the modernists, Franchi offers the Momentum Elite Varmint in .224 Valkyrie. The Valky-

rie is essentially a 6.8 SPC necked down to achieve a higher ballistic coefficient using an elongated bullet.

The .224 remains supersonic out beyond 1,300 yards, and retains nearly four times the energy of the .223 Remington at 1,000.

Also less susceptible to the effects of cross winds and bullet drop, the .224 Valkyrie performs nearer to the tremendously popular 6.5mm Creedmoor.

True Specialist Without ammunition or sights, Franchi’s Varmint Elite weighs-in at 9 lbs., 7 oz., a substantial amount for rigging up to carry over hill and dale. But as a stable platform fired from a rest or bipod, the weight serves to ab-

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sorb recoil and assist with a steady aim.

The Elite’s squaredoff forearm facilitates using a rest, and the forward sling mount doubles as a port for a bipod. The synthetic stock wears a digital camouflage pattern the maker calls “subalpine.” It also mounts a removable soft cheek and grip pads along with a recoil pad that can be replaced with a smaller one to shorten the factory-installed 14-inch length of pull.

The action is a push feed, three-lug, spiral fluted, brightly chromed bolt that is fed by either four or seven round detachable box magazines.

The 24-inch bronze Cerakote-finished barrel carries a 1:7” right-hand twist. It is also spiral fluted and threaded for the included muzzle brake, or a sound suppressor.

Muzzle brakes dampen recoil, but none of the Elite’s available calibers are known for causing any significant recoil, so this brake may be more useful in protecting the barrel threads.

Still, between the heft of the package, the ergonomic recoil pad, soft cheek piece, muzzle brake, and the choices of ammunition, any perceived recoil should be nil.

All Franchi rifles use their RELIA adjustable trigger assembly. A delicate (Continued on next page)

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trigger offers advantages when shooting at extended ranges and small targets. The Momentum Elite’s magazine release rides almost concealed inside the trigger guard, forward of the trigger itself. In place of sights or scope rings, Franchi includes a 13-position Picatinny rail, a mounting platform of

choice for many.

Varmints Beware With an MSRP of $999 and subject to all the current supply chain woes, the Momentum Elite Varmint does not represent a casual purchase. This rifle does represent a new choice for the serious varmint hunter or long-range target shooter.

In Maine and the

Sporting Environment (Continued from page 27)

changes at the stand or small landowner level can have negative impacts at the landscape level. Issues of concern include habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, and habitat isolation.

Habitat loss and fragmentation can result from conversion to other land uses such as house lots, agriculture, or golf courses, or as one habitat age class grows into another with time. An old

rest of the Northeast, the .22-250 is probably the best choice among the initial three offerings for the Franchi.

The .223 Remington is fine, but does not carry the velocity or energy of .22-250. The .224 Valkyrie is intriguing, but only Federal Ammunition makes it.

It is likely expensive and in short supply for some time to come. Reloading offers a solu-

tion, if the components can be had. Still, the .22-250 seems the better choice for the near term.

In January, 2022 a Franchi press release offered some good news for potential buyers. The company announced plans to add the 6.5mm Creedmoor and .308 Winchester to the line-up. These two additions will expand the versatility of

field, for example, will soon grow up into young pine and birch, and eventually into a closed canopy of softwoods and hardwoods.

Habitat isolation can be avoided by providing migration corridors with cover that provides connectivity between habitat types. Highways, rivers or large agricultural fields or clearcuts can also be barriers to the safe movement of wildlife and birds from one habitat zone to another.

Dynamics Over Time In managing a working forest, land-

the rifle in places like Maine, and shooters will appreciate the expanded choice when considering a Franchi purchase.

Finding a Franchi Momentum Elite Varmint now may be the biggest challenge, but for anyone dedicated to coyote hunting, this new rifle may bring real satisfaction.

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owners and wildlife managers must look at multiple factors that affect many different species. The dynamics of forests and habitats make this a moving target as years and decades pass. An area that once was great grouse cover may, ten or twenty years later, no longer resound with their drumming in spring and thunderous flushes in the fall.

To keep our working forests vibrant requires attention to the dynamics over time on both the stand level and the landscape level.

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How Do You Know?

It was the evening of May 1st, 1979, and there was a waxing crescent moon. The temperature was mild, with the anticipation of spring floating intermittently in a soft breeze coming off the water at Big Indian Pond in St. Albans.

The smelts had been running for a few nights, and it had been a pretty good run. The smelts had just come back in recent years after a period of decline. The fish were good-sized and a little larger than the ones everyone was used to at Harmony Castle, over on Mainstream, which is a tributary to Great Moose Pond and the West Branch of the Sebasticook River.

I had arrived at Clark Brook just as dark had fallen. After stashing my new 1979 GMC pickup, I went to check on the smelt fishing activity. It was a little late in the run, and only a handful of smelters had assembled to try their luck. As I made my way down to the brook, I came across a “stinking Benjamin” – another clear sign of spring’s promise. Like every spring, I had to pick it and take a good whiff. I never could resist doing that, and sometimes I took one home to my wife. She never seemed to appreciate it that much.

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I was undercover, pretending to fish for smelt. The other fellow fishing the stream that night didn’t seem all that friendly, and I could see he had bottles of beer sticking out of each jacket pocket. So I kept an eye on him.

and dressed accordingly before carrying my smelt net and bucket to the water. I intended to stay as much to myself as possible, due to the fear of being recognized and the alarm being sounded that a warden was there.

At the brook, I could see a number of people and passed by them to go down to the mouth of the brook, where three people were standing in the water attempting to dip some smelts. I was surprised to see that neighbors of mine, Bob and Betty Gudroe, were two of the three smelters. Bob and I were both members of the Corinna Fire Department, and we had a short chat. He and Betty were hard working salt-of-the-earth

type people. I did not know the other man, and did not speak with him, but he could overhear my conversation with Bob and his wife. I did notice that he didn’t seem all that friendly, and I could see he had a bottle of Michelob beer sticking out of each jacket pocket. I wondered if the empty bottles would come with him when he left.

They were picking up a few smelts, but nothing to write home about. I departed to go back upstream and was thinking, “Oh well – Bob will probably tell that other guy who I am.” As it turned out, Bob kept my confidence.

10 p.m., and Then Midnight There were ten or

twelve other smelters on the brook, and I did my best to blend in, trying my hand at dipping some smelts.

However, I wasn’t trying; just acting like I was. It was slow fishing, and as the evening ran on, most of them eventually gave up, except for a very few. As some left, they asked me why I was staying since I was not having any luck. I told them that I was going to wait a while to see if the smelts might come in later.

About 10:00 p.m. I noticed Bob and Betty pack up and leave, going up the opposite side of the brook. I made a point of not speaking with them, as it would just increase the chance of blowing my cover.

The other guy who was positioned at the mouth of the brook with them stayed put where he was. He had a dim head lamp; I kept an eye on him, and could tell he was hard at it.

As it got towards midnight, there were only two or three others other than him left at the brook. I thought, “He must be getting some smelts, or he wouldn’t be hanging on with such determination.” I began to think the guy was never going to leave but, finally, at 12:30 a.m., I could see a dim light coming up towards me on the opposite side of the brook, through some alders. When he got close, I crossed over the shallow brook and met him.

I asked him “How did you make out?”?

He replied, “Good, I got a few too many and need to get out of here – that S.O.B. Tibbetts is probably up at the road checking.”

I asked, “Well, if he is up there, what are you going to do?” He said, “I plan on hiding some of the fish before I get to the road.”

I said, “You don’t need to do that; he isn’t up there.” He replied, “He isn’t?” and I replied “No, he isn’t.”

He then asked, “How do you know?”

I said, “I know, because you’re talking to him.”

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— Guest Column —

Maine Fish Hatchery Update

by Steve Carpenteri

More than a million stocked fish each year are delivered to 800 ponds and lakes in Maine using tank trucks and hoses, buckets, airplanes and boats.

Established in 1895, Maine’s fish hatchery program is one of the longest-running and most productive such programs in the United States.

Every year, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW)’s eight hatcheries produce more than 1 million brook trout, brown trout, lake trout (togue), splake, rainbow trout and landlocked salmon, placing them in more than 800 waters.

“Many of Maine’s better salmon and trout fisheries would not exist without artificial propagation and stocking,” said Francis Brautigam, Maine’s Director of Fisheries and Hatcheries. “Despite the challenges of the last two years, our passionate and dedicated hatchery staff produced and stocked 1,026,278 fish weighing 378,786 pounds, satisfying requests from regional fishery managers from around the state by providing the appropriate number, size, and quality of fish requested.

The team coordinating complex of stocking logistics, including by planes, boats and ATVs, with tasks made even more challenging in the midst of pandemic protocols.”

Most stocking activities are bio-

logical maintenance programs, meaning that their purpose is to maintain healthy numbers of fish. For example, in spring, biologists stock some brooks in York and Cumberland counties where fish can survive for the season.

In fall, large yearling brook trout are stocked that are catchable by open-water anglers during the fall months, by ice anglers in the winter, and in some cases by spring anglers at ice-out. The Department never stocks waters that naturally produce healthy numbers of wild fish.

Big Business According to Brautigam, a recent study found that freshwater anglers spent $208.8 million on fishing related goods and services in Maine.

“That spending directly supported approximately 3,330 full and part time jobs,” Brautigam said. “As a result, the total economic impact was more than $319 million.”

Brautigam noted that at least 40 percent of the state’s coldwater fisheries are wholly dependent on supplemental stocking, so hatchery fish are vital to maintaining the economic benefits derived from these resources.

What’s New in Fisheries Management?

Brautigam said that the MDIFW continues to develop new biosecurity and brood management strategies to protect the health of hatchery fish and the health of stocked waters.

“Over time, greater reliance has been placed on the size, health, and genetic makeup of the Department’s hatchery stock to maximize survival and performance in the wild,” Brautigam said. “Although the number of fish stocked appears to have declined slightly over the years, the size of fish stocked has been steadily increasing.

Since the 1980s, the Department has more than doubled the total pounds of annual fish production, while using the same culture facilities and the same number of staff.”

How are Fish Stocked?

The method of fish delivery depends on the water body’s geographic location and accessibility, but will generally fall into one of the following categories: • Truck with hose – One common stocking method is to run a large hose from a hatchery truck into the water.

• Bucket – In

Over 800 Maine waters are stocked with trout produced at the state’s eight coldwater hatcheries.

Photo: Steve Carpenteri

many cases, MDIFW personnel manually move fish to ponds in buckets. In some areas, fish are backpacked in as fry in specially-made pack frames designed to carry very small fish.

• Airplane – In remote areas where truck travel is not feasible, fish are delivered to ponds by airplane.

• Boat – In some cases, fish are carried by boat to various sections of a water body.

This spreads the fish out, reducing the impact of attacks by predators like larger fish and birds.

What’s Next?

MDIFW regional fisheries biologists use field data, public input, and critical thought to build each year’s stocking program. Production schedules are set at least two years in advance to ensure that enough fish of each needed species, strain and size will be available.

According to Brau-

tigam, the Department has developed a comprehensive overview of hatchery operations and operational needs in the Division’s new 15-year strategic Fisheries Management Plan. Department staff will focus on future investments, including maintaining the genetic health of captive brood stock that supplies eggs for production and stocking, exploring opportunities to reduce potential influence on wild fish genetics and updating and developing standard procedures to protect against threats from fish pathogens and diseases.

Learn more about Maine’s fisheries management and hatchery goals and hatchery operations and the Inland Fisheries and Hatcheries Strategic Plan by logging onto www.mefishwildlife. com and following the Fisheries links.

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TOWN

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QTY

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ANDROSCOGGIN Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Durham Durham Durham Durham Lewiston Lewiston Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Livermore Mechanic Falls Mechanic Falls Mechanic Falls Mechanic Falls Minot Minot Minot Minot Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland Poland

ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) AUBURN L AUBURN L AUBURN L BASIN B PETTINGILL PARK P ROYAL R ROYAL R MEADOW B MEADOW B NEWELL B NEWELL B STETSON B STETSON B ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R BEAVER PARK P #2 BEAVER PARK P #3 BEAVER PARK P #3 LITTLE R LITTLE R BARTLETT P BARTLETT P BARTLETT P BARTLETT P BARTLETT P BARTLETT P BRETTUNS P BRETTUNS P BRETTUNS P BRETTUNS P BRETTUNS P BRETTUNS P LONG P LONG P LONG P ROUND P ROUND P ROUND P ROUND P ROUND P ROUND P ROUND P ROUND P ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) RANGE P (LOWER) RANGE P (LOWER) RANGE P (LOWER) RANGE P (LOWER) RANGE P (MIDDLE) RANGE P (MIDDLE) RANGE P (MIDDLE) RANGE P (MIDDLE) RANGE P (MIDDLE) RANGE P (MIDDLE) RANGE P (UPPER) RANGE P (UPPER) RANGE P (UPPER) RANGE P (UPPER) RANGE P (UPPER) RANGE P (UPPER) THOMPSON L TRIPP P TRIPP P TRIPP P WORTHLEY P WORTHLEY P WORTHLEY P WORTHLEY P WORTHLEY P

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200 200 200 200 250 1150 102 312 208 200 210 100 105 150 160 156 300 300 210 100 100 200 316 500 300 250 500 300 25 40 300 500 500 20 200 100 525 200 100 200 250 420 420 20 200 100 20 300 300 300 300 525 525 525 525 300 220 300 300 350 30 325 650 25 20 440 20 150 300 25 21 750 400 10 40 200 750 175 30 75

9 10 10 11 7 7 31 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 10 10 7 10 8 10 10 8 14 17 23 10 14 7 17 10 12 14 10 12 10 10 7 14 17 10 12 24 9 10 10 11 9 10 10 11 14 14 14 12 13 18 13 13 19 24 14 18 13 13 19 24 7 12 24 17 10 8 13 18 12

4/29/21 5/18/21 4/28/21 5/13/21 5/21/21 4/28/21 11/12/21 5/3/21 5/3/21 4/20/21 5/11/21 4/20/21 5/14/21 4/20/21 5/14/21 5/3/21 5/17/21 4/20/21 5/14/21 4/15/21 4/15/21 10/29/21 5/5/21 5/17/21 4/14/21 5/27/21 10/29/21 10/29/21 11/17/21 12/8/21 4/14/21 10/21/21 10/25/21 12/1/21 5/27/21 10/4/21 10/19/21 5/27/21 10/4/21 4/14/21 5/27/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 12/1/21 5/27/21 10/4/21 12/8/21 4/29/21 5/18/21 4/28/21 5/13/21 4/29/21 5/18/21 4/28/21 5/13/21 1/13/21 10/19/21 2/3/22 10/7/21 10/14/21 11/5/21 10/25/21 10/5/21 11/24/21 12/9/21 10/18/21 11/5/21 10/29/21 11/1/21 11/24/21 12/9/21 5/24/21 10/6/21 11/29/21 11/21/21 4/23/21 10/14/21 10/14/21 11/4/21 10/6/21

TOWN Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner

WATER CRYSTAL (BEALS) P CRYSTAL (BEALS) P CRYSTAL (BEALS) P CRYSTAL (BEALS) P NEZINSCOT R NEZINSCOT R NEZINSCOT R NEZINSCOT R NEZINSCOT R NEZINSCOT R NEZINSCOT R PLEASANT P PLEASANT P PLEASANT P

Dyer Brook Dyer Brook Eagle Lake Forkstown Twp Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Fort Kent Fort Kent Grand Isle Haynesville Hodgdon Hodgdon Houlton Houlton Houlton Island Falls Island Falls Island Falls Island Falls Limestone Limestone Limestone Limestone Linneus Linneus Linneus Linneus Littleton Littleton Madawaska Mapleton Masardis Molunkus Twp Molunkus Twp Monticello Monticello Monticello Monticello Monticello Monticello Moro Plt Moro Plt New Canada New Canada New Limerick New Limerick New Limerick New Limerick New Limerick Oakfield Oakfield Oakfield Oakfield Orient Orient Orient Portage Lake Presque Isle Presque Isle Presque Isle Presque Isle Presque Isle Reed Plt Saint John Plt Squapan Twp T11 R10 WELS

STILES P STILES P DICKWOOD L MATTAWAMKEAG R (EAST BRANCH) MONSON P FISH RIVER FISH RIVER MICHAUD P CORBIN P MATTAWAMKEAG R HODGDON DEADWATER STEWART P BROWN P CHURCH ON THE HILL P LOGAN L PLEASANT L PLEASANT L ROCK CRUSHER P ROCK CRUSHER P DUREPO L DUREPO L LIMESTONE STREAM TRAFTON L DREWS (MEDUXNEKEAG) L DREWS (MEDUXNEKEAG) L MUD P MUD P CARRY L DEEP L #1 DAIGLE P (MADAWASKA) HANSON BROOK L SCOPAN STREAM MOLUNKUS L MOLUNKUS L CONROY L CONROY L CONROY L CONROY L CONROY L MEDUXNEKEAG R (NORTH BRANCH) HALE P ROCKABEMA L DAIGLE P SLY BROOK L (THIRD) NICKERSON L NICKERSON L NICKERSON L NICKERSON L NICKERSON L MATTAWAMKEAG R (EAST BRANCH) SPAULDING L SPAULDING L TIMONEY L GRAND L (EAST) GRAND L (EAST) GRAND L (EAST) PORTAGE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB P ARNOLD BROOK L ARNOLD BROOK L ARNOLD BROOK L ECHO L MANTLE L HANNINGTON P BLACK P SCOPAN L MCNALLY P (UPPER)

SPECIES BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROWN TROUT BROWN TROUT BROWN TROUT BROWN TROUT BROWN TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT L.L. SALMON

QTY 250 260 250 20 670 750 1000 600 275 200 400 104 400 50

INCHES 10 7 14 17 10 10 8 10 12 13 13 10 14 11

DATE 5/27/21 10/21/21 10/21/21 12/1/21 5/3/21 5/27/21 5/17/21 5/27/21 9/28/21 11/12/21 11/19/21 5/3/21 10/21/21 11/1/21

250 150 2000 1000 2000 1100 650 220 220 1500 250 250 100 150 250 2000 900 300 200 2000 500 200 2500 450 500 600 300 1500 600 220 2500 350 800 400 500 1000 300 25 200 250 700 800 500 150 400 650 800 800 50 600 800 400 3000 1000 700 1500 150 300 1100 350 6000 500 300 400 550 1000

10 8 7 10 10 13 11 10 10 10 12 10 10 10 10 10 7 10 14 7 13 11 7 12 13 10 13 7 7 10 7 11 13 13 10 11 13 17 13 10 7 10 8 8 10 10 11 13 17 10 11 13 7 11 13 7 10 10 14 14 8 10 10 7 13 10

4/12/21 9/28/21 9/17/21 5/13/21 4/28/21 9/29/21 9/29/21 5/12/21 5/12/21 5/13/21 9/23/21 4/12/21 4/12/21 4/30/21 4/15/21 4/12/21 6/2/21 4/30/21 11/2/21 9/16/21 10/14/21 7/1/21 9/16/21 9/23/21 10/15/21 4/12/21 11/15/21 9/14/21 9/14/21 5/12/21 9/14/21 9/29/21 10/4/21 10/4/21 4/15/21 6/15/21 11/15/21 11/15/21 10/15/21 5/12/21 9/21/21 5/5/21 10/14/21 5/4/21 4/12/21 6/8/21 6/15/21 9/28/21 11/15/21 5/10/21 6/17/21 9/28/21 9/13/21 4/27/21 10/6/21 5/20/21 6/2/21 4/15/21 11/3/21 11/17/21 10/5/21 6/2/21 4/30/21 9/17/21 10/6/21 5/5/21

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WATER MUSQUACOOK L (2ND) SCOPAN L ROUND MOUNTAIN P ROWE L UGH L ISLAND P BEAVER TAIL P BLACK P (LITTLE SO) TOGUE P MADAWASKA L MADAWASKA L MADAWASKA L MADAWASKA L CROSS L CROSS L CROSS L FOX P LONG L LONG L LONG L RIDEOUT P MATTAWAMKEAG L UMCOLCUS L NUMBER NINE L MEDUXNEKEAG R (NORTH BRANCH) DEERING L DEERING L FAULKNER L GRAND L (EAST) GRAND L (EAST) GRAND L (EAST)

Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin Bridgton Bridgton Bridgton Bridgton Bridgton Bridgton Bridgton Bridgton Bridgton Brunswick Brunswick Brunswick Casco Casco Casco Casco Casco Casco Casco Casco Cumberland Cumberland Falmouth Falmouth Falmouth Gorham Gorham Gorham Gorham Gorham Gorham Gorham Gorham Gorham Gorham Gray Gray Gray Gray Gray Gray Gray Gray Gray Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison Harrison Naples Naples Naples Naples Naples

SACO R SAND P SAND P ADAMS P HIGHLAND L LONG L MOOSE P STEVENS B STEVENS B STEVENS B WILLETT B WOOD P COFFIN P COFFIN P COFFIN P COFFEE P COFFEE P PARKER P SONGO R SONGO R THOMAS P THOMAS P THOMAS P PISCATAQUA R PISCATAQUA R PISCATAQUA R PISCATAQUA R PISCATAQUA R ALDEN'S P ALDEN'S P LITTLE R LITTLE R LITTLE R LITTLE R LITTLE R LITTLE R (NORTH BRANCH) LITTLE R (NORTH BRANCH) LITTLE R (NORTH BRANCH) COLLYER B COLLYER B COLLYER B COLLYER B CRYSTAL L (DRY P) CRYSTAL L (DRY P) CRYSTAL L (DRY P) CRYSTAL L (DRY P) CRYSTAL L (DRY P) CRYSTAL (ANONYMOUS) P CRYSTAL (ANONYMOUS) P ISLAND P LONG L LONG L LONG L LONG L COLD RAIN P COLD RAIN P COLD RAIN P LONG L MUDDY R

SPECIES LAKE TROUT SPLAKE BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT L.L. SALMON BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT L.L. SALMON L.L. SALMON L.L. SALMON L.L. SALMON BROOK TROUT L.L. SALMON L.L. SALMON L.L. SALMON BROOK TROUT L.L. SALMON BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT L.L. SALMON BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT L.L. SALMON

QTY 1000 550 450 250 1000 500 293 25 250 150 1500 100 175 662 600 175 300 350 4200 340 50 800 500 500 250 750 200 194 2000 700 2250

INCHES 8 13 10 13 7 7 10 10 8 14 14 17 17 8 8 13 7 13 8 9 7 13 13 7 10 10 7 14 11 13 7

DATE 5/24/21 10/6/21 5/4/21 10/6/21 9/17/21 9/22/21 5/4/21 5/4/21 6/2/21 11/2/21 11/17/21 11/17/21 11/17/21 5/12/21 6/8/21 11/2/21 9/17/21 5/12/21 6/8/21 6/8/21 9/17/21 10/5/21 10/6/21 9/16/21 5/12/21 4/30/21 5/4/21 11/4/21 4/27/21 10/4/21 5/20/21

300 200 30 416 600 435 650 400 400 1050 400 650 100 105 220 275 100 200 312 315 300 30 30 150 250 150 600 300 100 105 550 425 160 300 700 100 105 300 300 945 200 600 285 30 250 250 25 250 75 300 13 500 500 435 300 500 100 435 300

13 13 18 10 13 11 7 10 10 9 9 13 10 10 10 13 9 13 10 10 13 18 15 10 8 10 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 8 10 10 8 8 13 18 13 13 19 13 7 10 24 13 7 11 10 8 13 11 10

10/26/21 10/13/21 11/5/21 4/27/21 10/20/21 11/23/21 5/24/21 4/27/21 5/17/21 5/17/21 5/17/21 10/20/21 4/15/21 5/5/21 5/21/21 11/16/21 4/20/21 10/13/21 4/27/21 5/14/21 10/13/21 12/1/21 11/21/21 4/21/21 5/11/21 4/21/21 5/10/21 5/12/21 4/21/21 5/20/21 4/21/21 5/19/21 5/20/21 5/11/21 5/12/21 4/21/21 5/19/21 5/12/21 4/20/21 5/11/21 5/6/21 5/10/21 10/14/21 11/5/21 10/18/21 10/4/21 11/24/21 10/7/21 5/25/21 4/29/21 10/20/21 11/5/21 5/25/21 11/23/21 5/11/21 10/13/21 10/13/21 11/23/21 5/3/21

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WATER MUDDY R MUDDY R TRICKEY P TRICKEY P TRICKEY P TRICKEY P TRICKEY P BRANDY B LILY P PINELAND P PINELAND P ROYAL R ROYAL R ROYAL R SABBATHDAY L SABBATHDAY L SABBATHDAY L SABBATHDAY L STEVENS B STEVENS B STEVENS B CHANDLER B CHANDLER B ROYAL R CHANDLER B CHANDLER B CHANDLER B (EAST BRANCH) CRESCENT L JORDAN R JORDAN R JORDAN R PANTHER P SEBAGO L NONESUCH R BARKER P NORTHWEST R NORTHWEST R PEABODY P HINKLEY P (LOWER) HINKLEY P (LOWER) HINKLEY P (LOWER) HINKLEY P (UPPER) HINKLEY P (UPPER) HINKLEY P (UPPER) OTTER P #2 OTTER P #2 OTTER P #2 OTTER P #2 OTTER P #2 OTTER P #4 OTTER P #4 OTTER P #4 OTTER P #4 OTTER P #4 OTTER P #4 SACO R SACO R SACO R BEAVER P MILL B MILL B MILL B PRESUMPSCOT R CHAFFIN P CHAFFIN P CHAFFIN P CHAFFIN P CHAFFIN P PETTINGILL P PLEASANT R PLEASANT R PLEASANT R PLEASANT R PLEASANT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R

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QTY 150 300 800 50 50 100 800 105 300 200 158 200 315 350 500 420 30 350 100 208 220 105 150 300 420 300 526 200 300 300 75 450 2000 450 150 100 100 350 300 200 50 300 200 50 200 300 600 130 30 100 300 300 80 20 100 220 210 300 200 150 160 250 400 200 300 500 105 30 80 500 526 540 1250 200 200 200 840 220 330 330 350 211 150 135 100 100 30 100 1600 250 10 10

INCHES 10 10 10 13 13 7 9 10 11 10 10 10 10 8 10 14 18 12 10 10 10 10 8 8 10 8 10 11 10 9 10 11 7 8 13 10 10 7 6 9 14 6 9 14 10 6 8 14 18 10 6 8 14 18 14 10 10 13 10 10 10 8 8 10 6 8 14 18 13 10 10 19 10 12 10 10 10 10 11 11 13 14 14 13 13 13 18 8 8 12 24 24

DATE 5/17/21 6/1/21 4/29/21 10/13/21 11/16/21 5/25/21 4/20/21 5/11/21 5/4/21 4/14/21 5/5/21 4/20/21 5/11/21 5/6/21 4/23/21 10/19/21 11/5/21 10/7/21 4/14/21 5/3/21 5/21/21 5/5/21 5/10/21 5/6/21 5/5/21 5/10/21 5/5/21 10/29/21 4/28/21 5/21/21 5/26/21 11/4/21 5/25/21 5/11/21 10/15/21 4/27/21 5/10/21 5/24/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 4/23/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 11/5/21 4/23/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 11/5/21 1/6/22 4/27/21 5/20/21 10/26/21 4/21/21 4/21/21 5/20/21 5/11/21 5/4/21 4/23/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 11/5/21 10/13/21 4/21/21 5/11/21 5/6/21 5/21/21 9/28/21 4/9/21 4/23/21 5/11/21 5/21/21 5/28/21 6/11/21 10/6/21 10/19/21 11/4/21 11/16/21 11/23/21 12/1/21 12/1/21 5/11/21 5/12/21 9/28/21 11/16/21 11/29/21

TOWN Windham Windham Windham Windham Windham Windham Yarmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth

WATER PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R PRESUMPSCOT R SEBAGO L (LITTLE) SEBAGO L (LITTLE) SEBAGO L (LITTLE) ROYAL R ROYAL R ROYAL R ROYAL R ROYAL R ROYAL R ROYAL R

SPECIES L.L. SALMON L.L. SALMON L.L. SALMON BROWN TROUT RAINBOW TROUT RAINBOW TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROWN TROUT BROWN TROUT BROWN TROUT

Alder Stream Twp Alder Stream Twp Alder Stream Twp Avon Avon Avon Avon Avon Avon Beattie Twp Carrabasset Valley Carthage Carthage Carthage Chain of Ponds Twp Chain of Ponds Twp Chain of Ponds Twp Chain of Ponds Twp Chain of Ponds Twp Chesterville Chesterville Chesterville Chesterville Coplin Plt Coplin Plt Dallas Plt Dallas Plt Dallas Plt Dallas Plt Dallas Plt Dallas Plt Eustis Farmington Farmington Farmington Farmington Farmington Farmington Farmington Farmington Industry Industry Industry Industry Industry Industry Industry Industry Industry Jim Pond Twp Jim Pond Twp Jim Pond Twp Jim Pond Twp Jim Pond Twp Jim Pond Twp Kibby Twp Kingfield Kingfield Kingfield Kingfield Kingfield Kingfield Kingfield Kingfield Kingfield Lang Twp Lang Twp Lowelltown Twp Madrid Madrid Madrid Madrid Madrid Madrid Madrid New Sharon New Sharon

BLANCHARD P DEAD R (NORTH BRANCH) DEAD R (NORTH BRANCH) MOUNT BLUE P MOUNT BLUE P MOUNT BLUE P MOUNT BLUE P MOUNT BLUE P SCHOOLHOUSE P BOUNDARY P CARRABASSETT R PODUNK P WEBB R WEBB R BUG EYE P CARIBOU BOG CHAIN OF PONDS CHAIN OF PONDS OTTER P EGYPT P NORCROSS P NORCROSS P NORCROSS P DEAD R (SOUTH BRANCH) DEAD R (SOUTH BRANCH) DEAD R (SOUTH BRANCH) DEAD R (SOUTH BRANCH) DEAD R (SOUTH BRANCH) LOON L LOON L SADDLEBACK L BARNARD P SANDY R SANDY R SANDY R SANDY R SANDY R SANDY R TEMPLE STREAM TEMPLE STREAM CLEARWATER P CLEARWATER P CLEARWATER P CLEARWATER P CLEARWATER P CLEARWATER P MUDDY B MUDDY B MUDDY B GREENBUSH P JIM P (BIG) JIM P (LITTLE) TEA P TEA P (LITTLE) VILES P (LITTLE) HURRICANE P CARRABASSETT R CARRABASSETT R CARRABASSETT R CARRABASSETT R DUTTON (SHILOH) P GRINDSTONE P GRINDSTONE P GRINDSTONE P PINNACLE P DEAD R (SOUTH BRANCH) DEAD R (SOUTH BRANCH) INDIAN P (BIG) BEAL (TROUT) P HARVEY P HARVEY P HARVEY P HARVEY P SANDY R SANDY R CROWELL P CROWELL P

QTY 200 200 100 1000 700 25 200 105 105 110 600 175 10

INCHES 11 11 15 13 13 19 10 10 10 14 8 12 24

DATE 10/4/21 10/28/21 11/22/21 10/25/21 10/5/21 11/24/21 4/20/21 5/11/21 5/11/21 10/18/21 5/6/21 9/28/21 11/29/21

350 750 750 200 250 300 300 230 175 770 250 350 400 300 200 150 1200 600 150 300 800 25 100 200 200 400 400 400 3200 150 800 1250 1500 250 100 800 1600 400 200 200 2500 220 250 400 200 21 50 50 50 75 550 1000 880 300 400 1000 450 200 150 200 1000 150 200 500 100 200 200 1950 1900 200 50 165 25 200 50 1250 25

7 10 10 13 10 14 14 13 9 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 12 9 10 13 17 12 9 10 9 10 13 7 12 9 7 9 12 13 8 8 12 9 9 10 9 10 12 13 13 10 10 10 13 10 7 10 3 3 7 10 10 13 11 7 10 9 7 10 9 10 7 7 10 13 12 17 9 13 13 17

9/27/21 5/11/21 5/28/21 10/22/21 6/11/21 10/8/21 10/13/21 11/10/21 5/20/21 6/4/21 4/20/21 5/7/21 4/28/21 5/11/21 5/11/21 5/28/21 5/11/21 10/7/21 5/7/21 5/10/21 10/28/21 11/10/21 10/1/21 5/6/21 5/17/21 5/6/21 5/17/21 10/1/21 10/5/21 10/5/21 5/6/21 10/4/21 4/26/21 10/6/21 10/6/21 5/12/21 5/19/21 9/28/21 5/6/21 5/25/21 5/11/21 5/20/21 6/4/21 10/20/21 10/25/21 11/2/21 4/14/21 4/28/21 5/11/21 11/30/21 5/28/21 10/4/21 5/26/21 5/21/21 5/21/21 9/28/21 4/20/21 5/25/21 10/5/21 5/6/21 9/29/21 5/11/21 5/24/21 10/13/21 5/11/21 5/6/21 5/17/21 9/29/21 10/4/21 4/23/21 10/1/21 11/1/21 11/10/21 4/26/21 10/6/21 10/27/21 11/10/21

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WATER SANDY R SANDY R SANDY R SANDY R HILLS P HILLS P HILLS P LONG COVE P LUFKIN P LUFKIN P LUFKIN P SANDY R SANDY R STETSON P TOOTHAKER P TOOTHAKER P TOOTHAKER P TOOTHAKER P DODGE P HALEY B HALEY B HALEY P HALEY P HALEY P QUIMBY P RANGELEY GUIDES P RANGELEY L RANGELEY L RANGELEY L ROUND P EDDY P LEDGE P MIDWAY P ROCK P SANDY RIVER P (MIDDLE) SANDY RIVER P (MIDDLE) SANDY RIVER P (MIDDLE) SOUTH (PINE TREE) P PORTER L PORTER L PORTER L PORTER L PORTER L PORTER L PORTER L PORTER L PORTER L SANDY R SANDY R STAPLES P TEMPLE STREAM TEMPLE STREAM MUD POND TUMBLEDOWN P BEAVER P MOXIE P SPENCER P LONG P ROUND P SWIFT RIVER P WEBB L WEBB L WEBB L WEBB L WEBB L WEBB L WEBB L VARNUM P VARNUM P VARNUM P WILSON P WILSON P WILSON P WILSON P WILSON P WILSON STREAM WILSON STREAM WILSON STREAM WILSON STREAM WILSON STREAM THE HORNS P

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QTY 350 50 800 100 100 300 2200 100 100 300 144 500 50 800 250 100 200 200 824 150 165 600 60 500 350 100 600 750 900 495 400 250 350 500 600 60 150 600 1100 440 110 150 400 1250 68 300 15 500 100 150 300 300 450 450 1900 200 800 3000 1600 450 200 2000 900 500 1100 600 300 800 80 100 1550 155 1500 75 300 250 200 250 450 75 300

INCHES 9 13 8 12 10 9 7 9 13 14 13 9 13 7 10 10 7 12 9 9 9 9 10 14 10 9 10 6 7 9 7 7 7 7 9 10 13 7 10 9 10 10 12 12 18 13 13 9 13 13 9 9 3 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 10 4 12 13 12 13 11 9 10 8 10 10 12 17 11 10 9 9 9 10 3

DATE 4/26/21 10/6/21 5/19/21 9/28/21 4/20/21 5/24/21 10/6/21 5/11/21 11/3/21 10/15/21 11/10/21 4/26/21 10/6/21 9/27/21 4/23/21 5/11/21 10/1/21 10/1/21 5/21/21 5/7/21 5/21/21 5/7/21 6/7/21 10/29/21 5/25/21 5/25/21 5/27/21 9/27/21 5/27/21 5/21/21 9/27/21 9/27/21 9/27/21 9/27/21 5/6/21 6/7/21 10/1/21 9/27/21 4/20/21 5/20/21 6/4/21 6/16/21 10/20/21 10/21/21 11/17/21 10/25/21 11/2/21 4/26/21 10/6/21 10/22/21 5/6/21 5/25/21 5/20/21 9/27/21 10/5/21 9/27/21 9/27/21 9/27/21 9/27/21 9/27/21 4/28/21 7/1/21 10/14/21 10/27/21 11/1/21 10/25/21 10/29/21 4/30/21 6/7/21 6/11/21 4/21/21 6/4/21 10/25/21 11/17/21 10/29/21 4/20/21 4/28/21 5/7/21 5/25/21 6/16/21 6/2/21

260 550 250 50 250 275 175 600 50

7 7 7 11 8 8 10 7 13

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WATER EAGLE L EAGLE L EAGLE L EAGLE L EAGLE L EAGLE L HALFMOON P LAKE WOOD WITCH HOLE P WITCH HOLE P WALKER P WALKER P HANCOCK P JACOB BUCK P JACOB BUCK P PHILLIPS (LUCERNE) L PHILLIPS (LUCERNE) L LILY P LILY P MOLASSES P MOLASSES P MOLASSES P BRANCH L GREEN L LITTLE P JONES P JONES P GREAT P KING P LONG P MORRISON P (UPPER) MORRISON P (UPPER) SIMMONS P SIMMONS P SIMMONS P HOPKINS P HOPKINS P HOPKINS P HOPKINS P ECHO L ECHO L ECHO L HADLOCK P (LOWER) HADLOCK P (LOWER) HADLOCK P (LOWER) HADLOCK P (UPPER) HADLOCK P (UPPER) HADLOCK P (UPPER) JORDAN P JORDAN P JORDAN P LONG (GREAT) P ROUND P DUCK L DUCK L SELMORE (KILLMAN) P CRAIG P CRAIG P CRAIG P CRAIG P CRAIG P HEART P ORLAND R ORLAND R TODDY P BEECH HILL P BEECH HILL P BEECH HILL P SPRINGY P (LOWER) SPRINGY P (LOWER) YOUNGS P YOUNGS P LONG (GREAT) P FLANDERS P FLANDERS P LONG P QUARRY P TUNK P (LITTLE) PATTEN P (LOWER) PATTEN P (LOWER) TODDY P TODDY P ANDERSON P FOX P FOX P FOX P LONG P LONG P LONG P (LITTLE) RAINBOW P SALMON P SPRING RIVER L

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QTY 3375 100 40 50 28 22 125 600 1125 50 700 700 60 100 350 900 300 1100 50 500 42 34 800 600 225 100 1050 350 200 550 1025 50 125 200 50 600 75 14 11 800 300 35 75 600 14 75 600 9 50 14 11 500 160 2000 500 300 1100 100 75 14 11 225 400 150 300 350 55 45 100 300 250 75 225 100 800 950 150 2500 150 200 1000 1000 250 400 1200 150 200 100 250 700 300 800

INCHES 7 13 17 7 14 16 7 8 8 13 13 12 12 13 11 13 7 7 12 12 14 16 7 11 10 12 13 12 12 13 7 13 10 7 13 13 7 14 16 8 14 7 13 7 17 13 8 17 7 14 16 14 14 8 7 8 7 13 7 14 16 11 10 13 7 7 14 16 13 14 7 13 7 12 13 7 7 7 12 7 12 11 7 10 7 12 13 12 7 7 7 13

DATE 10/20/21 10/20/21 11/30/21 5/18/21 12/1/21 12/1/21 10/26/21 10/26/21 10/26/21 10/26/21 10/22/21 10/4/21 9/27/21 10/8/21 5/26/21 11/4/21 5/14/21 10/18/21 10/4/21 10/5/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 5/14/21 10/27/21 4/21/21 9/27/21 10/21/21 10/8/21 10/13/21 10/7/21 9/21/21 10/19/21 4/21/21 10/18/21 10/18/21 10/20/21 5/12/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 11/9/21 11/9/21 5/18/21 10/20/21 10/26/21 11/30/21 10/20/21 10/26/21 11/30/21 5/18/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 11/17/21 11/17/21 10/6/21 5/25/21 10/12/21 10/9/21 10/9/21 5/14/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 5/26/21 4/21/21 10/8/21 5/14/21 5/12/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 10/18/21 11/18/21 10/18/21 10/18/21 5/18/21 9/27/21 11/5/21 9/22/21 10/15/21 10/6/21 10/5/21 5/14/21 10/5/21 5/26/21 9/22/21 4/21/21 10/6/21 9/27/21 10/6/21 9/27/21 9/22/21 9/22/21 9/22/21 10/26/21

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WATER SPRING RIVER L TILDEN P TUNK L TUNK L LEAD MTN P (LO & MD) LEAD MTN P (UPPER) LEAD MTN P (UPPER) WILLIAMS P NICATOUS STREAM SIDE PISTOL L SPRING L SPRING L WEST L WEST L WEST L WEST L PICKEREL P PICKEREL P PICKEREL P PICKEREL P PICKEREL P PICKEREL P TITCOMB P LOVEJOY P LOVEJOY P LOVEJOY P BURNT LAND L CRYSTAL P LOON P NICATOUS L NICATOUS L NICATOUS L NICATOUS L OXHEAD P (MIDDLE) OXHEAD P (MIDDLE) OXHEAD P (UPPER) TROUT P DONNELL P SEAL COVE P BIRCH HARBOR P BIRCH HARBOR P

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QTY INCHES DATE 700 12 10/1/21 1250 7 9/22/21 1000 11 5/27/21 400 7 5/12/21 300 12 9/28/21 550 12 9/28/21 75 11 10/20/21 250 14 11/19/21 18755 2 6/1/21 400 10 5/11/21 1000 8 9/21/21 250 8 5/3/21 800 10 4/27/21 300 13 10/5/21 500 7 4/27/21 50 17 11/18/21 500 10 4/29/21 50 11 7/6/21 50 11 7/13/21 750 13 10/12/21 50 13 11/15/21 50 17 11/15/21 350 10 5/3/21 110 13 10/13/21 800 8 10/19/21 75 14 10/20/21 350 10 5/11/21 700 7 9/30/21 300 7 9/30/21 650 13 10/5/21 50 17 11/18/21 1500 10 5/11/21 1000 13 10/28/21 300 13 11/5/21 60 17 11/5/21 450 8 9/21/21 400 7 9/30/21 450 7 5/12/21 200 12 10/15/21 300 7 10/15/21 50 13 10/15/21

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WATER SAM ASSOCIATION P SAM ASSOCIATION P SAM ASSOCIATION P SAM ASSOCIATION P SAM ASSOCIATION P (UPPER BIG) SAM ASSOCIATION P (UPPER BIG) TOGUS P TOGUS P TOGUS VA HOSPITAL BELGRADE STREAM BELGRADE STREAM GREAT P GREAT P GREAT P LONG P SALMON L (ELLIS P) SALMON L (ELLIS P) SALMON L (ELLIS P) CHINA L CHINA L CHINA L THREEMILE P THREEMILE P SEBASTICOOK R ECHO L (CROTCHED P) ECHO L (CROTCHED P) ECHO L (CROTCHED P) ECHO L (CROTCHED P) TILTON P TILTON P TILTON P COBBOSSEECONTEE STREAM DENNIS B LITCHFIELD SPORTSMAN CLUB P LITCHFIELD SPORTSMAN CLUB P POTTERS B WOODBURY P WOODBURY P WOODBURY P COBBOSSEECONTEE L FAIRBANKS P FAIRBANKS P JAMIES (JIMMIE) P JAMIES (JIMMIE) P

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38 • April 2022 • The Maine Sportsman ——————————————————————————————————————————————— TOWN Manchester Manchester Manchester Manchester Manchester Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Mount Vernon Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Rome Rome Rome Sidney Sidney Sidney Sidney Sidney Vassalboro Vassalboro Vassalboro Vienna Vienna Vienna Vienna Vienna Waterville Waterville Windsor Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop Winthrop

WATER JAMIES (JIMMIE) P JAMIES (JIMMIE) P JAMIES (JIMMIE) P JAMIES (JIMMIE) P TYLER P COBBOSSEECONTEE L COCHNEWAGON P COCHNEWAGON P COCHNEWAGON P COCHNEWAGON P COCHNEWAGON P JUG STREAM JUG STREAM MONMOUTH SPORTSMAN CLUB P SAND P (TACOMA LKS) SAND P (TACOMA LKS) SAND P (TACOMA LKS) WILSON STREAM MINNEHONK L MINNEHONK L MINNEHONK L MINNEHONK L PARKER P PARKER P PARKER P MCGRATH P MCGRATH P MCGRATH P MESSALONSKEE L MESSALONSKEE L MESSALONSKEE L MESSALONSKEE L MESSALONSKEE STREAM MESSALONSKEE STREAM MESSALONSKEE STREAM LONG P LONG P LONG P GOULD P MESSALONSKEE L MESSALONSKEE L SILVER L SILVER L CHINA L SPECTACLE P SPECTACLE P FLYING P FLYING P FLYING P FLYING P KIMBALL P MESSALONSKEE STREAM MESSALONSKEE STREAM SAVADE P MARANACOOK L MARANACOOK L MARANACOOK L NARROWS P (LOWER) NARROWS P (LOWER) NARROWS P (UPPER) NARROWS P (UPPER) NARROWS P (UPPER) NARROWS P (UPPER) WAYNE F&G CLUB P

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SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SENNEBEC P SENNEBEC P GOOSE R HOSMER P HOSMER P HOSMER P MEGUNTICOOK R MEGUNTICOOK R MEGUNTICOOK R MEGUNTICOOK R ALFORD L ALFORD L ALFORD L ALFORD L HOBBS P LONG P (TURNERS L) FRESH P CHICKAWAUKIE P CHICKAWAUKIE P CHICKAWAUKIE P MACES P MACES P MACES P

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INCHES 10 14 17 13 10 12 14 14 17 14 12 14 13 10 10 14 12 10 12 17 14 13 13 14 7 13 14 17 10 14 10 10 14 10 10 16 19 24 10 12 13 13 13 10 10 13 10 13 12 11 8 10 10 14 14 12 7 10 13 10 10 13 11 10

DATE 5/27/21 11/3/21 12/1/21 10/29/21 4/21/21 10/8/21 2/23/21 10/22/21 12/1/21 2/2/22 10/8/21 10/22/21 11/22/21 5/21/21 4/15/21 10/22/21 10/6/21 4/29/21 10/12/21 11/10/21 10/12/21 10/29/21 10/27/21 11/18/21 5/26/21 10/28/21 11/22/21 12/1/21 4/12/21 4/12/21 4/15/21 6/5/21 4/12/21 4/15/21 5/6/21 11/23/21 11/30/21 12/9/21 4/22/21 10/19/21 11/4/21 10/15/21 10/15/21 4/9/21 5/10/21 10/29/21 4/12/21 10/28/21 10/27/21 11/1/21 10/19/21 4/15/21 5/6/21 11/2/21 11/2/21 10/5/21 5/26/21 4/14/21 10/27/21 4/14/21 5/10/21 10/27/21 11/1/21 5/19/21

150 600 250 250 200 200 250 250 50 400 200 300 200 200 500 200 150 100 1000 75 250 500 300 300 150 100

14 10 13 13 14 10 10 14 13 10 10 14 14 10 14 13 11 14 7 14 10 14 14 8 14 14

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TOWN Rockport Rockport Rockport Rockport Rockport Union Union Union Union Union Union Union Vinalhaven Vinalhaven Warren Warren Warren Washington Washington Washington

WATER MACES P ROCKY P ROCKY P ROCKY P TOLMAN P SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SEVEN TREE P BOOTH QUARRY P LAWSON QUARRY P SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R CRYSTAL P CRYSTAL P CRYSTAL P

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Alna Alna Alna Boothbay Boothbay Boothbay Boothbay Boothbay Boothbay Boothbay Bremen Bremen Bremen Bremen Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Bristol Damariscotta Damariscotta Damariscotta Damariscotta Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson Nobleboro South Bristol South Bristol South Bristol Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Waldoboro Wiscasset Wiscasset Wiscasset

PINKHAM P PINKHAM P PINKHAM P ADAMS P KNICKERBOCKER P KNICKERBOCKER P KNICKERBOCKER P WILEY P WILEY P WILEY P BISCAY P BISCAY P BISCAY P MCCURDY P PEMAQUID R PEMAQUID R PEMAQUID R PEMAQUID R PEMAQUID R ROSS P ROSS P ROSS P UPPER P LITTLE P LITTLE P PEMAQUID P PEMAQUID P DAMARISCOTTA L DAMARISCOTTA L DAMARISCOTTA L PEMAQUID P THOMPSON'S ICE P THOMPSON'S ICE P THOMPSON'S ICE P KALERS P KALERS P KALERS P MEDOMAK P (LITTLE) MEDOMAK P (LITTLE) MEDOMAK P (LITTLE) MEDOMAK R MEDOMAK R MEDOMAK R MEDOMAK R MEDOMAK R MEDOMAK R MEDOMAK R MEDOMAK R MEDOMAK R PETERS (GROSS) P WALDOBORO QUARRY P MONTSWEAG B MONTSWEAG B POLY CLARK B

Adamstown Twp Adamstown Twp Adamstown Twp Adamstown Twp Albany Twp Albany Twp Albany Twp Albany Twp Albany Twp Albany Twp Albany Twp Albany Twp Albany Twp Andover

GOODWIN P RICHARDSON P (LOWER EAST) RICHARDSON P (UPPER EAST) RICHARDSON P (WEST) BROKEN BRIDGE P CROCKER P CROCKER P HUTCHINSON P HUTCHINSON P MOSQUITO P SONGO P SONGO P SONGO P ELLIS R

QTY 25 250 75 100 200 150 300 350 400 350 100 350 125 125 200 200 200 200 25 100

INCHES 17 8 14 14 14 14 10 13 9 12 13 13 10 10 13 9 12 14 17 12

DATE 12/1/21 11/9/21 11/9/21 11/23/21 11/10/21 4/8/21 5/17/21 10/21/21 4/22/21 10/21/21 11/22/21 10/27/21 4/24/21 4/24/21 10/21/21 4/22/21 10/21/21 10/28/21 12/1/21 10/28/21

200 150 20 250 200 300 200 250 600 100 400 20 300 250 150 400 100 400 175 250 300 200 100 500 100 200 750 1000 600 116 200 100 250 50 400 20 100 200 100 100 350 600 600 600 475 200 350 250 100 200 200 400 250 100

10 14 17 10 10 13 11 10 8 13 14 17 13 13 14 10 14 10 13 10 8 13 10 10 8 14 13 12 8 31 14 10 8 13 14 17 13 10 14 13 14 10 10 10 13 14 13 12 13 10 10 10 10 10

5/20/21 11/10/21 12/1/21 4/15/21 5/7/21 11/3/21 5/13/21 5/7/21 11/3/21 11/3/21 11/11/21 12/1/21 10/29/21 10/29/21 4/8/21 4/14/21 4/14/21 4/27/21 4/14/21 4/27/21 11/4/21 11/4/21 5/12/21 4/28/21 11/3/21 11/6/21 10/25/21 10/18/21 5/19/21 11/18/21 11/6/21 4/27/21 11/4/21 11/4/21 11/16/21 12/1/21 11/16/21 4/20/21 10/30/21 10/30/21 4/8/21 4/16/21 5/7/21 5/17/21 10/21/21 11/23/21 4/14/21 10/21/21 11/22/21 5/12/21 5/21/21 4/15/21 5/20/21 4/15/21

100 300 500 824 400 200 15 200 200 75 150 70 30 400

6 9 9 9 7 8 12 12 13 7 12 11 15 10

9/27/21 5/7/21 5/7/21 5/21/21 10/4/21 10/4/21 10/4/21 10/4/21 10/26/21 9/30/21 10/4/21 11/2/21 11/21/21 5/14/21

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WATER ELLIS R (WEST BRANCH) WILD R WILD R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R BURNT MEADOW P BURNT MEADOW P NEZINSCOT R (EAST BRANCH) NEZINSCOT R (WEST BRANCH) NEZINSCOT R (WEST BRANCH) ELLIS P (LITTLE) SWIFT R SWIFT R SWIFT R ANASAGUNTICOOK L FOREST P WHITNEY B HANCOCK P LONG P SAND (WALDEN) P AUNT HANNAH B AUNT HANNAH B CLAYS P CLAYS P CLAYS P CLAYS P OUTLET LOVEWELL P ROUND P SACO R SACO R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R WILD R WILD R SPECK P ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) INDIAN P INDIAN P OVERSET P SOUTH & ROUND PDS SOUTH & ROUND PDS TWITCHELL B TWITCHELL P TWITCHELL P ANDROSCOGGIN R ANDROSCOGGIN R BUNGANOCK B NEZINSCOT R (EAST BRANCH) CLEMONS P (BIG) CLEMONS P (LITTLE) CLEMONS P (LITTLE) CLEMONS P (LITTLE) HANCOCK B OSSIPEE R OSSIPEE R OSSIPEE R OSSIPEE R OSSIPEE R SACO R SACO R SACO R STANLEY P

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TOWN Hiram Hiram Lovell Lovell Lovell Lovell Lovell Magalloway Plt Magalloway Plt Magalloway Plt Magalloway Plt Mason Twp Mexico Mexico Mexico Milton Twp Newry Norway Norway Norway Norway Norway Norway Norway Norway Norway Norway Norway Norway Otisfield Otisfield Otisfield Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford Oxford Paris Paris Paris Paris Paris Paris Parkertown Twp Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Peru Porter Porter Porter Porter Porter Richardsontown Twp Richardsontown Twp Richardsontown Twp Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Roxbury Rumford Rumford Rumford Rumford Stoneham Stoneham Stoneham Stoneham Stoneham Stoneham

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QTY 950 25 100 300 200 150 400 500 1250 750 210 400 125 125 1350 500 800 200 20 20 1850 75 100 100 300 700 220 100 150 150 400 750 200 300 200 200 200 150 300 315 750 100 30 50 1000 260 200 600 300 30 400 900 25 50 30 300 150 100 3200 320 787 200 1200 200 150 125 125 1000 400 200 400 275 100 20 330

INCHES 11 19 13 10 10 13 6 6 6 7 13 7 13 13 11 9 10 11 15 17 13 19 10 10 10 8 14 13 7 10 7 7 9 8 10 10 11 10 8 10 8 13 17 12 9 10 10 8 13 18 12 11 19 13 18 13 9 11 9 9 13 12 13 8 11 13 13 9 10 10 10 14 11 15 14

DATE 5/10/21 11/24/21 10/26/21 5/11/21 5/26/21 11/24/21 5/5/21 9/27/21 9/27/21 9/29/21 11/2/21 9/30/21 10/5/21 10/12/21 5/4/21 5/12/21 5/11/21 11/2/21 11/20/21 11/20/21 11/9/21 11/29/21 4/27/21 5/12/21 4/27/21 10/18/21 10/18/21 10/26/21 9/30/21 5/10/21 5/25/21 5/24/21 4/29/21 5/13/21 5/18/21 4/28/21 5/13/21 5/10/21 5/13/21 5/4/21 10/14/21 10/14/21 11/10/21 10/6/21 5/7/21 5/3/21 5/10/21 5/14/21 10/5/21 11/10/21 10/4/21 5/4/21 11/23/21 10/13/21 11/16/21 10/26/21 4/27/21 11/4/21 5/5/21 5/21/21 11/2/21 10/6/21 10/14/21 5/14/21 5/3/21 10/5/21 10/12/21 5/12/21 5/14/21 4/29/21 4/29/21 10/18/21 11/2/21 11/20/21 10/18/21

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WATER COLD R COLD R COLD R ABBOTTS P CUSHMAN P NEZINSCOT R (EAST BRANCH) NORTH P KEYS P STEARNS P RICHARDSON LAKES RICHARDSON LAKES RICHARDSON LAKES BEAR P BEAR P BEAR P KEOKA L KEOKA L KEOKA L MOOSE P ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) ANDROSCOGGIN R (LITTLE) BRYANT P BRYANT P BRYANT P BRYANT P CONCORD P (LITTLE) CONSERVATION CAMP P CONSERVATION CAMP P NORTH P SHAGG P SHAGG P WASHBURN P

Bangor Bangor Bangor Bangor Brewer Brewer Brewer Burlington Burlington Clifton Corinna Corinna Dexter Dexter Dexter Dexter Dexter Dexter Dexter Dexter Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Enfield Etna Etna Grand Falls Twp Grand Falls Twp Grand Falls Twp Hampden Hampden Hermon Hermon Lakeville Lakeville Lee Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln

BANGOR MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE P BANGOR MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE P KENDUSKEAG STREAM KENDUSKEAG STREAM PENOBSCOT CLUB P PENOBSCOT CLUB P PENOBSCOT CLUB P BURLINGTON FIRE P BURLINGTON FIRE P FITTS P SEBASTICOOK R (EAST BRANCH) SEBASTICOOK R (EAST BRANCH) PUFFERS P (ECHO L) PUFFERS P (ECHO L) PUFFERS P (ECHO L) SEBASTICOOK R (EAST BRANCH) SEBASTICOOK R (EAST BRANCH) WASSOOKEAG L WASSOOKEAG L WASSOOKEAG L COLD STREAM COLD STREAM COLD STREAM COLD STREAM COLD STREAM COLD STREAM COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P COLD STREAM P ETNA P ETNA P PASSADUMKEAG R PASSADUMKEAG R PASSADUMKEAG R SOUADABSCOOK STREAM SOUADABSCOOK STREAM HERMON P HERMON P SYSLADOBSIS L (LO) SYSLADOBSIS L (UP) SILVER (MATTAKEUNK) L CARIBOU,EGG,LONG P CARIBOU,EGG,LONG P CARIBOU,EGG,LONG P COLD STREAM P (UPPER) COLD STREAM P (UPPER) COLD STREAM P (UPPER) COLD STREAM P (UPPER)

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INCHES 10 10 9 7 7 10 12 14 13 10 13 13 10 7 13 13 11 15 10 10 10 3 8 10 13 7 9 7 10 10 13 10 9 7

DATE 5/12/21 5/12/21 5/17/21 9/30/21 9/30/21 5/3/21 9/30/21 10/18/21 10/18/21 5/24/21 10/6/21 11/2/21 4/29/21 5/24/21 11/4/21 10/7/21 11/2/21 11/20/21 5/11/21 5/4/21 5/20/21 6/3/21 5/13/21 4/29/21 10/14/21 5/25/21 4/27/21 9/30/21 5/17/21 5/27/21 10/20/21 5/4/21 4/27/21 10/4/21

100 75 1000 1000 150 425 50 55 55 400 250 200 330 250 200 100 150 500 300 500 100 100 100 100 20000 100 500 500 500 1200 550 350 700 3300 105 150 1350 385 200 19950 332 1730 200 250 500 200 1250 600 700 500 50 135 500 550 400 40

8 13 10 10 10 8 13 10 10 11 10 10 11 13 13 10 10 10 12 7 10 10 10 10 2 10 10 10 10 4 5 13 13 9 13 14 7 12 13 1 9 1 10 10 14 13 7 7 13 13 13 14 10 5 13 13

10/19/21 10/19/21 4/13/21 5/20/21 4/8/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 4/8/21 5/18/21 5/26/21 4/29/21 5/27/21 5/27/21 10/30/21 11/5/21 4/29/21 5/27/21 4/14/21 10/19/21 5/26/21 4/8/21 4/15/21 4/29/21 5/18/21 6/1/21 6/1/21 4/7/21 4/7/21 4/7/21 7/2/21 8/30/21 10/4/21 10/4/21 11/15/21 12/7/21 12/14/21 4/20/21 11/3/21 11/5/21 6/1/21 11/17/21 6/7/21 4/23/21 5/27/21 10/25/21 11/5/21 5/25/21 5/25/21 10/20/21 10/6/21 12/7/21 12/13/21 4/7/21 8/30/21 9/30/21 12/7/21

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TOWN Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lowell Lowell Lowell Lowell Millinocket Millinocket Millinocket Millinocket Mount Chase Mount Chase Mount Chase Mount Chase Mount Chase Mount Chase Newport Old Town Old Town Old Town Orono Orrington Orrington Orrington Patten Patten Patten Patten Patten Seboeis Plt Seboeis Plt Soldiertown Twp T2 R7 WELS Springfield T1 R8 WELS T1 R8 WELS T1 R8 WELS T1 R8 WELS T1 R8 WELS T1 R8 WELS T3 Indian Purchase Twp T3 Indian Purchase Twp T3 R9 NWP T3 R9 NWP T3 R9 NWP T3 R9 NWP T3 R9 NWP T4 Indian Purchase Twp T4 R7 WELS T5 R7 WELS T5 R7 WELS T6 R6 WELS T6 R8 WELS T6 R8 WELS T6 R8 WELS T7 R8 WELS T7 R8 WELS T7 R8 WELS T8 R7 WELS

WATER COLD STREAM P (UPPER) EDWARDS FAMILY KIDS FISHING P EDWARDS FAMILY KIDS FISHING P EDWARDS FAMILY KIDS FISHING P EDWARDS FAMILY KIDS FISHING P EDWARDS FAMILY KIDS FISHING P EDWARDS FAMILY KIDS FISHING P ROCKY B ROCKY B ROUND P (LITTLE) ROUND P (LITTLE) UPPER P UPPER P UPPER P PASSADUMKEAG R PASSADUMKEAG R PASSADUMKEAG R TROUT P JERRY P JERRY P JERRY P JERRY P SHIN P (LOWER) SHIN P (LOWER) SHIN P (LOWER) SHIN P (UPPER) SHIN P (UPPER) SHIN P (UPPER) SEBASTICOOK R (EAST BRANCH) MUD P MUD P STILLWATER R STILLWATER R BREWER L BREWER L BREWER L GILES P GILES P WILEY P WILEY P WILEY P SEBOEIS STREAM SEBOEIS STREAM TROUT P MATTAGODUS STREAM MILLINOCKET L MILLINOCKET L MILLINOCKET L MILLINOCKET L MILLINOCKET STREAM MILLINOCKET STREAM SMITH P SMITH P CEDAR L CEDAR L ENDLESS L ENDLESS L FLATIRON P PEMADUMCOOK CHAIN L LUNKSOOS L DAVIS (WAPITI) P DAVIS (WAPITI) P GREEN MOUNTAIN P HAY L HAY L HAY L MILLIMAGASSETT L SCRAGGLY L SCRAGGLY L CARRY P

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DRUMMOND P DRUMMOND P DRUMMOND P DRUMMOND P DRUMMOND P PIPER P PIPER P ALDER STREAM PRONG P PRONG P PRONG P PRONG P FITZGERALD P FITZGERALD P FITZGERALD P FITZGERALD P INDIAN P PISCATAQUIS R PISCATAQUIS R WHETSTONE P

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QTY 300 150 150 125 125 20 24 150 165 400 125 400 50 40 9975 166 865 300 500 500 50 36 500 400 250 500 400 250 250 800 30 250 250 400 28 22 200 200 150 139 27 250 275 350 250 1500 750 65 5000 700 400 275 20 102 300 500 500 250 1050 1200 542 250 200 400 200 210 700 1200 300 200

INCHES 7 10 10 13 13 17 13 10 10 10 13 13 17 13 1 9 1 10 10 13 13 17 10 13 8 10 13 8 10 13 17 10 10 7 14 16 10 10 13 14 17 10 10 10 10 8 12 12 7 10 13 13 17 17 13 8 13 13 13 8 10 13 8 10 13 13 7 10 7 7

DATE 4/20/21 4/7/21 5/18/21 9/29/21 11/15/21 11/15/21 12/7/21 4/15/21 5/18/21 5/3/21 10/21/21 10/5/21 11/17/21 12/7/21 6/1/21 11/17/21 6/7/21 5/3/21 4/14/21 9/16/21 11/17/21 11/17/21 4/21/21 10/5/21 5/3/21 4/21/21 10/5/21 5/3/21 4/29/21 11/5/21 11/15/21 4/29/21 4/29/21 5/14/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 5/4/21 6/1/21 11/24/21 11/24/21 11/24/21 4/26/21 5/21/21 5/4/21 4/7/21 5/4/21 9/16/21 12/14/21 5/4/21 4/28/21 10/13/21 11/17/21 11/17/21 12/1/21 10/25/21 5/21/21 10/21/21 10/21/21 10/7/21 9/21/21 5/3/21 10/7/21 9/21/21 4/26/21 10/5/21 10/7/21 5/4/21 4/26/21 4/26/21 9/21/21

250 250 275 250 25 500 300 250 2100 2100 1100 50 2700 2970 1400 50 1000 400 400 1300

10 9 10 12 17 10 10 10 10 10 13 17 10 9 13 17 7 10 10 10

4/15/21 5/20/21 6/2/21 10/19/21 11/15/21 4/21/21 4/21/21 4/14/21 4/27/21 5/12/21 10/12/21 11/15/21 4/27/21 6/2/21 10/18/21 11/3/21 5/21/21 4/27/21 5/18/21 4/14/21

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QTY INCHES DATE 500 10 5/18/21 100 7 5/18/21 300 10 5/4/21 250 10 4/13/21 250 13 10/21/21 500 10 4/8/21 500 10 4/14/21 1200 13 10/4/21 70 17 11/29/21 400 10 5/11/21 400 10 5/20/21 400 10 6/1/21 200 13 10/8/21 300 10 4/12/21 300 10 5/17/21 100 7 10/7/21 750 10 4/20/21 1500 10 4/27/21 750 10 5/19/21 1500 10 5/20/21 750 13 10/4/21 2000 8 5/20/21 250 10 4/12/21 250 10 5/17/21 100 13 10/8/21 1000 10 5/18/21 600 7 9/30/21 300 7 9/30/21 100 7 9/30/21 100 7 9/30/21 3300 10 4/29/21 1800 7 5/12/21 2000 7 5/12/21 700 10 5/12/21 700 10 6/1/21 350 13 10/22/21 500 7 5/18/21 600 10 4/27/21 700 13 10/1/21 200 7 5/18/21 250 10 5/4/21 750 10 4/20/21 3000 10 4/27/21 750 10 5/19/21 3000 10 5/20/21 1000 13 10/4/21 750 7 5/18/21 2000 10 4/7/21 1000 13 10/5/21 600 7 4/26/21 500 13 10/5/21 95 17 12/1/21 500 13 10/19/21 500 8 9/21/21 1500 7 5/12/21 22240 1 6/1/21 100 10 4/8/21 100 10 5/17/21 75 13 10/8/21 75 14 11/15/21 10 17 11/15/21 400 10 4/27/21 850 10 5/19/21 350 7 9/30/21 550 10 4/22/21 550 10 5/26/21 200 13 10/7/21 1300 10 4/13/21 425 10 5/17/21 425 10 5/18/21 8600 7 10/19/21 100 7 5/18/21 400 10 4/27/21 400 10 5/18/21 360 7 9/30/21

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WATER SPECTACLE P SPECTACLE P GRAVEL PIT P GRAVEL PIT P GRAVEL PIT P GRAVEL PIT P POWER TROUT P POWER TROUT P SHADOW P SHADOW P BENNETT P BENNETT P HARLOW P HARLOW P BEAN P (LOWER) BEAN P (UPPER) CLIFFORD P CRESCENT P DEBSCONEAG L (5TH) HOLBROOK P MURPHY P (BIG) BLACK STREAM BLACK STREAM CENTER P CENTER P CENTER P MANHANOCK P MANHANOCK P BEAR B SEBEC R SEBEC R SEBEC R LONG BOG ROACH P (FOURTH) BUNKER P (BIG) SHIRLEY P SHIRLEY P DEBSCONEAG L (6TH) LEAVITT P NAHMAKANTA L LAZY TOM P PEMADUMCOOK CHAIN L ISLAND (CHASE) P MOUNTAIN P ELBOW P (UPPER) HALE P BEAN P TEN-FORTY P RAGGED L ABOL P ROCKY P ROUND P TOGUE P (LOWER) CELIA P DRAPER P CARRY P CHESUNCOOK P FOWLER P MCKENNA P DEER P PINE P (BIG) SALMON P SEBOEIS L SEBOEIS L CARIBOU P (BIG) CARIBOU P (LITTLE) THIRD (MATAGAMON) L HOUSTON P INDIAN & DAM PONDS BEAVER P (BIG) MITCHELL P MATTHEWS P PILLSBURY P (LITTLE) CURRIER P (FIRST) JO-MARY L (UPPER)

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QTY 900 900 250 250 275 250 250 250 175 175 350 150 450 25 600 250 250 225 1600 1850 525 250 250 1000 1000 1200 1050 70 250 500 500 250 300 400 200 600 300 600 500 400 350 1050 750 275 360 750 150 450 1700 750 200 250 500 250 350 500 700 400 800 500 1600 900 700 700 200 100 1500 1400 1000 500 300 200 1500 100 2000

INCHES 10 10 9 9 10 12 10 10 10 9 10 10 14 17 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 13 12 12 17 10 10 10 13 7 10 9 10 13 7 7 8 7 13 10 7 10 8 7 8 10 5 5 5 10 6 6 8 7 7 7 10 7 8 8 10 10 10 8 7 7 10 8 7 7 7 10

DATE 4/14/21 5/18/21 4/27/21 5/20/21 6/2/21 10/18/21 5/17/21 5/26/21 4/22/21 5/21/21 4/27/21 5/20/21 10/4/21 11/29/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 4/12/21 5/17/21 4/14/21 10/1/21 9/30/21 10/26/21 11/29/21 4/13/21 4/27/21 5/17/21 10/8/21 9/23/21 5/12/21 5/4/21 4/14/21 10/18/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 5/12/21 9/23/21 9/16/21 5/4/21 9/21/21 5/4/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 5/12/21 9/14/21 9/14/21 9/14/21 5/4/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 5/12/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 5/4/21 5/4/21 5/4/21 5/4/21 9/21/21 9/30/21 9/30/21 5/4/21 10/7/21 9/21/21 10/6/21 9/21/21 4/20/21

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WATER JO-MARY L (UPPER) LONG P JO-MARY P BILLFISH P FROST P GRINDSTONE P HORSESHOE P

Arrowsic Bowdoin Bowdoin Bowdoin Georgetown Georgetown Phippsburg Phippsburg Phippsburg Phippsburg Phippsburg Phippsburg Phippsburg Richmond Topsham Topsham Topsham Woolwich Woolwich

SEWALL P CAESAR P CAESAR P CAESAR P CHARLES P CHARLES P CENTER P CENTER P CENTER P SILVER L SILVER L SILVER L SPRAGUE P BIG P (SWAN ISLAND) EDDY P (BIG) EDDY P (BIG) EDDY P (BIG) NEQUASSET L NEQUASSET L

Alder Brook Twp Alder Brook Twp Anson Anson Anson Anson Athens Attean Twp Attean Twp Attean Twp Attean Twp Attean Twp Attean Twp Attean Twp Bald Mountain Twp T2 R3 Bald Mountain Twp T2 R3 Bald Mountain Twp T2 R3 Bowtown Twp Bowtown Twp Bowtown Twp Bowtown Twp Brighton Plt Brighton Plt Canaan Canaan Canaan Canaan Canaan Canaan Caratunk Caratunk Caratunk Caratunk Caratunk Concord Twp Concord Twp Concord Twp Concord Twp Concord Twp Concord Twp Dead River Twp Dennistown Plt Dennistown Plt Dennistown Plt Dennistown Plt Dennistown Plt Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden

HALE P TRICKEY P KENNEBEC R KENNEBEC R KENNEBEC R KENNEBEC R WESSERUNSETT STREAM ATTEAN P CLEARWATER P LOON P WOOD P (BIG) WOOD P (BIG) WOOD P (BIG) WOOD P (BIG) AUSTIN P AUSTIN P AUSTIN P (LITTLE) KING P MOOSE P OTTER P OTTER P (NORTH) SMITH (WEEKS) P SMITH (WEEKS) P CARRABASSETT STREAM LAKE GEORGE LAKE GEORGE LAKE GEORGE LAKE GEORGE LAKE GEORGE DIMMICK P (BIG) DIMMICK P (LITTLE) MACDOUGALL P MACDOUGALL P MOUNTAIN DIMMICK P TIBBETTS P TIBBETTS P TIBBETTS P TIBBETTS P TIBBETTS P TIBBETTS P FLAGSTAFF L CROCKER P CROCKER P RANCOURT P SUGAR BERTH P WOOD P (LITTLE BIG) BLACK HILL P EMBDEN P EMBDEN P EMBDEN P EMBDEN P EMBDEN P EMBDEN P EMBDEN P EMBDEN P EMBDEN P FAHI P HANCOCK P HANCOCK P HANCOCK P HANCOCK P HANCOCK P

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QTY 700 100 270 300 350 775 1300

INCHES 8 7 8 6 6 7 7

DATE 5/4/21 9/23/21 10/13/21 9/21/21 9/21/21 9/30/21 9/30/21

250 150 100 20 150 75 100 100 20 600 50 10 200 200 500 75 20 300 300

14 14 14 17 7 14 14 14 18 9 13 18 8 10 9 14 18 10 13

11/10/21 10/29/21 11/10/21 12/1/21 11/5/21 11/5/21 2/11/21 11/5/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 11/30/21 9/30/21 5/27/21 10/29/21 10/29/21 11/30/21 6/1/21 11/10/21

800 450 500 1600 400 2250 400 1100 350 750 2150 100 500 1050 1200 100 3800 450 750 4500 3000 300 300 300 400 300 50 300 100 2600 2500 100 100 2000 150 100 100 100 50 100 225 2200 824 450 900 500 1000 1200 1300 250 150 400 100 75 400 31 450 200 250 350 100 16

7 7 13 10 10 13 8 7 6 6 9 17 7 13 10 12 7 7 7 7 7 12 12 10 13 13 11 13 19 7 7 10 13 3 10 10 10 7 12 13 8 10 10 6 6 10 7 10 10 10 10 12 7 8 13 13 12 10 10 12 13 13

9/28/21 9/28/21 10/8/21 5/18/21 5/25/21 10/19/21 5/12/21 5/10/21 9/28/21 9/28/21 4/30/21 11/3/21 5/10/21 11/3/21 5/17/21 10/13/21 10/13/21 9/29/21 9/29/21 9/29/21 9/29/21 10/14/21 10/1/21 4/23/21 10/29/21 4/13/21 11/1/21 10/22/21 11/24/21 9/29/21 9/29/21 4/21/21 10/14/21 5/25/21 4/16/21 5/14/21 5/27/21 10/13/21 10/13/21 10/13/21 6/9/21 5/5/21 5/26/21 9/28/21 9/28/21 5/10/21 9/29/21 4/15/21 5/14/21 6/4/21 6/16/21 10/26/21 5/18/21 6/9/21 10/26/21 11/2/21 10/26/21 5/14/21 5/27/21 10/25/21 10/25/21 11/2/21

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TOWN Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Embden Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield Forsyth Twp Forsyth Twp Hammond Twp Harmony Harmony Hartland Hartland Hartland Hartland Hartland Hobbstown Twp Hobbstown Twp Holeb Twp Holeb Twp Holeb Twp Holeb Twp Jackman Jackman Lexington Twp Long Pond Twp Long Pond Twp Madison Madison Madison Madison Madison Mayfield Twp Misery Twp Moose River Moose River Moscow Moscow Moscow Moxie Gore New Portland New Portland New Portland New Portland New Portland Norridgewock Parlin Pond Twp Parlin Pond Twp Pierce Pond Twp Pierce Pond Twp Pierce Pond Twp Pierce Pond Twp Pierce Pond Twp Pierce Pond Twp Pittsfield Pittsfield Pleasant Ridge Plt Pleasant Ridge Plt Pleasant Ridge Plt Pleasant Ridge Plt Rockwood Strip T1 R1 NBKP Rockwood Strip T2 R1 NBKP Rockwood Strip T2 R1 NBKP Saint Albans Saint Albans Saint Albans Sandwich Academy Grant Twp Sandwich Academy Grant Twp Sapling Twp Sapling Twp Sapling Twp Skowhegan Skowhegan Skowhegan Smithfield Solon Solon Solon Solon Solon Solon Solon Solon Solon

WATER KENNEBEC R MILL STREAM MILL STREAM MILL STREAM SANDY P SANDY P SANDY P SANDY P FAIRFIELD REC (PAL) P FAIRFIELD REC (PAL) P FAIRFIELD REC (PAL) P FAIRFIELD REC (PAL) P KENNEBEC R KENNEBEC R BEAVER P LONG P LANE P (LITTLE) HARMONY FIRE P HIGGINS B GREAT MOOSE L MORRILL P MORRILL P MORRILL P SEBASTICOOK R CHUB P SPENCER L HOLEB P HOLEB P HOLEB P MCKENNEY P HEALD STREAM SANDY STREAM SPRUCE P LONG P LONG P WESSERUNSETT L WESSERUNSETT L WESSERUNSETT L WESSERUNSETT L WESSERUNSETT L PALMER P CHASE STREAM P (LITTLE) DAYMOND P SUPPLY P CHASE P WYMAN L WYMAN L FISH P CARRABASSETT R CARRABASSETT R CARRABASSETT R CARRABASSETT R CARRABASSETT R SANDY R PARLIN P SMITH P BASIN P HORSESHOE P KILGORE P KILGORE P (UPPER) PIERCE P SPLIT ROCK P SEBASTICOOK R SEBASTICOOK R BEAN P LOST P ROWE P ROWE P MOOSEHEAD L DEMO P RODERIQUE P INDIAN P (BIG) INDIAN STREAM INDIAN STREAM OTTER P OTTER P (LITTLE) KENNEBEC R KENNEBEC R KENNEBEC R HIGHT P HIGHT P KENNEBEC R EAST P BAKER P KENNEBEC R KENNEBEC R KENNEBEC R WENTWORTH P WENTWORTH P WENTWORTH P WENTWORTH P WENTWORTH P

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QTY 650 70 70 70 220 200 495 100 300 300 450 50 1000 1000 150 1000 300 100 200 800 250 250 150 150 275 350 1000 375 500 1000 500 500 2000 2250 750 800 628 762 2200 17 715 575 425 400 600 750 781 750 300 300 250 200 400 800 2700 650 1800 75 500 250 750 150 350 750 800 750 1500 150 1500 3800 450 500 300 300 475 200 500 1000 800 100 100 800 350 100 200 750 1000 500 400 10 200 400

INCHES 10 10 10 9 9 8 13 12 10 10 7 12 12 13 6 7 7 10 9 12 10 13 12 10 10 8 10 7 10 7 9 9 7 10 9 12 12 12 13 24 9 8 6 9 10 14 14 7 10 10 13 11 11 8 9 6 7 9 9 7 7 3 14 10 7 7 10 9 7 7 7 13 9 10 7 7 10 9 13 10 10 12 14 13 9 10 13 10 12 24 13 14

DATE 5/25/21 4/28/21 5/14/21 5/25/21 5/20/21 10/19/21 10/22/21 10/26/21 4/12/21 4/22/21 10/21/21 10/21/21 10/1/21 10/20/21 9/28/21 10/5/21 9/28/21 5/12/21 4/26/21 10/5/21 4/14/21 10/29/21 10/5/21 4/29/21 6/3/21 6/3/21 5/10/21 5/10/21 5/10/21 10/5/21 5/13/21 5/13/21 9/29/21 5/18/21 5/26/21 10/20/21 10/21/21 11/3/21 10/18/21 10/20/21 5/24/21 10/19/21 9/28/21 5/10/21 5/19/21 10/1/21 10/15/21 9/29/21 4/20/21 5/25/21 10/5/21 5/6/21 6/8/21 5/12/21 4/30/21 9/28/21 9/29/21 5/3/21 5/3/21 9/29/21 5/3/21 5/18/21 4/13/21 4/29/21 9/29/21 9/29/21 5/14/21 6/15/21 5/13/21 9/28/21 9/28/21 10/30/21 4/26/21 5/27/21 9/28/21 9/28/21 4/29/21 5/13/21 9/30/21 4/12/21 4/22/21 9/28/21 11/18/21 10/8/21 5/20/21 5/25/21 10/21/21 4/16/21 10/7/21 10/20/21 11/3/21 10/7/21

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WATER INDIAN P (LITTLE) KNIGHTS P DEAD RIVER DEAD RIVER DEAD RIVER DEAD RIVER SHAW P (LOWER) SPRING L SPRING L SPRING L BILL MORRIS P BRASSUA L LONG P WEST OUTLET (MOOSEHEAD L) WEST OUTLET (MOOSEHEAD L) WEST OUTLET (MOOSEHEAD L) WEST OUTLET (MOOSEHEAD L) WEST OUTLET (MOOSEHEAD L) WEST OUTLET (MOOSEHEAD L) WEST OUTLET (MOOSEHEAD L) WEST OUTLET (MOOSEHEAD L) LONG (MARTIN) P MOSQUITO P MOXIE P MOXIE P FISH P LUTHER P

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GOOSE RIVER GOOSE RIVER SANBORN P SANBORN P SANBORN P SEBASTICOOK R DUTTON P DUTTON P DUTTON P DUTTON P SAINT GEORGE L SAINT GEORGE L SAINT GEORGE L MEGUNTICOOK L MEGUNTICOOK L MEGUNTICOOK L MOODY P MOODY P NORTON P NORTON P BOWLER (BELTON) P SHEEPSCOT P SHEEPSCOT P SHEEPSCOT P HALFMOON P HALFMOON P LEVENSELLER P LEVENSELLER P LEVENSELLER P QUANTABACOOK L QUANTABACOOK L SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R SAINT GEORGE R GOOSE RIVER GOOSE RIVER SWAN L SWAN L SWAN L SANDY STREAM SANDY STREAM

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QTY 1250 300 1100 250 105 100 150 1320 600 45 500 500 1800 400 200 400 200 600 190 400 500 500 500 2500 500 3050 1500

INCHES 7 9 8 12 7 12 13 9 12 18 7 7 9 10 9 9 10 9 10 13 7 10 9 10 9 7 7

DATE 10/14/21 5/25/21 5/20/21 10/20/21 5/20/21 10/6/21 10/6/21 5/20/21 10/20/21 11/17/21 9/29/21 5/18/21 5/4/21 4/15/21 4/29/21 5/4/21 5/17/21 5/26/21 6/10/21 9/30/21 5/17/21 4/21/21 5/3/21 5/18/21 5/25/21 9/28/21 9/28/21

100 200 250 200 100 250 100 350 200 50 500 2000 1000 200 1000 100 250 200 470 100 400 500 500 500 350 350 400 350 55 400 200 150 900 175 200 200 300 200 500 500 300 500 250

10 8 10 14 13 10 10 8 14 13 10 8 7 13 13 19 8 14 14 13 10 10 10 14 10 14 8 14 17 13 14 14 10 13 13 12 10 8 10 14 7 10 10

4/30/21 10/27/21 4/26/21 11/10/21 11/10/21 4/29/21 4/26/21 11/10/21 11/10/21 11/10/21 4/26/21 11/3/21 5/26/21 10/20/21 11/3/21 11/29/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 10/28/21 10/20/21 5/5/21 4/15/21 5/5/21 11/20/21 4/30/21 10/27/21 11/10/21 11/10/21 12/1/21 11/3/21 11/23/21 4/8/21 5/4/21 4/14/21 11/3/21 11/22/21 4/30/21 10/27/21 4/30/21 11/15/21 5/26/21 4/23/21 5/20/21

175 600

7 7

5/11/21 5/11/21

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QTY 700 350 25 150 4000 75 75 400 100 200 14 11 1250 800 1200 525 800 400 65 275 150 300 100 850 100 50 400 350 2000 700 2250 300 150 250 55 10 1000 75 100 50 850 300 41 34 400 1500 400 200 1500 500 1500 100 100 200 250 250 100 100 200 1000 600 1000 300 250 200 450 300 1950 60 800 100 600 300 250 300

INCHES 13 13 13 11 8 14 14 14 13 11 14 16 8 8 12 12 10 13 17 7 10 7 10 8 13 14 8 8 11 13 7 10 10 9 13 17 7 13 7 13 7 11 14 16 13 7 11 11 7 8 7 10 11 11 13 13 10 10 11 11 7 8 7 13 13 11 11 8 14 7 13 14 11 13 11

DATE 10/14/21 10/14/21 11/2/21 4/29/21 9/30/21 9/30/21 10/6/21 10/6/21 10/12/21 10/6/21 11/18/21 11/18/21 9/22/21 9/22/21 9/29/21 9/29/21 4/8/21 10/19/21 11/30/21 5/12/21 4/21/21 10/19/21 4/21/21 9/22/21 10/12/21 11/3/21 9/22/21 9/22/21 4/28/21 10/5/21 5/20/21 5/3/21 4/8/21 11/18/21 11/18/21 11/18/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 10/19/21 10/20/21 11/18/21 11/18/21 11/2/21 5/11/21 5/13/21 6/16/21 6/3/21 9/21/21 6/9/21 4/20/21 4/29/21 5/27/21 4/13/21 5/6/21 4/20/21 5/6/21 5/27/21 6/2/21 6/2/21 10/5/21 5/4/21 10/14/21 10/12/21 5/13/21 4/29/21 9/23/21 9/23/21 5/11/21 10/12/21 10/13/21 10/13/21 11/2/21 10/13/21

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WATER GOULDING L GOULDING L MONEYMAKER L SHATTUCK L SIMPSON P SIMPSON P PIKE BROOK P (EAST) PIKE BROOK P (WEST) PIKE BROOK P (WEST) LOVE L SPECTACLE L (UPPER) SPECTACLE L (UPPER) MONTEGAIL P MONTEGAIL P HOSEA PUG L PEEP L SALMON P SALMON P BERRYPATCH P BERRYPATCH P SECOND L (OLD STREAM) MONROE L MONROE P (EAST) MONROE P (WEST) GRAND L (WEST) POCUMCUS L PORK BARREL L FARROW L MUSQUASH L (EAST) MUSQUASH L (EAST) LILY L LILY L SPEDNIC L INDIAN L INDIAN L INDIAN L INDIAN L

Acton Acton Acton Acton Berwick Berwick Berwick Berwick Berwick Berwick Berwick Biddeford Biddeford Biddeford Biddeford Buxton Buxton Buxton Buxton Buxton

MOOSE P WILSON L WILSON L WILSON L KEAY B LITTLE R LITTLE R LITTLE R MATHEW'S MILL P WORSTER B WORSTER B THACHER B WILCOX P WILCOX P WILCOX P LITTLE R SACO R SACO R SACO R SACO R

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QTY INCHES DATE 1100 8 10/7/21 50 14 10/7/21 600 8 10/13/21 125 11 6/9/21 400 11 4/29/21 50 12 10/6/21 475 7 10/19/21 1200 7 10/19/21 75 13 10/19/21 200 11 10/20/21 600 11 5/17/21 100 13 10/14/21 2500 8 10/7/21 175 14 10/7/21 150 10 5/11/21 1300 8 10/20/21 400 8 9/23/21 50 14 9/23/21 150 8 10/27/21 25 14 10/27/21 350 10 5/11/21 3150 8 10/21/21 1000 8 9/22/21 500 8 10/25/21 10000 7 5/26/21 800 7 5/26/21 500 8 9/22/21 1000 10 4/7/21 800 11 4/28/21 400 7 5/4/21 150 11 4/29/21 1100 8 10/7/21 1000 7 6/3/21 600 11 4/29/21 6000 8 9/30/21 150 14 9/30/21 50 14 10/13/21

YORK BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROWN TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROWN TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROOK TROUT BROWN TROUT

50 250 30 300 210 526 320 400 208 208 210 105 200 105 105 995 728 150 45 250

13 13 19 12 10 10 10 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 13 13 8

10/12/21 10/12/21 11/15/21 10/6/21 5/5/21 5/5/21 5/18/21 5/13/21 4/28/21 4/28/21 5/18/21 5/12/21 4/14/21 5/12/21 5/19/21 5/20/21 4/28/21 10/12/21 11/16/21 5/4/21

TOWN Buxton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Dayton Eliot Eliot Eliot Hollis Hollis Hollis Hollis Hollis Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunk Kennebunkport Kennebunkport Kittery Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Limerick Limerick Limerick Limerick Limerick Limerick Limington Limington Limington Limington Limington Limington Lyman Lyman Lyman Lyman Lyman Lyman Lyman Lyman Lyman

WATER SACO R COOKS B COOKS B SACO R SACO R SACO R SACO R SWAN POND B SWAN POND B SWAN POND B YORK P YORK P YORK R DEER P DEER P DEER P TOWN OFFICE (MEMORIAL) P TOWN OFFICE (MEMORIAL) P ALEWIFE P ALEWIFE P KENNEBUNK R KENNEBUNK R KENNEBUNK R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R WARD B WARD B BATSON R GOFF MILL B KITTERY CLUB P GREAT B GREAT B LITTLE R LITTLE R LITTLE R BROWN B LEAVITT B LEAVITT B OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) HORNE (PEQUAWKET) P HORNE (PEQUAWKET) P HORNE (PEQUAWKET) P HORNE (PEQUAWKET) P OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) SACO R KENNEBUNK P KENNEBUNK P KENNEBUNK P KENNEBUNK P KENNEBUNK P KENNEBUNK P PARKER (BARKER) P PARKER (BARKER) P PARKER (BARKER) P

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QTY 500 200 210 208 210 150 500 300 315 110 375 200 210 600 100 100 100 105 50 10 500 530 800 315 100 500 1200 10 150 160 210 316 105 105 105 315 160 700 200 104 105 494 290 600 100 416 50 150 208 300 500 300 30 150 200 25 750 100 30

INCHES 12 10 10 10 10 13 12 10 10 11 9 14 10 8 14 12 10 10 14 19 10 10 8 10 13 8 12 24 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 10 10 8 14 10 13 12 10 8 10 14 19 13 13 19 9 14 19

DATE 9/29/21 4/21/21 5/20/21 4/28/21 5/20/21 10/12/21 9/29/21 4/21/21 5/20/21 5/28/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 5/13/21 10/21/21 10/21/21 10/6/21 4/21/21 5/20/21 10/22/21 11/15/21 4/22/21 5/13/21 5/11/21 5/13/21 10/12/21 5/6/21 10/20/21 11/15/21 4/22/21 5/13/21 5/12/21 5/12/21 5/18/21 5/5/21 5/18/21 5/5/21 5/18/21 5/13/21 5/6/21 4/29/21 5/19/21 4/29/21 5/19/21 5/5/21 1/27/21 4/29/21 10/13/21 10/6/21 4/29/21 5/4/21 4/21/21 10/22/21 11/15/21 10/18/21 11/8/21 11/24/21 10/22/21 10/22/21 11/15/21

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WATER ROUND P ROUND P ROUND P ADAMS P (ROCK HAVEN) OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) SYMMES P SYMMES P GREAT WORKS R GREAT WORKS R GREAT WORKS R GREAT WORKS R NEOUTAQUET R NEOUTAQUET R MILLIKEN MILLS P LONG P LONG P LONG P PENDEXTER B SOUTH R SOUTH R CASCADE FALLS B NONESUCH R GREAT WORKS R GREAT WORKS R LITTLEFIELD P LITTLEFIELD P LITTLEFIELD P MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM L MOUSAM L MOUSAM L MOUSAM L MOUSAM L MOUSAM L MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R MOUSAM R

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QTY 200 300 50 250 104 105 350 100 20 416 425 165 800 260 320 210 250 30 300 156 156 160 210 105 208 210 382 550 75 364 315 150 900 20 375 40 1170 200 40 34 156 105 50 300

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INCHES 10 9 14 14 10 10 8 14 19 10 10 11 8 10 10 10 13 18 13 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 14 10 10 13 8 24 13 19 13 11 17 19 10 10 13 8

DATE 4/21/21 10/22/21 11/15/21 10/21/21 4/29/21 5/19/21 5/5/21 10/21/21 11/15/21 4/28/21 5/17/21 6/4/21 5/4/21 4/28/21 5/18/21 5/12/21 10/13/21 11/16/21 10/26/21 4/29/21 4/29/21 5/19/21 5/12/21 5/12/21 4/28/21 5/17/21 5/5/21 10/22/21 10/22/21 4/28/21 5/19/21 10/12/21 5/6/21 11/15/21 10/12/21 11/15/21 10/25/21 11/4/21 11/21/21 12/7/21 4/28/21 5/19/21 10/12/21 5/6/21

TOWN Shapleigh Shapleigh Shapleigh Shapleigh Shapleigh Shapleigh South Berwick South Berwick South Berwick South Berwick South Berwick South Berwick South Berwick South Berwick South Berwick Waterboro Waterboro Waterboro Waterboro Waterboro Waterboro Waterboro Waterboro Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells Wells York York York York

WATER MOUSAM R OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) OSSIPEE R (LITTLE) SQUARE P SQUARE P GREAT WORKS R GREAT WORKS R GREAT WORKS R KNIGHT P KNIGHT P KNIGHT P KNIGHT P KNIGHT P WARREN P ISINGLASS P OSSIPEE L (LITTLE) OSSIPEE L (LITTLE) OSSIPEE L (LITTLE) OSSIPEE L (LITTLE) OSSIPEE L (LITTLE) OSSIPEE L (LITTLE) OSSIPEE L (LITTLE) ELL (L) P ELL (L) P GREEN B MERRILAND R MERRILAND R MERRILAND R OGUNQUIT R OGUNQUIT R OGUNQUIT R OGUNQUIT R OGUNQUIT R STEVENS B WEST B CAPE NEDDICK R JOSIAS R SMELT B UNNAMED B

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QTY 10 104 105 700 500 24 104 105 300 156 375 200 30 375 350 208 400 45 43 200 20 2800 75 300 25 105 300 320 1150 300 315 600 400 10 800 160 210 240 105 105

INCHES 24 10 10 8 12 24 10 10 8 10 9 14 20 8 11 10 14 19 23 11 17 11 19 13 19 10 10 10 8 10 10 8 12 24 12 10 10 10 10 10

DATE 11/15/21 4/29/21 5/19/21 5/6/21 10/6/21 12/7/21 4/28/21 5/17/21 5/4/21 4/28/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 11/8/21 11/15/21 5/7/21 4/29/21 10/21/21 11/15/21 12/12/21 11/4/21 11/11/21 5/5/21 11/24/21 10/4/21 11/24/21 5/18/21 4/22/21 5/13/21 5/11/21 4/22/21 5/18/21 5/11/21 10/21/21 11/15/21 10/21/21 5/18/21 5/13/21 5/13/21 5/13/21 5/13/21

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— Guest Column —

Ice Out Dates in Maine Lakes – Steadily Moving Earlier, and Getting Less Predictable

by Lloyd C. Irland • lcirland@gmail.com Much of the rhythm of outdoor activity in Maine from December to early April is controlled by ice. It’s no secret to Maine Sportsman readers that the period of ice cover has shrunk within our own lifetimes. Old timers tell us stories of people skating on ponds in central Maine by Thanksgiving.

For generations, ice cover dates affected important industries such as log driving and sawmilling, shipping, ferry services, and the ice harvesting industry. More recently, sporting camps, boat launches and marinas all watch the ice.

So people have kept track. Some records have survived, as with the chart below which goes back to when Thomas Jefferson was president.

Why do ice out dates vary so much from year to year?

Well, it’s obviously the weather. But what about the weather?

It’s not just one thing.

It’s late winter snowfall, how windy it is, and how warm it gets in March and April.

It turns out that the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Winter Severity index for deer predicts ice out dates even better than air temperatures do. My hunch – the higher recent variability in the ice out dates is due to more frequent late winter/early spring warm and rainy spells. www.MaineSportsman.com

“Late winter ice is often made up of frozen snow and rain, and this is much less firm than the “black ice” that forms in January. It may be thick, but it’s just slush ... I found that out the hard way once.”

Ice outs have come earlier in recent years. Lloyd Irland photo

Across the state, based on a large sample of lakes, from the late 19th century to the 21st, ice out dates moved earlier by: • Mountains: 9 days

Central Maine: 11 days • Eastern Maine: 11 days • Coastal: 15 days Statewide temperature averages for •

1895-1924 were 1 degree below the 19012000 average, while in the last 30 years they were 1.7 degrees higher. Temperatures rose faster along the coast,

and slower in the northern areas. This is partly because the Gulf of Maine is a global warming hotspot, and its conditions affect coastal weather.

Sebago first failed to fully freeze in the 1930s, but from 19471961 it was partly open 5 times; after 1991 has been partially open 7 times in just 18 years.

Some of these years, ice fishing derbies went ahead on particular bays. Sebago’s average ice out is now 18 days earlier than in the late 19th century. On your calendar it would be April 4.

On average, Moosehead’s ice out dates shifted earlier by 7/10ths of a day per decade – half of the pace seen at Sebago.

In the past 40 years, the average date was May 2.

In Maine, we only have data on total ice cover for Lake Auburn, recorded by the Auburn Water District since 1953. Comparing the first 10 years with the recent ten, the lake had had 24 fewer days of ice cover. Freeze-up occurred 15 days later, and ice out was 9 days earlier.

When I first started collecting this information, I knew winters were getting shorter. But several things surprised me.

First, the changes in ice cover were pretty large compared to (Ice Out continued on next page)

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Trolling for Big Spring Browns Brown trout are harder to pattern than salmon and brookies, says the author. His tools of the trade include heavy 9-weight fly rods, lead core line or downriggers, sewn smelt, some spoons and minnow plugs, and his fish finder to locate bait balls.

Spring trolling is coming up, and at this point I’m ready to get the boat in the water.

As much as I love chasing big browns through the ice, this gorgeous and sometimes elusive fish fights wicked on a rod and reel.

It always seems like there’s an unknown with browns when it comes to finding them – although that goes for any game fish, it’s common knowledge in the fishing community that brook trout are found in close to shore in the rocks, while salmon are generally going to be in the open water. So you can narrow down the areas in which to find those two fish.

However, browns are a little more difficult. While they can be patterned, it takes some extra steps in figuring out where they want to be.

I try to keep it simple. It can be tough to find a place to start to find fish, but one basic

approach is to find out what their food source is – is it smelts? Is it alewives? Is there not much at all for bait selection?

There are some ponds really close to my house that don’t have much for smelts or alwives in them so it seems the trout stay right in close to shore looking for bugs, shiners, crayfish or whatever else they can find. We troll for browns right at sun up and again late in the evening. Fishing the rocks and cover works well for us, but there are other places we go that have a lot of alewives, and that changes everything.

If that’s the case, then we try to find schools of bait on the fish finder. We stay right in about 40 to 60 foot of water, and that’s where they hang out – right in and around those bait balls.

And the same thing goes for smelts – if the lake you’re fishing has

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small changes in winter temperatures.

Next, I had not expected the significant increase in year-to-year variability seen for many of the lakes. Observing

smelts in it, chances are the browns won’t be too far behind.

The thing about browns is they can tolerate warmer waters than salmon or brook trout, so they can chase those big schools of alewives in shallow right into early summer before the water warms up too much.

One big thing I’ve noticed is how what’s available for food affects how easy it is to catch fish. In lakes where there are no landlocked alewives, it’s so much easier to catch trout on any kind of gold spoon or orange Rapala. However, in lakes where there’s huge schools of alewives – like a lot of lakes in Southern Maine – those baitfish provide so much feed for big trout that they’re not as aggressive in taking a lure.

When this happens, the best thing me and my dad figured out is to use sewn smelts. If you could use alewives it would

The key to finding big brown trout, says the author, is to determine what they are eating, and at which depth.

be ideal, but that’s not legal in Maine anywhere that I’m aware of, so smelts are the next best thing, and they seem to work a lot better than any lure we have tried.

Even in lakes that don’t have smelts, sewn smelts are by far my favorite bait to troll with, but the big thing is to stick around the bait. A good fish finder helps this process out a lot. We have downriggers and 9 weight fly rods spooled up with thin lead core line, and we’re always changing it up, but 6 colors down is what I remember doing good with last year in April.

We like the 9 weight fly rods a lot more than traditional heavy trolling rods – they are a lot more fun to fight a fish on and they still have plenty of backbone to put out 9 colors of lead core line.

I would never forget about lead core. In

our own lake, and reading stuff by the experts, I learned that late winter ice is often made up of frozen snow and rain and this is much less firm than the “black ice” that forms in January.

It may be thick, but is just slush ... I found that out the hard way once.

fact, a lot of times it’s more effective for us than the down riggers – it’s not as accurate and easy to get down deep, but it’s still my favorite way to troll for trout and salmon and it’s always easy to figure out roughly where you want to be judging by what you see on the fish finder.

But use what you like or run lead core and downriggers at the same time; that’s what we do anyways.

I always try to use smelts if I can, but a lot of times we run out and can’t find them or we just switch to lures because of the convenience. In those instances, any kind of orange, gold or chartreuse spoon or original Rapala seems to work well for us and a lot of other people, but like any kind of fishing, sometimes it’s good to think outside of the box.

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So, what’s the take-away here? Climate is changing and this is likely to continue, but we’ll have ice fishing for a long time to come. But at the opening and end of the season, never take this ice for granted.

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— Guest Column —

A Guide to Requesting Landowner Permission – Part 2

by Staci Warren

If you plan to hang a game camera, be sure to make that request in the letter. Likewise, if you will need to use an ATV to get bait to your site, put that in the letter, too.

Composing the Letter A letter may seem impersonal compared to a personal meeting, but a letter also allows for an introduction and for you to express your appreciation of the property, if you have a history with it, or if you struggle with face-to-face asks.

1. Keep your letter to one typed page. If you don’t have a computer to type a letter, go the library for help, or ask someone you know. If you send a handwritten letter, be sure it’s legible.

2. Don’t use a generic or photocopied “Please may I hunt” letter.

The key to any letter is to be genuine, so be prepared to write more than one letter if you plan to make more than one request, because every letter will be somewhat different.

3. Personalize the letter as much as possible, and always sign your letter with a pen.

4. Make sure you have all your contact information entered correctly at the top of your letter. I usually do a “Re:” regarding Property in X town with map and lot number listed just below the landowner’s address. If you need help with the layout of a basic letter, just Google it. www.MaineSportsman.com

5. Address the landowner respectfully by addressing both Mr. and Mrs. or Ms. if it’s jointly owned. Be sure to spell their names correctly.

Provide Your History with the Land 6. Start your letter off by providing a little history if you’ve been hunting the land in the past and for how long. This is where you can let them know how much you enjoy the property and how much it would mean to you and request permission to continue to hunt. If it’s a first time, explain why you need a place to hunt; e.g., no land, too many hunters, would prefer to bow hunt, or share any disability that might explain why you’d like to hunt their property, if applicable. As much as I love trapping, I find I’m hesitant to ask for trapping in a letter, or as an initial ask, since it tends to be the most controversial and misunderstood by people in general. You may want to get permission to hunt and then expand the ask for trapping if you feel the landowner is hesitant and may want to get to know you better before asking. Same goes for ATV – I make sure the landowner knows my intentions of using the ATV on their land so

that they know I’m not there to destroy it. We use ATVs to help us carry bear bait, or to transport our stands, not to trail ride.

7. It’s always important to let the landowner know who else would be hunting besides yourself. I always ask permission for myself and my spouse; but it could be your child(ren), grandchild or hunting buddy. Just be sure they know if you want to bring someone else, either when you initially ask, or later down the road. The last thing you need is a landowner kicking you off when they find out you’ve put up two stands for your buddies as well as yourself, and it wasn’t part of the initial agreement.

Ending the Letter 8. The closing paragraph is an invitation for the landowner to contact me to discuss any reservations they may have, or to just speak with me. I always welcome a phone call, since not only do I get to speak directly with the landowner to develop a relationship, but also, this gives me a chance to get their phone number for my records. I have received email as well, so if you have one, be sure to check your inbox.

9. Thank the land-

Keep your letter to a single page; provide information about yourself; make the ask; and include your phone number and email address, as well as a stamped, self addressed envelope, to allow an easy response from the landowner. Staci Warren photo

owner for their time, and use a closing of Sincerely or Thank you or Respectfully, or whatever you’re most comfortable using.

Type your name, and sign the printed letter.

10. Along with the letter, enclose the twopart tear out from the landowner permission book that we’re given in hunter safety, and make note in the end of letter that you’ve enclosed it for their convenience. I prefill everything so that all the landowner needs to do is sign it and put in the effective dates.

Some give me permission with no end, while others have signed one year, or two years.

Using the “other” section, be sure to ask for permission to hang game cameras if you intend to do so. The form doesn’t specify, and it’s easy to forget, until you want to hang camera.

11. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope so that the landowner can return the permission form without hassle or expense.

Get Ready for the Landowner’s Call I have always received a call from the

landowner to discuss the arrangement, so don’t just ignore those unknown phone calls coming in. If you let it go to voicemail, be sure you don’t have a greeting that would be inappropriate for a stranger who’s looking for first impressions to hear. You may just get a hang up.

Getting that call has given me a chance to build a relationship, as well as clarify any questions either of us have about anything.

By staying in touch and providing any type of update, it will build a lasting relationship once the landowner knows you care and value the right to hunt on their property.

Don’t forget to offer to help the landowner with maintenance if the property needs it.

On one of properties we access, we spend a few weekends cutting brush to maintain access on the road that we use as a way to thank the landowner.

Whether it’s picking up trash or cutting brush, they’ll appreciate it.

Good luck, and happy hunting!

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Mike Even though when Mike and Gramps were fishing together they never said a word to each other, somehow they knew when to switch sides paddling, and when it was time to move on to find a more productive spot on the pond.

Mike’s name wasn’t Mike. It was Isaac. Most people called him Ike, but Grandfather could not pronounce or perhaps remember Ike, so he called Ike – Mike.

Mike was Grandfathers’ best friend and fishing buddy. Mike had been born and raised in Newfoundland. When I knew him in the 1950s and 60s, he and his wife lived in a little cottage across the street from Grandfather’s big house.

The more time I spent with Gramps and with Mike, the better I was able to piece together bits and parts of Mike’s background.

As a young man, he had been a seal hunter. He was a shooter on a sealing schooner.

The ships sailed north toward the Arctic and the ice floes that were home to thousands and thousands of seals, and Mike shot them from the bow of the ship. On some of the hunts, the hunters clubbed the seals, but Mike’s job was to shoot them. He must have shot thousands.

Tending Donkeys Mike had an interesting job in Old Orchard Beach. In those days, one of the attractions down in the town square was the Coal Mine ride. The mining wagons rode on rails,

and donkeys pulled them through the dark tunnels.

Mike tended the donkeys. On summer mornings, Mike would shepherd the donkeys down Main Street past the old fire barn to the Coal Mine at the bottom of the hill, where they were harnessed to their carts, and in late evening he led them home back up the hill to their paddock on the outskirts of town.

Silent Types Mike and Grandfather had a curious partnership, because they seldom spoke to each other. They were like two old elephants who had seen it all and done it all and were so in tune with each other that speech was unnecessary.

I went fishing with them many times, and learned that idle chatter was out of place with those two ancients.

Whether loading the canoe on the roof of the car, or taking their places in the canoe to go fishing, few words were spoken. They just plodded along doing what needed to be done.

My seat was a cushion in the middle of the canoe. Grandfather had the stern, while Mike sat in the bow. They both wore hip boots with the tops rolled down, and they both smoked briar

pipes filled with strong tobacco.

Going fishing with them was like fishing with the Sphinx.

Carrying on a conversation would have been a sacrilege, and no doubt would have disturbed the silence of the universe. But somehow, they knew when to switch sides paddling and when it was time to move on and find better fishing.

My father said those two had the patience of Job. Mike would sit quietly for hours watching a bobber float across the surface of Goodwin’s Mill Pond.

They had their favorite spots. They fished Killick Pond in Hollis, Shaker Pond, Mousam Lake, Swan Pond (because we had a camp there), Wadleigh’s Pond, Round Pond, Bunganut Pond, and the Scarborough Marsh.

Anchor Line Disappears I will never forget the one and only time these two stoics even came close to a cross word. We were back on the Killick, I think. It was the middle of the day, and Grandfather had found a spring hole by dipping his hand into the warm pond water. “Anchor here,” he told Mike.

Mike reached behind his seat and

As shown on this post card, a ride through Old Orchard Beach’s “Coal Mine” on a wagon pulled by donkeys cost ten cents in the 1940s and 1950s.

Gramps’ friend Ike (or Mike) took care of the donkeys. Credit: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

picked up the two bricks they had tied together for their anchor. He dangled the bricks over the gunwale, being careful not to disturb the water, and let them drop.

The old pot warp they had for an anchor line snaked over the side and disappeared.

I was astonished when I saw the bitter end of the line flip out of the boat and the whole shebang sink out of sight! Someone, Mike or Gramps, had forgotten to tie the anchor line to the canoe.

Gramps was startled just a little bit when we watched the end of the line disappear overboard, but he didn’t grumble or shout or even cuss. I did hear him say to Mike, “That was our only anchor.” And Mike replied, “I know it.”

Grandfather and Mike fished together until old age finally caught up with them.

I’m not even sure Mike ever had a driver’s license. Late in his life, Grandfather stopped driving by his own choice, and that put an end to their forays and adventures throughout York County.

Over the years, the two of them had worn out two canoes and killed a lot of fish. I wish I knew then how precious and valuable these old men were in their day, and what stories they could have told.

Interview a Bust Years later, the Old Orchard Beach Historical Society sent a summer intern to interview and record Grandfather, but they sent the wrong person – someone so young had no proper frame of reference for talking to such an oracle already well into his 90s.

Not her fault; she just didn’t have any background to begin an appropriate conversation. Like trying to interview Mt. Katahdin or The Old Man in the Mountains.

The interview was a flop, mostly because she didn’t know what to ask, and Grandfather felt there was no need to speak. He’d lived it all and didn’t need to repeat it.

He was content to be silent with his thoughts and remember the old times fishing with Mike.

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— The Maine

2021 MAINE FISHIN Catch-and-Release Patch Club

“An Association of Anglers Who Have Landed – and Released – a Big Fish in Maine.”

LAST NAME Bragdon Cushing Cushing Cushing Cushing Cushing Cushing Gagne Gooldrup Havelin Lavigne Windsor Windsor

FIRST NAME David Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam Sam Jake Edward Joshua Benjamin Athena Eric

HOMETOWN Parsonsfield, ME Belfast, ME Belfast, ME Belfast, ME Belfast, ME Belfast, ME Belfast, ME Hiram, ME Auburn, ME Veazie, ME Auburn, ME Gorham, ME Gorham, ME

LENGTH (IN.) 23 21 20 1/4 20 21 3/4 22 1/4 20 1/4 25 1/2 41 21 21 21 1/4 22 1/4

WEIGHT (LB.) 4.81 5.19 4.31 4.06 6.125 7.06 4.56 9 — — 4.5 7.6 7.31

Alex Kobierski of Beverly, MA pulled this 4.19-lb., 26-inch pickerel through the ice at Long Pond, Harrison on February 27, 2021. The weight was certified at Harrison General Store.

TYPE Brook trout Largemouth bass Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass Largemouth bass Largemouth bass Smallmouth bass Brown trout Northern pike Smallmouth bass Largemouth bass Largemouth bass Largemouth bass

LOCATION Moosehead Lake Wilson Pond, Wayne Pleasant Lake Pleasant Lake Western Maine Lake Western Maine Lake Hancock Pond Hancock Pond Sebago Lake Brewer Lake Allen Pond Lovell Windham

Dean Ferris of Westbrook caught this monster togue (lake trout) in Sebago Lake on July 17, 2021, using a Flatfish lure and earning a “One that Didn’t Get Away” patch. The fish measured 38 1/4 inches long and weighed 18.58 pounds. The togue’s weight was certified at Jordan’s Store, Sebago.

Athena and Eric Winsor of Gorham both had productive 2021 catch-and-release seasons for largemouth bass. On May 2, 2021 Athena hooked and released this 7.6-lb., 21.25-inch lunker, on Kezar Lake in Lovell. Several months later, on August 28, 2021, Eric caught and released this 7.31-lb., 22.25-inch largemouth on Little Sebago Lake, in Windham. www.MaineSportsman.com

DATE 1/11/21 1/19/21 5/17/21 5/17/21 5/28/21 5/28/21 7/26/21 6/4/21 1/26/21 3/21/21 11/21/21 5/2/21 8/28/21

Emily Trial of Smithfield caught this lunker white perch on February 15, 2021 in Chesuncook Lake. The perch weighed 2.2 pounds and measured 16 inches in length. The weight was certified at the Allagash Gateway, and the fish species identification was confirmed by game warden Robert Johansen.

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NG PATCH CLUBS The One That Didn’t Get Away Patch Club “An Association of Anglers Who Have Landed a Big Fish in Maine.”

LAST NAME Anderson Boulet Braden Bragdon Carpenter Currier Ferris Grard Hebert Hewett Kobierski Kobierski Locke Niles Pendexter Pomeroy Pomeroy Roma Trial Wallace Welsh

FIRST NAME Tom Brad Richard Jacoby Dale John Forrest Dean Nathan Claude Nathan Alex Alex Scott Michael Deven Cory Cory Wayne Emily Troy Michael

HOMETOWN W Baldwin, ME Lyman, ME Princeton, ME Winslow, ME Oakland, ME Hampstead, NH Westbrook, ME Albion, ME Sinclair, ME Belgrade, ME Beverly, MA Beverly, MA W Baldwin, ME Summer, ME Poland, ME Winslow, ME Winslow, ME East Baldwin, ME Smithfield, ME Phippsburg, ME Belgrade, ME

LENGTH (IN.) 26 3/4 39 14 1/2 37 3/8 29 42 1/4 38 1/4 29 1/2 26 1/3 38 26 22 25 — 15 7/8 25 1/2 20 25 1/3 16 16 25

WEIGHT (LB.) 6.39 15.5 1.7 16.31 6.8 22 18.58 9.5 7.25 16.13 4.03 4.19 6.37 7.01 2.31 6.125 4 4.7 2.2 2.17 6.48

TYPE Landlocked Salmon Northern pike White perch Lake trout (togue) Brown trout Northern pike Lake trout (togue) Landlocked salmon Landlocked Salmon Northern pike Splake Pickerel Brown trout Bass Crappie Brown trout Brook trout Chain pickerel White perch Black crappie Brown trout

DATE 4/30/21 2/13/21 3/13/21 1/31/21 3/27/21 2/6/21 7/17/21 2/26/21 8/17/21 7/6/21 3/7/21 2/27/21 6/3/21 3/20/21 1/30/21 5/1/21 8/29/21 2/21/21 2/15/21 2/7/21 9/7/21

LOCATION Peabody Pond Sabattus Lake Twp 43MD BPD - Little River Lake Moosehead Lake Messalonskee Stream Sidney, ME Sebago Lake Schoodic Lake Square Lake Unknown Trickey Pond Bridgton Long Lake Harrison Stearns Pond Roxbury (Ellis Pond) Poland, Upper Range Pond Great Pond Belgrade Unknown Watchic Lake Chesuncook Lake Jefferson Unknown

David Bragdon or Parsonsfield caught and released this 4 lb. 13 oz lunker brook trout on Moosehead Lake in Greenville on January 11, 2021, using a worm for bait.

Jake Gagne of Hiram caught and released this 9 lb., 25 1/2-inch brown trout while fishing at Hancock Pond, Denmark, on June 4, 2021.

Tom Anderson of West Baldwin caught this landlocked salmon on April 30, 2021.

It weighed 6.39 pounds and measured 26 3/4 inches long. It was caught trolling with sewn-on smelt on Peabody Pond. The lunker’s weight was certified at Jordan’s Store, Sebago.

Having earned several C&R patches for largemouth, Sam Cushing of Belfast next turned his kayak toward smallmouth bass fisheries. He excelled there, too, such as with this 20-inch, 4 lb. 1 oz. smallie, caught May 17, 2021 on a 4-inch white tube at Pleasant Lake in Otisfield. www.MaineSportsman.com

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Benefits of Trapping Trapping is one of today’s major wildlife management tools, in that it helps to reduce or eliminate human-wildlife related issues, while benefiting wildlife populations.

A number of our Maine furbearers cause ongoing human-wildlife issues that often have economic or emotional impacts.

The two animals that affect most all of us are the coyote and beaver.

Beaver flooding damages roadways, woodlots and agricultural fields. Beaver eating habits damage forest product trees, back yards, ornamental bushes and fruit trees.

Coyotes (as well as fishers and foxes) kill household pets – a traumatic experience for family members, especially children.

Rural residents and owners of small farms suffer economically from overpopulations of certain wild animals. This includes small predators such as the weasel, raccoon, fox and mink raiding the family chicken coop or rabbit hutch, while larger predators, such as coyotes, bears, and bobcat, kill or injure larger livestock, including pigs, sheep, goats, cattle and horses.

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Keeping predator populations in check benefits domestic animals, wild animals and people.

The author details why regulated trapping is more humane than allowing coyotes, beaver and other animals to become overpopulated, causing economic damage and susceptibility to illnesses – some of which can be transmitted to humans. ote is the highest-visibility predator, and the damage does not stop with the loss or injury to pets and livestock; rather, it extends to game animals, especially whitetail deer, and especially in the winter. Keep in mind that deer are worth millions of dollars in revenue to the state’s economy, both from Maine residents and sportsmen and women from other states.

The carnage done by coyotes to whitetails in deer wintering areas is shocking. Seeing the effects of coyotes in deer yards is shocking, even for the experienced woodsman.

Trappers are called upon to assist in preserving deer populations. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife deploys and assigns specially-selected trappers and hunters to specific deer wintering areas to reduce coyote populations.

Constant Reduction Many wish this would eliminate the coyote, but that will never happen. However, even without ir-

radicating coyotes, the constant reduction in the number of coyotes benefits the survival rate of yarded deer.

Many wonder how the coyote can rebound so fast when pressure isn’t kept on them. A number of years ago, I read that a coyote population can tolerate a 75 percent annual reduction and remain stable from year to year.

Over time, the constant reduction in numbers results in a lower general population in specific areas. If the pressure is stopped, then coyotes will rebound rapidly so long as food sources and space are available. When the population finally increases to the point that the environment is saturated, it has reached what is called the carrying capacity – the maximum number of animals the landscape can accommodate.

Of course, breeding doesn’t stop when this point is reached. The extra animals (young of the year) are pushed out, dispersing to other areas, including those where coyotes have been reduced.

This is the reason many young are those first trapped annually.

Research has shown that canids are easier to catch when they are in unfamiliar territory.

Reducing Disease Transmission Another benefit of trapping is a reduction of diseases. In areas where trappers are inactive, animal populations often reach high levels, making the animals more susceptible to infectious diseases such as rabies, mange and distemper. These become epidemic when populations are high enough that the disease can jump from one animal to another.

The harvest of animals by trapping creates a much healthier population. In the case of rabies, the benefits extend to humans, as rabies can infect and kill pets, livestock and even humans.

The public usually has a hard time understanding how trapping benefits wildlife.

Biologist and resource managers dealing with populations (not individual animals) understand that for the betterment of the

overall population, animals are healthier when harvested annually, and that diseases are less common.

Finally, remember that trappers are providing free health services to the public. If one doesn’t believe that, tell them to check on the cost of rabies management in the United States – it is several billion dollars annually.

Many will tell you that nature should be left to take its course without trappers.

Mother Nature doesn’t take lessons on humane capture (trapping) or proper dispatch methods. Overpopulations of species are taken care of in nature by infectious diseases that either kill them, debilitate them or make them so weak that they die of starvation or exposure. None of this is humane – rather, it is nature at its worse.

If the animal rights people looked at reality, they would protest Mother Nature, not trappers.

Wouldn’t it be nice if they used their vast amounts of money for the betterment of wildlife, instead of for filing lawsuits that divert wildlife funds into the courts to defend wildlife management methods?

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Organized Angling Techniques for the Disorganized Angler After hiking in to a remote Maine pond, I stood at the shoreline admiring the glorious view. I flipped over the canoe I had staged on the shoreline and prepared my fishing gear.

Upon opening my backpack, I realized I had forgotten my reel.

After cleaning my line earlier that month, I had taken the spool off the reel, stored it in a separate bag in the closet, and never put it back in the backpack.

So that day, I had to make do with what I had. I found an extra spool of sinking line, and used that – without a reel – for the rest of the day. Imagine the tangle of line on the floor of the canoe, and you’ll get the picture.

To say the day was a memorable tribulation would be a huge un-

Fishing all day far from home without a reel taught the author the value of getting prepared the night before, minimizing the chances that he’d forget any necessary gear. derstatement.

I have forgotten to take certain “essential” items on fishing trips before – rain jacket, life vest, fly boxes, a net, and even the anchor! I have fixed the problem now, by getting organized the night before any fishing trip, and I’ve found it so much easier.

In the Bag It seems simple, but it works so great … I store all my fishing gear in one bag and two backpacks, according to the type of fishing I’ll be doing.

Let me explain.

I really enjoy fishing for smallmouth bass in lakes and rivers, so I have a boat bag and a vest full of

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gear for smallies. The vest fits in a small backpack that carries most all I’ll need, but

the boat bag carries certain items specific to fishing from my drift boat or kayak, as well as extra bulky items like two huge fly boxes full of large streamers, poppers and sliders that would take up too (Freshwater Fly Fishing continued on page 55)

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The Old Man Was Wrong Grandpa always said that it was a waste of time to go trout fishing until the snow had melted and spring had arrived in earnest. I deferred to my elder in most things, but in this instance, the old man was wrong.

Trout remain active year-round. It’s not a lack of cooperation on the fish’s part that so often thwarts our early season efforts, but rather, it’s poor conditions. High water of spring can make trout fishing, at least in April, a dicey proposition. How many of us have hit the stream in early April, only to find the water so high and fast-running that it was impossible to get our bait or lure down to where the fish were holding?

It’s a common theme this time of year.

We can take trout in April, though. But we need to seek them in places where we can present our offerings without them being immediately swept away by the current.

For this, we need to do some prospecting.

This may mean leaving the larger streams for now and hitting the smaller brooks – often the very smallest of brooks.

In some cases, the small brooks are at their best during times of high water.

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Old-timers say trout fishing gets good when alder leaves reach the size of mouse ears. However, if you wait too long to get out, something else reaches the size of mouse ears – blackflies. So get your lines in the water before the blackflies make an appearance.

By late April, handsome brook trout such as this come to net. Tom Seymour photo

April.

Turbid Best High water in a small brook isn’t as bad a hinderance as on larger streams and rivers. In fact, sometimes high, discolored water can indicate good trout fishing. This is true especially on brooks that flow past clay banks.

You can easily spot such a brook by the milky quality of the water.

For years, I avoided these kinds of places, thinking that the suspended solids in the water would drive trout away. But like grandpa thinking fishing wasn’t good in early April, I was wrong – very wrong. In fact, where such little brooks flow into larg-

er streams and rivers, fish from the larger waterbody often swim up the small brooks during times of high water. Whether this just happens to coincide with the brooks being milky-colored, or if these conditions actually attract trout, remains undetermined.

But the reason this mini-migration occurs doesn’t matter. It is enough to know that it does.

Such conditions bring with them a significant benefit. That is, stealth doesn’t matter. The trout can’t see you. If your shadow falls across the water, it’s no big deal. I have often taken trout within a foot of where I stood, something

that seldom happens during times of ginclear water.

One word to the wise. These conditions don’t last for very long.

It might pay to re-visit a good brook within a few days of fishing it, because springtime high-water conditions on small brooks can vanish as quickly as they appear.

Late April Toward the end of April, the early season conditions that saw us taking trout from small brooks have ended, water levels become fishable, and trout in streams and small rivers become more cooperative. You can adjust this schedule according to where you live and fish in

Maine. In southern and coastal Maine, good water conditions can occur by midmonth. In central and northern Maine, it takes a bit longer.

I have fished medium-sized streams in Washington County in mid-April and had excellent luck on native brook trout. The same goes for some of the small rivers in coastal Maine. These rivers hold few native fish, but the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife stocks these places heavily with brook and brown trout. Things take a bit longer in the Moosehead region and points north.

Many of us have heard the old-timers talk about the good fishing they have when leaves on the alders reach the size of mouse ears. Something else reaches the size of mouse ears around the same time, that being blackflies.

The fact is, we can find good trout fishing in streams and small rivers before the black flies begin to swarm.

Just before blackflies make their initial appearance, we can experience some red-hot trout fishing. In my estimation, this is the best time of all. The water is a bit high, but not too high. Temperatures have warmed to the point that trout become super-active and very hungry. The sun (Continued on next page)

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is still at a fairly low angle, and sunlight filtering through the still-bare tree limbs casts a special effect upon the woodlands.

The sounds and smells of spring invigorate the senses. You can see why I love this time of year.

Get Out If you haven’t given

April a good try, now’s the time to get out and see for yourself just how good trout fishing can get.

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much space in my vest.

I also enjoy fishing for trout and salmon on lakes, ponds, and rivers. For this I have a backpack full of gear used specifically for these kinds of fly-fishing adventures.

I have several rods, each with a specific purpose. The night before a fishing trip, I check the bag I’ll be using to make sure everything is there and set it up just outside of my “gear room” or “man-cave.”

Next to the bag will be the specific rod or rods I’ll be using for the day, along with certain gear that doesn’t fit in the bag, such as the paddle, canoe seat and cooler.

My boat anchor always rides in the boat, so I never forget it, along with my boat net. I set the heavy anchor inside of a milk crate to keep it from rolling around.

The key element in this whole organization event is to prepare the night before the trip. I do the same for hunting trips, getting everything set up the night before so I can simply grab things and run out the door without hardly thinking. I have even resorted to putting some of the bulky items in the truck the night before, so it makes it extra easy in the morning.

Extra Gear Of course, on extended overnight trips, there will be extra gear that will go in different storage containers. I put my cooking gear in a single tote box, and carry food items in a cooler and non-perishables in another tote box. I use the kind of tote boxes with a secure lid that stays closed tight – just in case they’ll be riding in the open bed of the truck.

Sleeping bags and extra bulky clothing will go in duffle bags. I also have a special waterproof handbag that is large enough to hold my waders and boots. I always keep these items in the truck

All the author’s fly fishing gear gets “pre-staged” the night before a trip. William Clunie photo

during fishing season – who knows when a heavy wind changes a day of trout fishing on a remote pond into a river-wading trip?

For me, the ultimate organization will come when I purchase a new-to-me, slightly/gently used cargo van. I’ll rig the van to carry all of my gear, meaning that I’ll be completely ready to fish wherever I’m located. I’ll have rod carriers mounted to hold my whole collection, drawers to carry all the necessities, and permanent totes to carry the rest of the gear … no more hauling heavy totes and coolers to and from the house to the truck. I think this cargo van idea is going to work out great!

Think of it – I could wake up one day and after finishing my morning coffee and notice that the weather forecaster was wrong … he predicted a cold rain for three straight days, but the sky suddenly clears and the temperatures are balmy. At that point, all I need to do is fill the cooler, grab my keys and head out the door … well, after checking with my sweet wife, of course.

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It’s Time to Re-Power!

by Steve Carpenteri

When considering a new outboard, decide what you want in a motor, and what you need the motor to do.

Is speed a factor? Is slow trolling a requirement? Is long-distance running on the itinerary? Freshwater or saltwater – or both?

The progression from man-power to prop-power comes rather naturally among Maine’s boaters. Most start out rowing, paddling or poling their favorite craft until one gray (and windy) day they realize that the re-

sulting sore back and aching shoulders is no longer worth the trouble.

I learned my lesson early on when I purchased an Evinrude ERCD Junior 3-horsepower outboard back in the mid-1970s. I’d been paddling and

rowing for the better part of two decades and decided I’d had enough. I hooked the Junior to my 1948-vintage Grumman square-ender and never looked back.

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paddlers right from the start. Believe it or not, thanks to careful maintenance and service, both the motor and canoe are still on the water today – not a bad return on the investment!

Which Motor is Best?

I lucked out in choosing the best possible motor for my boat and its purpose – taking me out to hunt, fish or camp, and getting me back.

When making the transition from “Armstrong power” to motorized propulsion, it’s important to consider all the options. What do you want your motor to do? Is speed a factor? Is slow trolling a requirement? Is long-distance running on the agenda? Freshwater or saltwater – or

both?

As one might expect, bigger is not always better, and in fact most first-time outboard purchasers make the same mistake – they buy more motor than they truly need. Motors that are big, loud and fast will duly impress your buddies back at the marina, but in practice those immense, high-powered units often prove to be more trouble and expense than they are worth.

“For me, having the old V-4 fail to start on three different occasions was the turning point,” said Will Lund, editor of The Maine Sportsman. “Also, it’s not just the engine that gets older – every other moving part can fail. I have seen boat(Continued on next page)

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ers floating out to sea when their tilt mechanisms got stuck in the “up” position. Owner with this issue become skilled at bleeding out the hydraulic fluid from the systems so the engines will lower.

Of course, with no fluid, the outboards won’t raise again.

“I have also seen folks purchase a used boat and motor, and then a few years later they spend as much for a new motor as they paid for the original rig – and in every case, they were happy to spend the money.

The value of reliability is difficult to measure, especially if you break down far from your home port with guests aboard.

“I have always run 90- and 88-horsepower outboards on my 17-foot 1978 Whaler Montauk,” Lund added. “Last year I re-powered to a new 75-horse 3-cylinder with no decrease in speed. The boat actually planes up more quickly. I think the lighter weight plus the better performance that comes with any new outboard more than made up for the decrease in horsepower.”

For starters, talk with an experienced boater (not necessarily a salesman) about the many options that are available. Focus on what you want your motor to do, which kind of boat you own and what its primary use will be. Some boat-motor combinations match perfectly while others do not.

Examine the many different combinations of boat/motor that are available at marinas and online, and then buy the rig that truly

and honestly fits your agenda.

Most manufacturers post recommended horsepower and load restrictions as certified by the U. S. Coast Guard on a metal capacity plate that is installed on all new boats. Matching the wrong motor to a boat can cause a wide variety of performance issues. Choose the proper boat and motor so that your rig will get you there and back safely and reliably – every time.

Maintenance is Key The purchase of an outboard motor should never be a hasty or impulsive decision.

The initial cost of a motor can be in the thousands of dollars, but the responsibilities don’t stop there.

To ensure excellent, dependable, long-term reliability, an outboard motor should receive annual service that includes fluid changes, ignition inspection and repairs, lost or worn parts replacement, and any other routine maintenance as recommended in the owner’s manual.

Sooner or later, every boater will be faced with the issue of a motor that fails to perform as needed when needed. Most of the time, the outcome sparks humorous banter back at the dock, but having an unreliable motor – especially on salt water – is no laughing matter.

Consider the proper size motor and boat for your needs, and when you make your selection, provide proper maintenance to your engine. It’s time and money well-spent.

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Keeping Saltwater Fish to Eat – What You Need to Know

by Capt. Ron Dupuis, Jr. Those of us who fish Casco Bay know there’s a bounty of cold-water fish that

are wonderful to eat.

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when prepared appropriately.

However, cooks who specialize in seafood know that fish must be handled properly BEFORE getting to the kitchen, to maintain their fresh taste. How an angler handles fish on the shore or in the boat determines how tasty and safe they will be to eat. This article fo-

cuses on how to get the catch from the boat to the chef to be able to enjoy the bounty that Casco Bay offers.

Trip Preparation Prior to leaving the dock it’s important to decide whether or not you’ll be keeping what you catch.

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seasons, minimum or “slot” size limits, and maximum possession limits. If you are going to release fish, do it right away rather than keeping them in a livewell and deciding to release them at the end of the day.

Also, determine before you head out how you will keep your catch fresh. Will the fish be iced immediately, or stored in a live-well? Both techniques require ongoing maintenance during the trip to ensure adequate amounts of ice are available, or to make sure the live well is aerated adequately and not overcrowded.

Before keeping a fish, inspect it thoroughly. Healthy fish will have bright eyes, and gills that are red and not damaged.

Don’t keep fish to eat that exhibit discolored skin or loose scales.

When you land the fish, don’t allow the fish to die slowly on the floor of the boat or in a cooler or bucket.

If you know you are keeping the fish, kill it immediately, using a knife or striking it on the head with a blunt object. Dispatching a fish quickly and placing it on ice maintains the highest meat quality.

Some anglers take a different approach, choosing to keep the fish alive in a live-well until they get to shore, at which point they kill and clean the fish.

This is fine if you manage the fish box appropriately and avoid overcrowding.

Too many fish in a fish box will deplete the oxygen level, resulting in unintentional mortality.

Of the two options,

my preference is to kill the fish immediately and place it on ice.

I make sure there is plenty of ice on board the vessel to replenish the cooler when the ice starts to melt.

Anglers must keep an eye on the ice supply through the day and decide when it’s time to add more ice or end early to preserve the quality of fish that have been caught.

This is where the experienced guide or angler balances the importance of preserving the day’s catch with maximizing the time spent on the water.

Bottom line? For a full day of fishing, be sure to have plenty of ice on the boat.

When You Get to Shore Once you’re ashore, gut and clean the fish immediately, if that was not done earlier.

If you have kept the fish alive during the trip, the first thing to do upon landing is to kill and bleed the fish.

Even if they’ve been on ice, get them gutted and cleaned, filleted, or cut into steaks or chunks. Use a clean filet knife, and clean the knife frequently to keep scales and other fish parts away from the fish’s flesh.

When you have cut up your fish, rinse the filets or steaks liberally. Keep the fish moist, but wipe gently with a paper towel to remove the excess moisture or blood. Place the fillets or steaks into Ziplock bags, and place them back on ice.

How Fast to the Grill?

It’s rare that an angler can return home and immediately put the fish on the grill or into the oven to bake.

The one exception is

bluefish – in my experience, bluefish fillets should be marinated and then grilled as soon as possible to enjoy the fish’s fresh and distinctive flavor.

Refrigeration is fine for all fish if you are going to cook them quickly.

Otherwise, it’s best to freeze the meat, double-bagging or taking other steps to avoid freezer burn if possible.

So the key takeaways: 1) Use plenty of ice, after catching the fish and again after cleaning or filleting; 2) Clean the fish as soon as you have an opportunity, using a clean knife; and

The most important rule in preserving the fresh taste of your catch, says the author, is to immediately put the fish on ice, and keep it there. To do that, you’ve got to plan ahead by having enough ice on board to last for your full day of fishing. Photo credit: MossyOak

3) Continue refrigerating the fish while you get the grill or oven ready.

Good luck on the water, and in the kitchen.

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Makos, Stripers, Groundfish and Blues in the News The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the multi-country group than manages tunas, billfish, swordfish, and some species of sharks, has concluded that the North Atlantic shortfin mako shark population is overfished.

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and circle hook requirements, but were unsuccessful in preventing the ban. Many feel that bycatch (particularly unreported bycatch) of makos, by commercial fleets from other countries is doing the most damage, while U.S. recreational fishermen have been heavily regulated and are bearing more than their fair share of mako conservation measures.

Bottom line is that all makos caught recreationally, including those here in the Gulf of Maine, will have to be released unharmed through 2023.

New Cod, Haddock Regs The New England Fishery Management Council, which manages Gulf of Maine groundfish, has recommended a 2022 recreational minimum length for cod of 22” (up from 21” in 2021) and the same 1-fishper-person-per-day bag limit, but a longer recreational fall season, which would extend from September 1 through October 7, as well as the usual opening from April 1 – 14, for both private and party/charter anglers.

The haddock bag limit would be increased from 15 to 20

fish per day per person, with the same 17” minimum size and the same 11-month season, with March being closed.

If the National Marine Fisheries Service approves the measures, and I expect it will, the new rules are scheduled to go into effect on May 1st.

Bluefish Quota Up The East Coast bluefish population seems to be doing pretty well, so federal fishery managers have increased both commercial and recreational quotas for 2022. The commercial quota jumped from 2.77 to 3.54 million pounds, and the recreational quota is up from 8.34 to 13.89 million pounds.

However, this will not likely translate into higher bag limits for sport fishermen right away, as the current limits in federal waters of three fish per person for private boats, and five fish per person for party/ charter fishermen, will remain in place.

Maine currently has a three-fish bag limit (no minimum size) for all salt water recreational fishermen, which is expected to remain in place for the coming season.

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as Young of the Year Surveys, or YOYs. The surveys track the annual reproductive success of striped bass in Chesapeake Bay, where 90% of the stripers we catch in Maine are spawned, and in the Hudson River, which accounts for the remaining 10%.

The surveys provide a current snapshot of spawning success as well as trends in striper population over the years.

Researchers use 100-foot long, handhauled seine nets at multiple sample sites in the Bay and Hudson River and the watersheds that feed them. The number of juvenile young-ofthe-year stripers that are collected at each site, which range from

Anglers in U.S. East Coast waters will not be able to keep mako sharks in 2022 and 2023, due to a determination that the North Atlantic stock is now overfished. Erin Gibson photo

about 1.5” to 4” in length, are averaged out, which provides the index number.

Preliminary analysis of the Hudson survey places the results just a tad under the average of 18.4 juveniles from 2015 to 2021, and a little higher than the 15.7 average between 2008 and 2014. Given that the 2020 survey was the fourth highest

(36.4) in the past 37 years, it would seem that Hudson stripers are doing reasonably well.

The Maryland survey, however, produced a disappointing index of 3.2 juvenile stripers, the third year in a row it’s been under the long-term average of 11.4. On the other hand, preliminary results of the Virginia

Members of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science crew seine for juvenile stripers in the James River, participating in a 3-state survey to determine fish populations. Photo courtesy Buchanan/VIMS

YOY showed an average of 6.3 fish for each haul of the net, the 9th consecutive year of average or above-average results.

What does all this mean? Unfortunately, it indicates that Chesapeake striper spawning is not improving.

The reasons aren’t well understood, but many believe water quality, rainfall

amounts and water temperature may be in part responsible. In addition, the spawning stock biomass (the overall number of sexually mature females) is smaller than it should be, likely due to fishing mortality.

We’ll be keeping an eye on developments as they unfold.

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Kick back, relax, and enjoy The Maine Sportsman’s annual

APRIL FOOL’S SPECIAL FEATURE! — “Snapshots in Time”

Historical Glimpses from Maine’s Sporting Past

Compiled by Bill Pierce, Former Executive Director, Outdoor Heritage Museum

Maine Sportsman Exclusive:

Fly Rod Crosby’s Little Sister Fearing that Fly Rod’s attractive baby sister would steal the limelight, their mother shipped young Calligenia (“So Fly” Crosby) to a convent.

It didn’t work.

There are very few Maine sportsmen who have not heard of the legendary Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby. Back in 1897, the bold and unafraid-to-speakher-mind “Fly Rod” was awarded Maine Guide badge #1 as tribute to her efforts in advocating for the law requiring all Maine Guides be certified by the State of Maine.

Cornelia was a prolific outdoor writer, a promoter par-excellence, a good shot, and avid angler – hence her now-famous nickname. With these attributes and at six feet tall, Ol’ Fly Rod cast a long shadow, and she became a true icon of the 19th century sporting world.

However, few have ever heard until now – through this historical exclusive to The Maine Sportsman – that Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby had a little sister!

Yes, Calligenia, known around Strong, Maine by her nickname “So Fly” Crosby (see rare vintage photo) was indeed the famous Cornelia’s baby www.MaineSportsman.com

Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby.

sister. Calligenia is a name of Greek origin meaning “Born of beauty,” and she was gorgeous. Cornelia’s mother had decided to keep the young lass well-sequestered as to not “outshine” Cornelia Unlike her famous older sister, “So Fly” Crosby was a horrendous shot and a hopeless fly caster. Given these obvious shortcomings and the resulting embarrassment to the family, her mother shipped poor Calligenia off to a convent during her senior year in

Fly Rod’s younger sister, Calligenia (“So Fly”) Crosby.

high school. “So Fly” then escaped the Sisters of Mercy, “blossomed,” joined a vaudeville troupe, and changed her name. To Mae West.

Yes, the once little known, bad-casting, wind knot weaving Calligenia would go on to become one of America’s first film stars and namesake to the best Personal Floatation Device of its day. The rest, as they say, is history!

Now be sure to be kind to your siblings and get outside and make some outdoor history of your own!

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APRIL FOOL’S Special Feature

New Fishing Rules for Season Opener Start Now Even during the tail-end of a pandemic, you can never be too careful, as the author explains in this April-themed instructional column.

Under the direction of Governor Mills, DIFW Commissioner, Judy Camuso has approved several changes to traditional hunting and fishing rules this year.

In accordance with the governor’s COVID mandates, all anglers must present proof of vaccination in order to obtain a 2022 fishing license. Proof of required additional boosters will also need to be updated as they become available throughout the years to follow.

Mask mandates will also be in place any time any angler exits their vehicle. It’s simple … just mask up before you get out of the vehicle, and

you won’t be fined.

The penalty for fishing without a mask or booster update will be forfeiture of fishing privileges for one full year. Protecting other anglers is the patriotic and right thing to do.

Anglers caught fishing without booster updates and failing to wear a mask will be fined $200, jailed for no less than three days, and their fishing privileges will be forfeited for a minimum of one year, or until lakes and ponds are frozen over.

Rubber Gloves Maine’s fish biologists, working with some of China’s premier virologists, have determined that there

might be a connection between fish and humans in the transmission of COVID-19.

Although no anglers or fish have ever contracted this virus from human-to-fish contact, in an over-abundance of caution, most of Maine’s fisheries biologists agree we must follow the science – rubber glove mandates must be enforced.

Maine’s leading fish biologist, Piscali Finzenscali, disagreed with the mandate and said, “Everybody knows water just washes the virus away when you pick the fish up … just don’t go kissing any bass when you’re taking selfies.”

Despite Finzenscali’s dissension, anglers

Here, the author suits up for this season’s fishing opener in the required, legal and ethical fashion of the times. “It’s the patriotic thing to do,” he said, barely audible through his two masks and motorcycle helmet visor. William Clunie photo

caught holding a fish without gloves will pay a fine of $95 and lose fishing privileges for

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Up Your Poaching Skills Though legal hunting season for most game is still months away, it’s important that we poachers continue hunting year-round to keep our skills sharp. We should constantly strive to improve and hone our techniques.

Below I share my favorite products and tips to become the best poacher you can be.

New Products 1. Fish StretcherTM – fish undersized? No problem!

Stretch-OMatic Industries has come out with a fish stretcher that they claim adds 3”-6” to your fish. $12.99 2. B o l t - a - B u c k T M -

In this April Fool’s parody, our columnist explains that if you are going to do something, you’ve got to do it right.

Don’t worry if you didn’t get a doe tag, thanks to Bolt-ABuck bolt on antlers sold by All Bucks All the Time, Inc. Choose from 4-point ($29.99) or 8-point ($49.99).

Keep the rack in your truck, shoot a doe, then attach the antlers, tag the deer as a buck, and take photos.

3. No-See-um Trap Company recently released their all-white ice fishing traps, complete with white flag, so you can fish more than five traps. They

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of the violation. This law does apply to ice anglers, also, but only on odd years … and this certainly is an odd year.

Live Bait Debate The live bait debate always heats up any conversation, but this year, Maine anglers can add another stick to the fire. Starting April 1, 2022, anglers will also be required to show proof of vaccination and booster updates before purchasing live bait from dealers.

Governor Mills approved this plan and even upped the ante by instituting legislation that taxes bait purchases. She said, “I have talked with CDC directors and fish biologists around the nation and decided to fund hospitals suffering from lack of doctors and nurses because of the mandates. Those health care workers have refused to follow the mandates and that puts our hospitals in jeopardy, so this extra tax relief will help so much.”

When asked how bait fish relate to hospitals, Mills replied, “Have you ever been to an ice fishing derby? Folks www.MaineSportsman.com

Everyone needs a role model. Unfortunately, our author chose this gentleman.

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guarantee a warden won’t notice the extra traps, or double your money back. $49.99 Techniques and Tips 1. Get caught with

three mallards, when the limit is two? Just explain to the warden that the third mallard identifies as a merganser.

2. Always wear camouflage clothes so wardens can’t see you.

3. If you’re pregnant, go ahead and shoot two deer, since there’s no minimum age to hunt in Maine.

4. Want to hunt a piece of land but it’s posted? Just remove the signs.

5. Sure, corn works great for baiting deer,

from all around gather and get way too close together, handling fish and bait and grilled food without even thinking.

This tax will make them, at least, pay for their actions and the subsequent medical treatment.”

Take for instance last month’s ice fishing derby on Poodunck Pond. Hundreds gathered there for the annual ice fishing action, and two anglers reported coming down with symptoms typical of COVID; sniffles, headaches, fatigue, and achy joints … it’s obvious these derbies are super-spreader events and that these folks need to pay for their lack of concern for others’ well-being.

Further Tax Help Although hunting season is far from opening, the Mills administration has begun tax legislation that will also put a heavy levy on ammunition and gun sales.

Portland Police Chief and founder of Handgun and Knife Violence Task Force (HKVTF), Daryll Dipwood, said, “Anything we can do to make it tough for folks to get these deadly weapons is a thing we need to be doing every day, because deadly weapons are deadly ev-

but recently poachers from Illinois shared their secret: candy corn. Evidently, the big nocturnal bucks can’t stay away.

6. Why wait until daylight? We are poachers, after all!

When posting your night-hunted quarry on Instagram, be sure to tag the brand of your spotlight. The company may repost your photo and send you free products!

Do you have an innovative poaching product or technique that I missed? Email the MDIFW Warden Service to share what works for you!

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ery day. My other brother Daryll is a perfect example … two weeks ago he accidentally shot himself in the foot.”

Even though Maine’s gun and knife violence is the lowest per-capita in the nation, Chief Dipwood points to Portland’s high crime rate stating, “In the fifteen years I’ve been here as Chief of Police, Portland’s crime rate keeps climbing, even though we have helped institute multiple gun and knife laws to control the increase in violent crime …doesn’t this make it obvious that we need more legislative action to remove more guns and knives from our streets?”

Even though Maine allows concealed weapon carry without a license or permit throughout the state, Chief Dipwood says he’s proud that his organization (HKVTF) successfully instituted legislation that makes Portland a “Gun Free Zone” ten years ago.

Dipwood said, “It is so comforting to know that you can come into our beautiful city, knowing that you won’t shoot yourself in the foot with your own gun.”

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APRIL FOOL’S Special Feature

— Guest Column —

The Beaver and the Stovepipe

by Bert Dumas, as told to Tim Caverly Editor’s note: This true story comes from Bert Dumas. Bert was a trapper who had a camp on the southeast side of Millinocket Lake, near Baxter State Park.

“Every month or two, I leave my cabin and head into town for supplies. On one such trip, I was gone several days. When I returned, I found a beaver colony had built a huge stick and mud dam on the brook near my cabin. That resulting flowage reached right to my sill logs.

When I opened the door, I found the floor covered by a foot of water.

“First thing, I took an ax and shovel and breached the dam, to drain the pond. After the water dropped, the cabin felt damp and smelled musty, so, I built a wood fire and opened all the doors and windows to ven-

It was a mystery – the beavers had rebuilt their dam, but inexplicably the water had not flooded the camp. tilate my home. Then, because I understood that drying wasn’t going to happen overnight, I went back to town.

“When I returned days later, there was the damnedest thing.

Frank Manzo Illustration

The beaver had rebuilt the stick and mud dam, but strangely, the water had not flooded as before.

“Cautiously, I entered my home, and discovered the woodstove was missing its

section of stovepipe with the damper. Curious as to where it went, I searched inside the camp and outside.

Finally, I found the length of pipe. It was stuck clean through the middle of the ro-

dents’ dam.

“Scratching my head, I watched the water rise to the top of the impoundment.

However, before the flood reached the cabin, an adult beaver swam to and climbed over the dam. On the downstream side of the pipe, the critter used its front paws and opened the pipe’s damper. Water flowed out like a brook passing through a culvert.

Once the flowage had lowered, the beaver closed the damper, and the pond rose back up closer to the alders on shore.

“I realized that the beaver had saved both of us a lot of work. So, I left that pipe in place and bought a new section. The beavers and me lived quietly as neighbors for quite a while. And that’s the gospel.”

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APRIL FOOL’S Special Feature

Backwoods Food Delivery Service There’s no better feeling than chowing down on a warm meal while out in the remote reaches of Maine on a hiking, hunting, or fishing trip.

But carrying a bulky camp stove, fuel, and a cooler of provisions is sure to slow you down.

Luckily for us, a company has announced a solution.

OutDoorDash, the popular takeout service, will be beginning remote meal delivery this spring. Now simply order your dish of choice through the app: OutDoorDash.

The idea behind the original urban-based DoorDash is simple.

Order a takeout meal, and then a hired DoorDash driver will pick it up and deliver it. You pay through an app on your phone, and can choose to tip the driver (or not to). The drivers are often high school or college students,

out looking to turn a dollar.

The outdoors side of the app isn’t quite the same as its street counterpart, mind you.

And Now — ­ utDoorDash O As far as delivery goes, it’s pretty slick.

After placing the order, your meal is picked up by an able-bodied hiker and/or outdoorsman. If your campsite is accessible via truck, ATV, snowmobile, or a short walk, then the well-paid employee will transport your steamy meal right to you.

In areas too far off the beaten path, however, the adventure begins. A delivery person will start a trek through the wilderness, laden with a backpack and cooler bag. He or she will arrive at your campsite, covered in bug bites and sweating, toting your barbeque wings,

or lobster roll, or whatever the treat of the evening is.

The concept is revolutionary – no more soggy sandwiches or freeze-dried chili.

Pack without a cooler, camp stove, or propane. Imagine enjoying a great-tasting chicken sandwich with fries while overlooking your favorite trout pond. You could consume Chow Mein at Chimney Pond Campsite. Enjoy one of Pat’s Pizza’s at moose camp.

The possibilities are endless.

Gone are the days of advance planning, trips to the grocery store, jamming food into a hard-sided cooler, and lugging it along with you. Delivery makes your white gas or propane stove obsolete. Don’t need pots or pans anymore, either. The whole process is simplified.

No matter where you are in Maine, an innovative new wilderness food delivery service, OutDoorDash, will bring your meal to you, piping hot!

No Cell?

No Problem!

And what if you don’t have cell service?

There are a couple of options from which to choose. A satellite phone might be worth the slight investment.

If that’s out of your price range, OutDoorDash promises to monitor GMRS radio frequencies, so your order can be placed from anywhere. And this service isn’t only for big dinners. Order your morning coffee,

a midday snack, or a dish of ice cream to complement your trip.

This unique delivery service isn’t cheap, and may prove to be more of a novelty than a necessity to some.

After all, you’d want to be compensated fairly for hiking some belligerent fishermen’s teriyaki strips right to his campsite, right? You never know, though – some may just settle for a good laugh …

Happy April Fool’s!

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— Guest Column —

New Maine Decoy Company Opening April 1st

by Val Marquez A new 3-D decoy company, located here in southern Maine, has found a niche in the hunting industry, with its new line of life-like 3-D decoys.

Maine bear guides have been testing their 3-D prototypes. After extensive testing on Maine bear, the guides concluded that their “Kids in the Woods” decoy produced the greatest levels of bear activity.

“Old Man in Rocking Chair,” “Hiker Eating a Jelly Sandwich” and “Baby Crying in a Cradle” all came in a distance second.

CEO/ Owner Hank Smith said, “Our lifelike kid decoys will find a niche if or when the anti-hunting groups ever stop bear baiting here in Maine – their track-records certainly shows that they are more concerned with animal welfare than with human welfare, so a few kids being chased around shouldn’t concern them.”

“Mothers Against Everything (MAE) did register a complaint,” Smith continued, “so we started stamping, No kids were harmed during the manufacturing of this decoy on every decoy that left our garage. It appears they are satisfied; we

These two new “Jack and Jill” prototype foam decoys attracted a Maine bear during testing last September.

The Biddeford-based company plans to make them available to the public on April first. Val Marquez photos

This researcher is testing the company’s new head decoy to make sure that the antlers will not contact his bow string.

haven’t received any more calls from them.

“We have applied for a permit with the Biddeford Zoning folks and think that there will be no problems,” he said. “After all, they Okayed a trash incinerator right in the middle of Biddeford’s business district on Main Street. They better not reject our permit, or we’ll litigate!”

I thought Mr. Smith’s business plan was a little weak, so I decided to interview him, just to see how and why he started his new company. We meet at my favorite restaurant, “Hank’s Diner and Hardware” in Shapleigh. I transcribed the interview:

don touring the “Wax Museum” admiring the details in the “Jack the Ripper” display, and lifelike decoys came to my mind. I have experience working with foam after using 102 cans of spray foam to fill holes in my home in Biddeford – so I felt qualified.

Q. Mr. Smith, how in the world did you ever come up with this idea, and how did you decide on ‘Kids in the Woods’ decoys?

A. Well, I was in Lon-

Q. Have you had any major problems during the development of these “Kids in the Woods” decoys?

A. Oh yes, during testing, a landowner

Q. Why did you choose your line of kid’s decoys?

A. Great question.

I was eating lunch at a local restaurant in Biddeford, and at the next booth was a family with two snotty-nose brats crying and making a scene – that’s when I decided on ‘kids in the woods’ decoys, the rest is history.

called 9-1-1saying that she saw “a big fella in a red plaid coat carrying two kids under his arms into the woods.”

When my researcher returned to his truck without the kid decoys, there were blue lights everywhere. The local police even called in the SWAT team, and the child protective folks showed up, too.

Q. What’s in the future for your company?

A. We are planning on adding “candy” and “day old diaper” scents to our line and, also we are considering imbedding an eclectic game call that will play kids laughing and giggling, in the decoys. Also, we are working on a new project, a set of deer antlers mounted on a hunter’s head to attract deer.

However, this project is becoming a problem-child for our

R and D department.

Some safety issues arose during testing last November.

To overcome them, we are planning to paint the antlers hunter orange and include an orange vest with the wording, “I AM NOT A DEER” in big black letters printed on it – deer are color blind, and they can’t read. Problem solved!

I also have a team working on garden ornaments – if people around the world will spend millions on dumb looking gnomes; surely they will drop a little cash for delightful little kid’s ornaments, as well. ***** This concluded my interview with Mr. Smith and his startup company. As an update; Mr. Smith called me today explaining that they are looking for investors, and interested parties should Google Jack and Jill Decoys if they are interested.

After reviewing my notes from the interview and taking time to process everything, I conclude that it is entirely appropriate for them to open their decoy company on “April Fool’s Day.”

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APRIL FOOL’S Special Feature

Big Bang Theory David Trahan (left), Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine executive director, and Tom Tyler, SAM’s board chair, recently traveled to Augusta to urge lawmakers to increase the allowable caliber of hunting rifles. Standing on the steps of the Capitol Building in Augusta, they were able to knock down several geese that were flying over the opposite shore of the Kennebec River, a half-mile away. Trahan handled all press questions after the demonstration, since Tyler could not hear anything. Photo courtesy Bill Pierce From the Sportsman Archives: Almost a Record!

Fred Bumgarner of Sanford displays a giant white perch caught on a #6 Carlisle hook armed with a live mealworm on Augst 14th, 1959, in Bunganut Pond in Lyman. The huge fish, which eclipsed the 2.77 lb. state record at the time by 319 pounds, was disqualified due to the fact that Bumgarner pulled the fish out of the water with a chain attached to the rear axle of his 1951 Hudson Super Six. Photo courtesy Barry Gibson

They’re cute and look harmless but they are very expensive to keep and are absolutely untrainable. The other one is a kangaroo.

At age 7, Bill Pierce, our own “Snapshots in Time” author, was sent home from 2nd grade for bringing this raccoon to class.

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APRIL FOOL’S Special Feature

Sno-Canoe — for when you aren’t certain of the thickness of the ice.

As spring approaches, Maine whitetails emerge from their wintering areas.

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Hitting the Water with “Favorite Flies” The open water fishing season technically starts April 1st here in the north country. While the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIF&W) has control over the calendar, when it comes to the weather – not so much.

Finding “open water” can prove problematic for those of us who enjoy trolling the big lakes for landlocked salmon. The moving water crowd will bundle up and hit streams and rivers with the first casts of the 2022 season.

Ice Out Plans Every spring during the last week of April, I fish West Grand Lake, in Grand Lake Stream. Upon arrival at Grand Lake Lodge, it’s always an anxious first look at the iconic water. Of course, we have a back

Bob Mallard has a new book, and it’s a winner. He has interacted with the “who’s who” of fly fishing, and shares his stories and tidbits of how these fly fishing legends approached the sport and favored certain flies. Great photos and fly-tying recipes complete the package. up plan if ice throws cold water on our trip.

Nearby Big Lake always (so locals tell me) ices out before Grand Lake. With that said, the legendary Grand Lake Stream connects the two waters. Nothing wrong with stripping streamers in the pool below the dam.

When I leave Grand Lake Stream, my compass points to Grand Lake Matagamon. More trolling the lake and slinging flies in Webster Brook.

With such a heavy fishing schedule lined up for this spring, I decided to ramp up

my preparations and make sure I had the best possible flies attached to the business end of my line.

Favorite Flies for Maine As luck would have it, Bob Mallard’s new book, Favorite Flies for Maine, came available, so I quickly purchased a copy. The subtitle, “50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts,” was what really captured my attention.

The right fly at the right time makes all the difference in the world. Seems like there’s always “that guy” on a stream or water catching all the

fish while everybody else slaps the water until their shoulder cries out for Ibuprofen.

This year, I want to be “that guy.” Heck, why not me?

Bob Mallard has a fly fishing resume written in rarified air. When he speaks, I listen. I knew the book would shine a light on what the experts fished with, and I waited anxiously at the mailbox for Favorite Flies for Maine.

While trolling for ice-out salmon, I’ve experimented with a tandem fly that consists of an attractor fly followed by a traditional

fly. The attractor fly, my own glittery concoction I call Bandi the Rodeo Clown, leads a traditional Blacknose Dace.

Of course I knew Bandi the Rodeo Clown had no place in the top 50 essential flies for Maine, but I suspected the Blacknose Dace would make the list.

There she was on page 36, complete with a tying recipe.

Mallard’s Tidbits Mallard does a good job of detailing the history and origination of each fly, and more importantly why that particular fly works in certain situations. The photography is excellent. He also relays his personal experiences using each fly.

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fishing with Mallard.

His attention to detail is unmatched. Some 20 years ago, it was Bob who looked over my poorly tied Wooly Bugger and gave me a few tips (point the hackle in the correct direction) that helped improve my struggling game.

Bob Mallard has interacted with the who’s who of fly fishing, and shares his stories and tidbits of how these fly fishing legends approached the sport and favored certain flies. Mallard is a student of the sport, and is truly “that guy.”

Another streamer that hit my eye, the Shufelt Special, was originally created by Bob Shufelt, of Greenville Maine in the mid-1970s. It’s another older pattern that has not fallen out of favor. That means it still finds its way into fly boxes and waters

throughout Maine. I’m definitely tying some up.

Tandem Flies Armed with an assortment of flies, both old and new, I’m tying up my tandem rigs. It’s really important to purchase some small tippet rings and super small ball bearing swivels. Tying them up ahead of time makes changing leaders in a rollicking boat a lot easier.

Storing these pretied streamer rigs has proven problematic in the past. I’ve purchased an assortment of commercially made units but still wasn’t happy. Enter the pool noodle.

A short length of inexpensive pool noodle or pipe insulation seems to solve my tangle issues. I put a thumb tack through the tippet ring on the attachment end of the tandem rig, wrap tight, secure first fly to

A copy of Bob Mallard’s “Favorite Flies for Maine” quickly found its way to the center of my fly-tying bench. The author targeted a few entries from the “50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts” that quickly hit his tying vise. Favorite Flies not only provides good recipes, but helpful tips for when and how the experts keep the business end of their line connected on a regular basis. Bill Sheldon photo

foam noodle, continue wrapping until trailer fly shows up and secure to noodle.

I cut the noodle in lengths that fit in

my boat box. If they should fall overboard they’ll float. I may put a few dowels along the side of my boat and use the hole in the noodle

to slide them over.

I’m thinking with time, Bandi the Rodeo Clown makes the top 500.

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Trophy Gallery

Khloe Farren of Ellsworth had a productive day in February fishing with her dad, Mitch Farren, on Branch Lake. Photo: Dianne Farren

Darren Freeman Harriman wrote to us recently: My nephew and his older cousin took 1st and second in the kids salmon category in the Sheepscot Sportsman Club Derby. Shane (on the left) caught a 20” salmon, and his cousin Sebastian got a 21” salmon, taking first by 1 oz. over Shane.

Five year old Jaxson Davis of Windham caught and released this lunker largemouth on March 5, 2022 in Sebago Lake. Photo: Proud father Nick Davis www.MaineSportsman.com

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This April Fool has a NEW Boat – Kinda...

The author “takes the plunge” with a new (to him), huge (to him) center console. What’s it like to go from 4 hp to 70? What upgrades were needed? And most important, how did Denise take the news?

Read on!

It’s hard to explain.

Another boat has followed my Jeep home.

I promised myself this wouldn’t happen. I was done explaining to my wife, Denise, why I needed a different boat for every day of the week. Perhaps readers will be more understanding.

Thoughts about acquiring a larger boat started incubating last spring while renting a 14-foot aluminum boat with a 9-hp motor.

Why does a guy with a boat for every day of the week including Sunday rent a boat?

It’s a hard question to

answer.

Anyway, moving on. It seemed to me that three guys trolling for salmon on a big lake made for a tight fit in that rental unit.

One memorable trip back to the lodge took twice the normal time due to some windwhipped waves.

My option, the 12foot Green Lady and her four horsepower motor, would be testing the limits of capacity and safety. The rest of my fleet, entirely self-propelled, just doesn’t lend itself to spending time on the water with multiple

fishing partners.

Boat Search I started out thinking about an aluminum boat in the 16foot range. And, my bum shoulder wanted a steering wheel. With those three requirements, the search began. Armed with a limited budget, and understanding the risks associated with bringing home another floating vessel, I started scouring Craigslist.

The search went badly. A couple of candidates didn’t stay on the market long enough for me to get a look at. Others were

The author’s penchant for all things “old” led him to purchase this 1973 Starcraft aluminum boat for navigating some of the region’s larger lakes. After spending the winter upgrading the 49-year-old boat, he feels confident it will safely allow him to do some serious fishing. From new seats to rebuilt carburetors, this oldie but goodie center console received a second lease on life. Bill Sheldon photo

hopelessly out of my budget. However, one particular boat kept resurfacing.

A 1973 Starcraft center console with a 70-horsepower motor, complete with a trailer

repeatedly popped up on my searches. Problem was, it was 18 feet long, and seemed like a lot more motor than I really needed.

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four horsepower to seventy horsepower might rate as more than I could handle.

Plus, it was still well over my budget. My ever-helpful son, Matt, sent me a video of a race boat tumbling end over end after losing control.

I got the message.

I’m no motor head.

My car only has a 40 horsepower, 4 cylinder engine. In spite of the laughter, one Saturday morning I loaded up the posse and drove to take a look.

Posse Rides Everyone should have a posse that rides together when a big purchase is potentially going down. My son, Willie, maintains C130 airplanes for the US government – he would check the structure, aluminum hull and rivets. My brother-in-law, Brian, was born on a boat. His job was to check the motor, controls and anything else boat like.

My job, simple.

Just sit back while these two climbed all

over it, and envision trolling the big lakes of Maine. After half hour of listening to the engine run and crawling all over it, they both agreed the boat was sound enough for me to do some negotiating.

I’m not much of a negotiator. The owner made it easy by seeing we were serious and dropped the price considerably. I made a reasonable counter-offer, and we towed her home.

While elated to have the new-to-me boat in tow, a few major decisions needed attention. Realizing time was running short and I needed to focus my attention on spending more time in fewer boats, I made

the decision to sell The Green Lady and my Nautiraid folding kayak.

Both boats had served me well for over 30 years. This past spring, I did a three day expedition with the Nautiraid. However, I’m getting older, and it was just time to move on.

The good news is The Green Lady went to a young gentleman, and the folding kayak is working for an outfit that does tours of the Brooklyn Bridge in vintage kayaks. I also got enough money to cover the cost of the new “ship”!

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I cleaned out the fuel tank and replaced the fuel lines. We upgraded anything that might cause grief.

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I’m thinking of naming the boat “April Fool.”

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Hit the Ice for Early Season Brook Trout Cast as close to the edge of the ice as possible. If your bait lands on the ice, so much the better – just slowly pull it toward you so that it plunks in the water just as if it had fallen in naturally. If any waiting brook trout see this, they will immediately slash your bait.

With the exception of years when spring arrives extra-early, April seems more like late winter than early spring in the Moosehead region. Despite that, April offers a special open-water fishing opportunity, and only a few anglers take advantage of it.

Even with late-arriving springs, definite changes become apparent by mid-to late-April. On larger lakes, ice begins to recede from the shoreline, leaving a thin band of open water.

On smaller lakes and ponds, that band may be 15 feet wide. Here, then, is where we must concentrate our efforts. Our target now is brook trout, and for

good reason.

In winter, brook trout cruise shoreline areas, often in less than 5 feet of water, looking for food.

In early spring when ice recedes from the shorelines, trout continue their wintertime habits, and the narrow band of open water offers plenty of chance to put your offerings in front of hungry trout.

When ice fully departs lakes and ponds, brook trout spread out, leaving extremely shallow areas for slightly deeper water.

This means that we have only a short window of opportunity to go open-water fishing for trout while they still inhabit the few feet of water close to

shore. After that, they may continue to make occasional inroads to the extreme shallows, but not in a big way.

The Technique First, don’t discount the shallowest water – depths of just 2 or 3 feet can hold brook trout at this time. Use either earthworms or the smallest golden shiners available. Of the two, earthworms are more widely available in retail outlets in April.

Hook the worm or shiner lightly, and don’t add any extra weight if you can help it. The idea is to make your bait look as natural as possible, and sinkers will pull the bait to the bottom too quickly, compromising any natural action.

Cast as close to the edge of the ice as possible and if your bait lands on the ice, so

Shown here – a typical trout stream scene in late April, with lingering snow and high water. Tom Seymour photo

much the better – just slowly pull it toward you so that it plunks in the water just as if it had fallen in naturally. Then allow the bait to slowly work its way toward bottom.

Don’t impart any extra action. If any waiting brook trout see this, they will immediately slash your bait.

I sometimes use two rods for this kind of fishing. After casting out, I’ll leave one rod propped up over my wicker creel with the bail open so that line can pay out if a trout takes the bait.

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keeping a watchful eye upon the first rod.

Here’s another tip – try fishing ponds that the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIF&W) stocks in fall for the ice-fishing fraternity. These smaller ponds see open water sooner than larger lakes, making them the earliest open-water fishing opportunities around. Also, since DIF&W routinely stocks small ponds near boat landings, at least some trout tend to remain near the point of introduction all winter and into early spring. You may even run into small schools of fall-stocked brook trout, still cruising the shorelines the same as they did last winter under the ice.

Streams, Too Fall-stocked streams may also give up a few trout by late April.

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The Piscataquis River in Guilford sometimes sees fishable water levels by month’s end, and if that happens, DIF&W may even decide to commence with their spring stocking.

What will happen this spring is anyone’s guess, given the deep snowpack from this past winter. But free-

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Judging a Rack When on the Track

by Timmy Bolduc

So you are following the track of a big buck. But how wide or high is the buck’s rack? Careful study of the ways the deer has traveled between and under trees will yield important clues.

What to Look for For the most part, it’s easy to determine if the buck you are following has a wide rack. They will walk around trees trying to find the path of least resistance for their wide antlers.

If he walks between two trees that are 18 inches apart, then chances are he is narrower than that.

If he walks around them, there is a good chance he is wide and is avoiding the aggravation of getting his antlers through that particular space.

Tall Tines Pretty simple, re-

ally, but sometimes there is more to it than that. What if his rack is on the narrower side but has tall tines?

Bucks that have tall racks can be a little tougher to judge.

One particular deer, not only humbled me, but taught me a lesson I wouldn’t soon forget.

It was in 2010, and it was the first time my dad had come along on a buck track with me. We got lucky and found his track early in the morning and struck off after him.

A little while into it, I remember telling Dad that the buck didn’t have much for antlers. I was 100%

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More Clues First, judging antlers can be tough when they are with a hot doe during the rut.

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Timmy Bolduc thought he was chasing a large deer with a small rack in 2010, but when he put the animal on the ground, he found he had that rare combination of a heavy buck (212 lbs.) with a stunning rack (10 pts., 149 3/8ths inches).

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traveling from here to there. With snow on the tree limbs, he will eventually walk under one that the tips of his tines will brush against and knock snow off. It’s not the tell all, but it might give an indication of him being a high racked buck.

The next sign I love finding doesn’t get talked about much, but in my opinion has merit – finding overhanging limbs in a scrape. I’m not saying that only tall-racked bucks will tangle it up in their racks and rip it off the tree. Smallracked bucks will do the same, but I always look at the height of the limb and try to determine how high that buck had to reach to get it. The rack on the (Big Woods World continued on page 78)

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PFAS Awareness – To Eat, or Not to Eat It’s 1940. A young lady steps outside a dance club to have a cigarette. Out steps a handsome young man, to do the same. The two hit it off. Both smoke two packs of cigarettes a day throughout their dating period, and get married. They continue to smoke, despite countless health warnings and advice from their doctors. After 40 years of marriage, the husband dies at age 65 of lung cancer. The wife moves along with her life and passes away in her sleep 30 years later, of natural causes.

We’ve all heard these stories. Doctors still don’t know why scenarios like this play out. Why do some smokers get lung cancer and other don’t? For that matter, why did Covid cause certain otherwise healthy people to be hospitalized, while others were seemingly unaffected by it? Modern medicine, while better than it’s ever been, is still limited by what we don’t or can’t know.

Why am I bringing up smokers and Covid in a big game article?

Well, on November 23, 2021, Maine deer hunters received a first-of-its-kind “Do not eat” advisory for deer taken in the greater Fairfield area.

Municipal or industrial sludge containing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

“Forever chemicals” have been found in deer meat – serious business for hunters such as the author, who is accustomed to eating deer meat at least once each week. Farmers and hunters are holding their breaths while Maine expands its testing program to other fields around the state.

Fairfield Do Not Eat Deer advisory area (yellow) with 5-mile radius (blue) around Ohio Hill Road area. Source: Maine DIF&W

– so-called “forever” chemicals) had been spread on the fields, or manure from animals known to have been

exposed to PFAS was used as fertilizer.

Deer from areas nearby are subject to less restrictive “con-

sumption advisories” establishing maximum recommended meals per year, based on the age of the per-

son eating the meat.

A Lot We Don’t Know Hunters in this area may have been eating deer meat contaminated with these PFAS chemicals for over 30 years. Were levels immediately high in the 1980s or 1990s, or is the contamination a result of more recent spreading? Professionals at the DEP and state toxicologists are working to answer those questions.

How will the consumption of PFAS-contaminated deer meat or liver affect the people who ate it? We don’t know if or when these people will become ill.

The good news is it’s been discovered, and steps are being taken to measure the extent of the problem. This “Don’t eat advisory” should not be confused with consumption advisories, where a certain number of meals are allowed over a set period of time. In this case, the official state recommendation is not to eat the deer meat at all.

Human Nature Over Science?

When DIF&W and the Maine DEP recommended not eating deer meat, some hunters took the advice, and some didn’t. I see this as similar to the American Lung Association recommending people stop smoking cigarettes. Some peo(Continued on next page) www.MaineSportsman.com

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ple will do it anyway.

Are tobacco and PFAS chemicals the same?

No. However, when experts say not to eat deer meat from these areas, there are excellent reasons to at least be informed or pay close attention.

In order to research whether deer in this area were contaminated, DIF&W had to kill deer on or near contaminated fields. One adult buck, four adult does, two yearling does and one fawn were harvested by sharpshooters.

What was found?

Well, 200-gram samples of meat and 200gram samples of liver tissue were taken from each of the deer.

The tissue samples were sent to Battelle Labs in Massachusetts for analysis. The lab searched for 18 different PFAS chemicals.

Unfortunately, two types of PFAS chemi-

cals, called PFOS and PFDA, were found in the meat of all eight deer. Levels of PFAS chemicals in the liver samples were four to 50 times higher than levels detected in the muscle tissue – especially bad news for connoisseurs of deer liver.

In even more discouraging news, researchers found “no evidence of age dependency.” That means there was no significant difference between levels of PFAS chemicals found in the fawn, the yearlings or the adult deer. There was, however, correlation between levels of PFAS chemicals in the tissue samples and the specific fields from which they came. The deer with the highest level of PFAS chemicals in their tissue came from the fields with the highest levels of PFAS in the soils.

For folks like me who eat at least one venison meal each week, this is tragic and sad. One of my favorite foods of all may no longer have a place in my diet. Though I don’t live near the Fairfield fields, I do live and hunt in Waldo County.

This will likely be the next place to be extensively tested.

We all have a choice to make if we hunt and consume, not only deer meat from these contaminated areas, but potentially turkey (next to be tested), domestic meats, vegetables and more. We can ignore the warnings and hope we’re not negatively affected by these chemicals, or we can heed the warnings and cut back or eliminate these things from our diets if we live and hunt where they’re discovered. There will certainly be more news to come on this subject in the next year.

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buck I shot on film back in 2019, is 15” off the top of his head. Every scrape he visited had the overhanging limb laying in every one of them.

Final Tip Now my favorite tip. This one you won’t often see, but if you do, be ready, because I will just about guarantee that you have a BIGracked buck in front of you!

When bucks approach a horizontal log that they need to duck under, the smaller-racked bucks just lower their heads and never really break stride to go under it. With taller racked bucks, sometimes you’ll find one single print off to one side just before they go under. They do this to bear weight on one foot, so they are able to dip their rack low enough to fit under the log. They must step out with one leg (think giraffe drinking) to keep from falling flat on their chin.

The reason this sign isn’t seen that often is because it’s somewhat rare that a big buck won’t just go over or around that particular log.

Next time you’re on a buck track, keep your eyes open for any of these hints. You just might be following the biggest buck of your life.

Hal’s Thoughts When tracking a buck, it’s always fun to imagine what his rack might look like. A bigracked buck is always in a hunter’s dreams.

Seeing the clues that a buck leaves in the snow with his antlers helps to fuel the imagination.

A clue to add to Timmy’s list is antler marks in the snow when a buck feeds. I don’t see antler marks from bucks feeding very often in the big woods of Maine. The bucks here rarely paw through the snow for feed. There is more feed in the trees for them than on the ground, and it’s easier to get. They will feed more on old man’s beard, tree mushrooms and browse.

Hunters in the Adirondack are always talking about horn mark in the snow and using them to judge antlers. That’s because in those old growth woods there isn’t much browse and old man’s beard so those bucks feed mostly on the ground. The main food source there is ferns and fern buds that grow just about everywhere. Those bucks will paw through deep snow to get at them, as they have no other choice.

When I take up the track of a buck, it’s usually because he’s a big old boy. It doesn’t really matter to me how big of a rack he has.

Sure, it’s great to shoot a big-racked buck, but when tracking, a big rack is usually a bonus.

It’s almost like Big Woods Bucks either have genetics for weight or for antlers, but very few have genetics for both.

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Downeast Salters and Brookies Bend Rods in April Sea-run brookies, native brook trout or stocked brook trout will bend rods on many waters in the Downeast Region this month.

Sea-run brook trout, “salters,”’ are often present in small coastal waters for anglers to catch opening day. These trout respond slowly in early April; however, worms or a small, brightly colored spinner should entice a few sea-run brookies to take your offering.

My inventory of sea-run trout streams includes several small,

Check out the state’s stocking report (starting on page 32 of this issue), and cross-reference that information with the ponds on which ice fishing is not permitted, and you’ll be able to come up with a list of hot fishing prospects for early-season openwater fishing. silt-laden waters in Washington and Hancock County. One of the best locations to catch that first speckled beauty of the season can be found by referring to Delorme’s, The Maine Atlas, Map 23 and Map 25.

One way to locate productive brooktrout fishing is find out where stocked

fish were released last fall. Refer to DIF&W’s Maine stocking report in this issue, and compare it with a list of waters that are closed to ice fishing in Hancock and Washington County, which can be found in Maine’s Open-water and Ice-Fishing Laws & Rules. This information gives anglers

an excellent insight as to where fall-stocked brookies may still be available for April anglers. There are at least seven Hancock County waters and 11 Washington County waters that are annually stocked in April, so anglers may want to choose these newly-stocked waters in 2022.

A tip for early-season anglers, suggested by Region C Fisheries biologist, Greg Burr, is to concentrate on the small ponds.

These waters warm up quickly, and the trout become active soon after ice out.

Hancock County Trout Simmons Pond is a fall-stocked water and an April stocked brook trout water (Map 24, E-2). This small, 7-acre pond receives 300 trout annually; however, in October, 2021, DIF&W stocked 200 7-inch fish and 50 (Continued on next page)

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13-inch brookies. This larger number of fallstocked fish combined with the 2022 anticipated April stocking of 125 10-inch brookies should allow spin-casters, using artificial lures, or fly fishers additional opportunities here to catch fish.

I have fished this pond several times in the spring. In past years, two of my fly-fishing friends, Don Lynch of East Orland and Jim Sohns of Bucksport. Usually we are fortunate enough to catch and release several 10- to 12-inch brookies.

Access to Simmons can be gained by taking the Eastern Road to Washington Junction. The gate there will be unlocked as soon as road conditions permit.

Another pond in Hancock County that can spell fishing success in April is 36-acre Tilden Pond in T10

SD; Map 25, D-1. Tilden is lightly fished by ice anglers. Open-water anglers can therefore expect some good catches of attractive-size brookies this spring. Fishery personnel released 1,250 6- to 8-inch brook trout there last September.

Early-April anglers are usually successful by concentrating their efforts in the shallow, warmer water. Folks gain access to this water by traveling on a trail from the north end of the sand beach on the west end of Spring River Lake, and then bearing a little northeast after passing Mud Pond.

A Bar Harbor brook-trout water worth a day’s time is Lake Wood (Map 16, B-3). This 16-acre pond is now being stocked annually with brook trout. Six hundred 8-inch brookies were stocked here in the fall of 2021. Brook

trout, according to biologists, thrive not only through the winter, but may live until the end of June, when the summer temperatures rise too high for any holdover trout to survive. This water is restricted to one line, artificial lures, and a five-fish daily limit.

Access is gained via a short walk down a dirt road.

Washington County Brookies Another small water that fits my criteria for early fishing in April is West Pike Brook Pond in Cherryfield. West Pike is located on the blueberry barrens in Washington County. Canoes or small boats can be launched at a site near the western end of the pond.

Hatchery personnel stocked this water last fall with 1,200 8-inch and 75 13-inch brook trout. Having fished this pond a number of years ago, I can assure anglers that the difficulty required to get to the pond is well worth the effort.

The following restrictive regulations are in effect on this water: artificial lures only, a minimum length limit of 10 inches, only one may exceed 12 inches, and a daily bag limit of two trout.

According to biolo-

Simmons Pond, located just northeast from Ellsworth, is a small, 7-acre pond that received 2021 stockings of 200 7-inch trout and 50 13-inch brookies. More fish will be stocked early in the open-water season. Photo credit: Lake Stewards of Maine; lakesofmaine.org

gist, Greg Burr, “One isolated pond in Washington County where anglers should find exciting brook-trout fishing is Pork Barrel Lake.”

This 33-acre water is located just northeast of West Grand Lake in T6 R1. Pork Barrel is a very productive trout pond.

Hatchery personnel stock this water with 500 8-inch brookies annually. It is accessible with a 13-mile drive up the Amazon

Road from the Grand Lake Stream Road.

If we have a late snow melt, traveling this road may be difficult. Once you get to the parking area for this pond, there is a ¼-mile hike down an old woods road to the pond. Regulations on this pond include: Closed to ice fishing, use of artificial lures only, and a two-fish limit, of which only one may exceed 14 inches.

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Try the Pickerel Bite Spring may remain in the distance in other parts of Maine, but in the Midcoast region, April means spring.

And for me that means only one thing – open-water fishing.

While trout fishing continues as my first love, other fish species bite well in April; namely, bass and pickerel. And what holds true for pickerel also holds true for other members of the Esox family; specifically, pike.

Pickerel fishing is never better than during those few weeks between iceout and when water begins warming in earnest. During this brief window of time, water is crystal-clear and free of weeds. And that’s when pickerel and pike go on the prowl. Some of my biggest pickerel were taken in April.

Even if you aren’t especially enamored of pickerel, consider that here is an opportunity to take good numbers of 2- to 3-pound and larger fish in open water.

Pickerel Strategy I like going out in a boat or canoe in newly opened ponds and lakes, but bank fishing also brings good results. As for tackle, light and ultralight gear comes to the front now, since there are as of yet no aquatic weeds for fish to become tangled in. The light gear allows pickerel to fight to their maximum ability.

in their big, powerful bass boats, flailing away at the shorelines.

I never saw a one of them land a fish, and I found it strange that they didn’t take a cue from me and come out away from the shore.

They had to have seen me landing bass after bass.

So if you are a bass enthusiast, head to Unity or any other water known to hold large smallmouth bass, and try slow trolling in 15 – 20 feet of water. I’d wager that you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

When your lure comes within a few feet of the boat or canoe, stop reeling and let it flutter back toward the bottom. Any pickerel that was following but hesitant to strike will come unglued at this maneuver, so prepare for a smashing strike.

You don’t need any heavier line than 4-pound test, either.

Besides, 4-pound test line allows for longer casts with the small, lightweight spoons that are very effective on pickerel this time of year. Wire leader comes in handy when fishing with bait because it protects the line from pickerel’s needle-like teeth, but in the case of casting wobbling spoons, wire leaders cancel the fluttering action of the spoon, so don’t use them. Better to catch a lot of fish and lose an occasional spoon rather than use the heavy leader and get only few strikes.

I prefer any of the smaller Mooselook Wobblers. While yellow attracts pickerel any time of year, those lures in a silver finish attract more fish in early spring. The tactic is simple. Cast as far as possible in order to cover the maximum amount of water. Because of lack of cover, pickerel can be anywhere now. After casting, allow the lure to begin to flutter toward bottom before reeling it back.

As the lure sinks, watch for any odd movement of the line, since that can signal a take. Pickerel

Hit the pickerel ponds in April, before aquatic weeds begin to grow.

tend to strike the little wobblers as they flutter toward bottom.

Set the hook at any sign of a take. If nothing hits the spoon on the way down, reel it in slowly, working the rod to impart the maximum amount of action. Finally, when the lure comes within a few feet of the boat or canoe, stop reeling and let it flutter back down. Any fish that was following but hesitant to strike will come unglued at this maneuver. Prepare for smashing strikes.

Bass, Too For ponds and lakes that hold smallmouth bass, the first few weeks after ice out can produce lots of fish, and big ones. I learned this while trolling Unity Pond for brown trout, back when the

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (DIF&W) still had their brown-trout program there.

My habit was to troll a medium-sized copper or copper-and-orange Mooselook, or a similarly colored Flash King (no longer manufactured) on a 20-foot leader and sinking fly line and 9-foot fly rod.

I would troll the sunny side of the lake in the morning, knowing that certain gravelly bottoms warmed faster than other areas, attracting brown trout.

What I soon learned was that it attracted smallmouth bass, too.

In time, DIF&W discontinued the brown-trout program at Unity and the following year, I took more bass that trout.

Brown trout all but disappeared shortly after that.

Interestingly enough, I was able to watch a number of hopeful bass anglers

Trout Time Trout fishing in flowing water heats up in April in the Midcoast region. Native brook trout bite in small brooks, and my suggestion is to try every little brook and stream you can find.

Chances are that most of them will hold brook trout. Again, some of the smaller brooks hold fish only in early April. After that, the fish drop down to bigger water.

No matter your preference, try to get out this April. There’s more going on than meets the eye.

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Turkeys in the Freezer Make for Great Family Meals During the unsettled weather of April, we’re guaranteed to have a couple of days that are epic washouts. I usually plan ahead when I see these days on the forecast to spend time around the house and garage with chores.

Now these chores can include a large and varied number of activities that while not exactly burdensome aren’t really fun either. High on the list of necessary evils is the annual cleaning out of the chest freezer.

This task forces me to examine the freezer contents and search for meat that is approaching its first birthday.

This usually includes such delectable treats as packages of turkey, deer and bear meat that have slid to the bottom of the freezer, where they have become misplaced and forgotten.

Also on high on the list are less desirable or unprocessed cuts of meat, such as whole turkey breasts, deer roasts and leg meat that typically require additional care, handling and cooking to make them attractive from culinary standpoint.

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It’s almost time for the spring wild turkey season, and the author covers everything you need to know in Central Maine – where to hunt, the importance of having a second and third optional hunting location, and how to cook up the tasty birds!

Youth Day 2021, a successful hunt celebrated with the author’s niece, brother, mom and two sons ... what could be better?

Now while young turkey meat is tender and can typically be simply cubed and added to soups and stews, older birds can be tough, and a run through the meat grinder makes them much more desirable.

Also don’t throw out the legs! A sharp knife can quickly slice the delicious dark meat off the leg bones, and a grinder can make even the toughest leg meat edible.

Turkey Tacos My favorite method of processing tough turkey is simply to grind the breasts and legs, and fry up the

turkey burger with store bought taco seasoning. Approximately 2 cups of turkey burger equal a pound, so be sure to buy enough seasoning to cover the amount of meat you anticipate grinding.

There are also some great recipes online for making your own homemade taco seasoning, including one of our favorites: • 1 tablespoon chili powder • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder • onion powder • red pepper flakes • oregano • ½ teaspoon paprika • 1½ teaspoons

cumin • 1 teaspoon salt, pepper.

The above recipe will season one pound of turkey burger.

Turkey Soup Not a taco fan?

Another easy way to process ground turkey meat is to add it to soups stews, sauces and basically any recipe that calls for beef hamburger.

Want to make turkey hamburgers?

Simply add a cup of ground bacon, a dash of Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, and a chopped onion. Crack a raw egg into the one pound of

ground turkey, mix everything together well, and enjoy wonderful turkey patties on the grill! Just be careful to not overcook. Safe internal temperature for turkey patties is 165° F. Turkey Hearts and Livers I’m the hunter who looks on with dismay when a deer heart is left in the woods for the scavengers to eat.

In fact, a meal of deer heart and onions is the very first and favorite feast my kids and I enjoy immediately following a successful deer hunt.

I feel the same way about turkey hearts and livers. Cooking these wonderful and nutritious organ meats need not be complicated, as the meats’ natural flavors are really quite excellent. One of my favorite is panfried turkey livers and hearts with bacon and Vidalia onions.

Turkey Season 2022 On April 30th, youth turkey hunters between 10 and 15 years old will take to the fields and forests in pursuit of these plentiful big game animals. Adult hunters will get a chance to chase turkeys starting May 2nd.

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Ice-Out Angling Different These Days I was reminiscing the other day, a habit I seem to engage in more the older I get. I was thinking back on why I love April fishing so much. It boiled down to the fact that ice-out fishing always provided me the best memories, the biggest fish and the largest catches.

And memories they were – whether it was hitting Sebago Lake (DeLorme Atlas, Map 5, B-1) for the first outing of the year, following ice-out as it made its way north, or my final ice-out trip of the season at Rangeley Lake.

There were three things I could count on: • First, ice-out was always after April 1.

It was easy to make plans and there was plenty of time to get the boat ready.

• Second, salmon and lake trout hovered around the mouths of rivers, making these productive spots to fish.

• Finally, the smelt run signaled the start of the best early fishing action.

While these statements ring true for many of our lakes and ponds, Sebago Lake is a different animal now.

Changes Anyone who has fished Sebago Lake regularly for years knows how the lake has changed. The over-abundance of

Ice-out fishing has changed over time, says the author, in terms of both warmer temperatures and fewer salmon. Regardless, this month you’ll likely still see him trolling past the boat channel at the mouth of the Songo in The Black Ghost, enjoying the present while reminiscing about the past.

Amy Blanchette of Litchfield smooches a nice Sebago Lake salmon caught while fishing with the author. Tom Roth photo

lake trout has led to a reduction in the smelt population, in turn reducing salmon angling, especially traditional ice-out angling in front of the Songo River.

Out of habit, I – like many other anglers – still troll the mouth of the Songo in the spring. My theory is that although there is not a huge smelt run like before, there are still smelt in the lake, and they run the river in the spring. I catch a few fish there, but not like in the past, and not many salmon. Old habits die hard.

Last year I guided a father and son who had purchased a home on Thompson

Point, right at the mouth of the Songo. I was telling them how – with so many boats descending on the one spot – there used to be traffic jams in front of their place at ice-out.

They wanted a salmon or two to eat, so I made a few passes in front of their camp, and sure enough, we caught two salmon. What was odd is that it was on July 3 and not at ice-out. For some reason, the salmon were hanging in there at that strange time of year.

What I’ve noticed the past few years is that with earlier and earlier ice-out dates, such as mid-March, the water is unusually cold and slows the

fishing action. The fishing picks up as the water warms. Another interesting tidbit is that salmon fishing is better later in the season. I did well putting clients on salmon in June and July last season. Salmon angling sped up again in

September and October, as well.

How to Fish at Ice-Out At ice-out and during the season, I generally run two trolling set-ups looking to target salmon and lake trout and get my clients both species, if possible. For lakers, I always run two downriggers on bottom. I’ll troll bait as long as my supply holds out. I start with smelts, then switch to shiners or lures. Gulp minnow smelt imitations work well, too.

For salmon, I run a sinking fly line off each side of the boat. If I see that fish are holding deeper, I’ll switch to lead core line and run those from planer boards off each side. I manage to catch salmon and the occasional laker fishing this method.

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Become an Early Season Trout Master During Spring Runoff I’ve fished southern Maine waters for more than 60 years, mostly for trout, but also warm-water fish like bass and crappie.

In all those years fishing, I have learned a few things. However, I really went to the next level when I fished with a few locals – they were true trout whisperers.

Here are a few of the methods I learned from them that will help you catch more trout.

Rene Mathews, from Sanford, is a true brown trout master.

He loved to fish my Mousam River here in Shapleigh. I met him on the river years ago, and we developed a friendship. Whenever, I saw Rene’s car parked near my home on the Mousam, I would try to take the time and walk down to join him – sometimes to fish, and times just to smoke a cigar and watch him cast.

Rene enjoyed casting lures, and he caught some large browns in spots where I never seem to have success. After some years, he revealed his secret to me. It wasn’t a big revelation or game changing lure, or even secret fishing method – it was simply timing and water conditions.

I wasn’t hooking these larger class browns because my timing was off. I generally waited until wawww.MaineSportsman.com

The stranger started fishing, and soon he was catching fish even faster than I had been. I sat beside Doris and watched him fish. I remember whispering to Doris, “This guy is good! He keeps his fly in the water more than in the air!”

This gentleman from York, shown here releasing one of many trout the author saw him hook, is an excellent fisherman. The author reports that he learns a lot while watching trout masters fish – and you can, too. Photo by Val Marquez

ter depth lowered and insects started hatching before I started fishing. Rene, on the other hand, fished early season, well before the river stabilized.

So why did this work for him? Why did he catch large two- and three-pound browns in the same sections I fished with less success later in the season?

Currents and Transparency During high-water runoff in April or after heavy rains later in the summer; water is stained with leaves

and debris, limiting a trout’s visibility. Plus, fast-rushing high currents negates their ability to feel and hear vibrations that they would usually sense when a lure or line lands in the waters around them. Also, trout have a difficult time seeing shadows or outlines of fisherman casting from shore.

Simply put, trout are vulnerable during high-water spring runoff, because their senses are inhibited.

So they will strike at a lure during these conditions that they

would avoid in times of low, clear water.

Rene always used silver lures and casting spoons, to catch early-season trout.

Bill Hitchings, from Shapleigh, is another local fishing expert with whom I was lucky to fish many times over the years.

Bill caught trout with a small floating Rapala-type minnow in any water conditions. He cast it into the water and jerked and wiggled it in the current, imitating a wounded or stunned minnow, and trout would inevitably attack it. So

Bill had discovered an effective way to catch early-season trout.

Kids and Bobbers Have you ever been out-fished by a kid who was fishing with worms and a 2-inch, red and white, plastic bobber? You have seen them hanging from power lines and limbs over the years. Come on, admit it – we’ve all been out-fished by those kids, perhaps more than once.

One warm spring day, I slowly waded upstream casting streamers, nymphs and wet flies with my L.L. Bean fly rod. Like many snobby fly fisherman, I was mesmerized with my own casting and how I looked, instead of focusing on my fishing. Then a kid started fishing waters downstream that I had already covered.

He was using a worm and a bobber.

He cast it, and let it float in the current.

Soon the bobber disappeared, and the kid landed the largest brown trout I had ever seen caught in that river. He jumped around, whooping and hollering. So there’s yet another method that can work for you during high-water spring conditions.

Keep Fly in Water I was fishing the “fly fishing only” section of the Saco River in North Conway, New Hampshire. Doris was (Continued on next page)

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sitting on a nearby log, reading one her Danielle Steel books.

A gentleman came along. He stood back and watched me catch brook trout, one after the other, on a caddis fly pattern, that I was fishing wet. It ap-

peared the trout were on a feeding frenzy.

I stepped out of the water and told the guy it was his turn. He asked what I was using. I answered, “Caddis, but it really does not seem to matter – the trout are hitting anything that looks good to eat.”

The author’s father, also named Steve, with his first turkey ever – a mature gobbler weighing 24.6 pounds!

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with plenty of time to stretch their legs chasing old tom.

Prime turkey hunting locations exist throughout central Maine, but posted lands are making access harder and harder to find. Frye Mountain WMA (DeLorme’s The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer, Map 14, A-2), Ruffingham Meadow WMA (Map 14, B-2) and Alonzo

Sebago to Auburn

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Black Ghost (the namesake for my boat), Barnes’ Special and of course, fabled guide Art Libby’s Miss Sharon, all work well. Lately I’ve been running a thin wobbler in front of the fly, to impart more flash and action.

One area lake fishes more like my ice-out memories. Thompson Lake (Map 5, A-2) in Poland seems to pro-

The stranger started fishing, and soon he was catching fish even faster than I had been.

I sat beside Doris and watched him fish. I remember whispering to Doris, “This guy is good! He keeps his fly in the water more than in the air!”

I always do more

casting than fishing – a lesson I learned that day. I can’t remember the excellent fly fisherman’s name; however, I remember him saying that he lived in York.

Using these methods during early season water conditions should help you catch

The author celebrates with a 20-lb+ tom.

more trout. If you ever get a chance to fish with a local trout master, then you should do more watching than fishing. And remember – a fly rod works well with a bobber and worms. They are great “worm dunking outfits” too.

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The author’s mom, Kathy Lloyd, with her second-ever turkey!

Garcelon MWA (Map 13, C-2) all provide healthy populations of birds to those hunters who are willing to walk.

In the WMAs, hunters should not limit hunting to the areas close to the road and the open fields at Frye Mountain, as these are heavily hunted. Instead, better hunting options exist on old skidder roads and trails that funnel birds into effective range.

After locating that perfect hunting spot, plan to hunt on weekdays, rath-

er than Saturdays. Hunting pressure is lighter during the week, reducing potential conflicts with other hunters. Nobody wants to go through the heart-wrenching dilemma of arriving at their prime hunting location, only to find someone already parked there, so find multiple locations in which to hunt in case you discover that your first or even second choice has been compromised.

duce consistently at ice-out for salmon, with occasional laker thrown in. I do well trolling the shoreline by Agassiz Village, especially with smelt on sinking fly line.

Nothing beats an April salmon on a fly rod! Flies like the Gray Ghost, and Barnes’ are also top picks on Thompson Lake.

Thompson Lake also has several brooks leading into it that make prime locations for smelt run fishing. Hit these spots as early as you can, before the sun gets high in the sky.

While we can all hope for the resurgence of April salmon angling on Sebago Lake, we have to dance with the gal we brought for now. We enjoy the abundant lake trout fishing, while celebrating the salmon when we do latch onto one.

So this month, you’ll likely still see me trolling past the boat channel in The Black Ghost, pining for the days of old when salmon fought amongst themselves to take my fly or bait!

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Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust Purchases Kennebago Headwaters Sometime in the 1980s and 1990s, I had a nagging thought that I just could not get out of my head. I wondered why Maine didn’t buy up large parcels of prime recreational land around the state, to protect forever some of the most precious regions within our borders. I had always been told that Maine’s continued failing economy just couldn’t manage such large-scale land purchases.

In a quick jump ahead to 2022, I am completely amazed and proud of the efforts of the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust in purchasing several important and ecologically delicate parcels of land, the latest of which include 10,000 acres of the Kennebago Headwaters Project.

This fantastic conservation project (see map) protects the pristine headwaters of the Kennebago River.

From the RLHT website: “Working with conservation partners, Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust plans to protect the most critical watershed lands— including riparian habitat and forestland that connects to adjacent conserved lands.

Some of the lands will become ecological reserves, ensuring the retention of biological, cultural, and historical values. Other lands will remain working forest, but managed with an emphasis on enhancing fish and wildlife habitat by buffering riparian areas and restocking the forest.”

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species, across the nation.

Find Your Own As much as I enjoy helping others enjoy fly fishing for brook trout, I’m not about to direct them to exact locations, tell them the exact fly to use, or show them exactly where to cast to these wonderful fish. I enjoy showing interested folks “how to do it,” but I won’t give them specific details – just general information that they can obtain anywhere.

Now, if folks have been reading this column long enough, they might say, “Clunie, you have mentioned fishing locations throughout your columns.” Well, let me clarify.

I might say, “Anglers will find awesome brook trout fishing at these locations – the Magalloway River, the Rapid River, and the

Kennebago River.” I might even direct anglers to, for instance, Camp 10 Bridge on the Magalloway River.

I’m not giving away secrets here, every angler who fishes this region already knows about these locations … if they don’t, they can simply ask any store owner in the area and get directions.

My purpose for occasionally giving out these common locations is that they are general areas where anglers can start their own search. My belief is that all anglers need to find their own fishing “hot spots.” Searching and discovering your own favorite places to fish is part of the angling journey that makes us the fishers we become.

When an angler has to work for it, rather than having it given to them, they will appreciate it more – actually cherish it, and forever hold it

sacred.

It’s a bit like parenting … most kids, if given things throughout their life, won’t take care of the gifts like they would if they had to work for them on their own. Remember how the spoiled brat that was given everything in life turned out?

The same thing holds true for anglers.

Start the Search For me, one of the most wonderful things about fly fishing is that, in my lifetime, I’ll never end the search for new fishing locations.

Like the saying goes, “So many places to fish, and so little time.”

Some of my most impressive fishing moments happen something like this: While scanning a map, I notice a teeny segment of a stream that I never saw before, so I travel to the location and walk into the spot. With every step,

there is the anticipation of finding a fishing location that hardly gets fished and still produces some great fishing. It is like hunting – I just get so excited about what’s over the next hill, and that feeling keeps me going, and will continue to keep me going well past the time my feet give out.

Get the map out, or digital GPS mapping device, and get started.

Look for those unlikely

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Battery Powered Motors?

They’re Coming for Us Even self-propelled sportspeople need engines for some parts of their outdoor adventures. The type of engine is important – and change is coming.

Gas-powered motors had a good run – but they are on the way out.

It might be more accurate to say that the battery-powered motors are already here – and they will change almost everything about how we power our outdoor lives.

A Quiet Revolution If you currently own or visit an off-grid camp in a remote part of Maine, you can remember the bad old days. Every building or renovation project required finding a way to power electric hand tools.

In those days, every saw, drill, sander or nail gun had a tail attached to it – and the terminal end of that tail needed a 120-volt outlet to make things happen. That meant hauling in a gas-pow-

ered generator, with all the attendant fuel, extension cords and other necessities.

I distinctly recall carrying a thousand-watt generator on a pack-frame up the steep, overgrown skidder trail that passed for a road to my hunting camp in Oxford County. The Commander and I also transported generators by canoe to more than one remote river-only-access cabin over the years.

The revolution seemed to happen overnight. Now it’s a challenge to even find electric hand-tools with cords in most bigbox building supply stores. Rechargeable lithium batteries and more technologically advanced motors have made corded tools a thing of the past.

The technology

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got better – quieter, lighter, cleaner, more reliable. Then, as popularity increased, the prices went down. And soon enough, the battery powered option became the standard.

That pattern is unbeatable in the long run.

Bicycle By Battery When my son brought home a second-hand electric bike from college, I admit I scoffed. But he needed reliable transportation from campus to town and back again for his off-campus job.

A used car wasn’t in his budget, or mine.

The e-bike lets him travel up the steep hill to campus without arriving in class soaked with sweat or gasping for air. He still gets a bit of exercise – but saves the heavy cardio workouts for longer rides on his traditional

The bad old days -- a deck job at camp required a gas-powered generator. All photos: Jim Andrews

pedal-powered roadbike.

Meanwhile, there are no gas, registration, repair or insurance bills to worry about. His e-bike is only a few years old, but it’s already outdated technology. The batteries keep getting better, with longer mileage range, less weight – and the motors are faster now, with better power for hills.

The bicycle rental shops in Bar Harbor rent to tourists who want to explore the 45 miles of carriage roads inside Acadia National Park. Those scenic, crushed-grav-

Electric-powered hunting bike.

el roadways have always been the realm of hikers, horses and non-motorized bikes.

But in September of 2019, the Park Service began permitting Class 1 e-bikes on the famous roads. When I last visited in 2020, the largest rental shop in town was filled almost exclusively with e-bikes.

Hunting gear retailers have already caught on. E-bike models in full-camo, with attached racks for transporting firearms and bows, are on showroom floors.

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Conversion Details for the Ultimate Camping Van Awnings are important. They provide a covered, outside space for cooking, dining and cleaning dishes.

Awnings also create a dry entryway for getting in and out of the van if it’s raining.

I just noticed a Toyota advertisement for their latest creation, “Tacozilla.” Look it up on the computer, and you can see for yourself … it’s an extreme off-roading Tacoma with a built-in camper over the bed and cab of the vehicle. I’m sure there will be a hefty price, but what a beast for those looking for a reliable vehicle that can handle challenging back roads and semi-luxurious camping at the same time.

Within the next few years, I’m going to purchase a cargo van and outfit it with everything I’ll need in a hunting, fishing, and camping vehicle. Back in the day, they called these vehicles “conversion vans” or “hippie vans.” Folks could live in one of these specialized vehicles in real comfort. I owned one and enjoyed pulling over on a back road anywhere after a day of hunting or fishing, climbing in the back, and curling up in comfort for the night.

In the old days, I would just throw all my gear in the back of the van and head out on hunting or fishing adventures. As long as I packed enough food in the cooler, I was content to stay right out in the woods for

days at a time.

Nowadays, I’m looking at a more organized adventure vehicle. I’ve mentioned this idea in past columns, but this time I want to show the readers exactly how to build their own camping van, with some generalized options for customizing it for their own specific needs.

How-to Plans The first thing to do in this project is outline where certain pieces of “furniture” or “appliances” will be positioned in the van.

I like to do an informal layout plan, so I know how to arrange everything before I start installing the interior surface, walls, floor, and ceiling.

First, insulate the walls, floor, and ceiling with either a spray-on foam insulation or something like the fiber insulation that comes in rolls. I will probably go with a product called “Rockwool” that is installed like the pink insulation everyone is familiar with. Wiring should be installed before putting the insulation in place but can also be easily added later if necessary.

After insulating, I’m going to use wood veneer paneling to

cover the walls and ceiling, attached with self-tapping sheet metal screws. The floor will get a thicker sheet of plywood for strength with a final vinyl or padded carpet flooring to finish it. At each corner between the walls and ceiling, I will attach a 1” x 2” strip of wood (with longer self-tapping sheet metal screws) and attach the cabinets – each cabinet will have a corresponding strip of wood on the back that solidly secures the cabinets to the walls. All cabinet doors and drawers will have latches that hold them securely shut during travel.

A raised bedframe will be built in the rear of the van to accommodate a memory-foam mattress. Below the bedframe, I’ll build cabinets to carry bulky and heavy items. Access this space below the bedframe by opening the rear doors of the van to provide a space for several plastic totes for carrying extra gear or food.

Some folks might like a built-in sink, but I prefer to do all cooking and cleaning outside of the van. Therefore, I will provide a space for a small table with folding legs that can be deployed for

The final product needn’t be as neatly-finished as the van shown here, but can be customized by each to their own needs. Photo credit: Hey Voyager, via The Wayward Home

this purpose. Another similar table will be used for dining or other chores.

This brings up the final chapter to this build – the awning.

The Dining Area I like the type of awning for a van that rolls out from just above the sliding (or swinging) side door.

It provides a covered, outside space for anything that shouldn’t be done inside the van, like showering, cooking, cleaning dishes, and dining.

The awning also creates a cover for getting in and out of the van if it’s rain-

ing. With an awning in place, campers can move about more comfortably, cooking and dining without getting crammed into the small interior space.

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system of drawers and cabinets.

Depending on whether I’ll be hunt-

ing or fishing (or both), I’ll have special spaces built to accommodate the specific gear I’ll be using. I’ll be sure to install PVC pipes to

hold fully assembled fly rods in place, with plenty of drawer space for the rest of my fishing gear. And during hunting season, there

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is a big battery that transports itself into the woods for our adventures. Ford Motor Company released its first fully electric pickup this year in the iconic F-150 model. Maybe that says more about the inevitability of the eventual takeover of battery power than anything else. The Ford F-150 Lightning can power up all our other toys –with six 120-V outlets onboard. It can even power an entire off-grid camp or the homeplace in a power outage.

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Outboards Without Gas Electric trolling motors have been around for years. But they were often underpowered and relied on heavy, detached lead-core batteries. In many cases, it was easier to use a liquid fuel motor and carry along the gas – even at over 6 lbs. per gallon.

A new generation of battery-powered outboards has completely changed that calculation. Companies like Torqueedo and EPropulsion have been selling high-tech electric outboards for several years. The lithium battery is an integrated, but easily removeable, part of the motor. It can be recharged via ordinary wall outlets or attached to solar panels.

These motors are direct drive, waterproof, odor and emission-free. They require no maintenance and run almost silently. A three-horsepower model is

will be a special place for all the gear needed to keep a bird dog comfortable and well fed.

This electric outboard emits no blue smoke.

still slightly heavier than a comparable gas model, but the weight continues to come down as the technology progresses. And obviously there’s no gas tank to weigh into the equation.

Pickup Trucks, Too Worried about running low on battery power for your bike, outboard, hand tool or ice-auger? What we need

EV Options Abound It’s not my kind of thing, but all-electric ATVs and snowmobiles are also already here and on the market.

Almost all these products bear the high price burden of cutting-edge technology.

But if history is any guide, the upward trend in popularity will create a downward trend in prices. These are not mere fads or fashions that will fade in a few years.

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Frigid Water Increases Drowning Danger According to life expectancy data, Maine has an average of 1.6 people per 100,000 drown each year. Of the 14 states for which those statistics are available, Maine ranks #6.

Despite the best efforts by Allagash Rangers, visitors are not exempt from the dangers of traveling on water.

Spring Ice Out In early spring, anglers anxious to get to a favorite fishing spot often take chances. One example is when a boat slips through a narrow strip of open water on the western shore of Chamberlain, while the rest of the lake is covered by ice.

Boaters may get as far as Ellis Brook, only to find a heavy wind has blown the frozen pack in behind, barricading boats in place until the wind shifts and reopens the channel.

An example of the frozen force going to shore is found below when in 1983, a driven ice shield lifted one of Nugents cabins several feet in the air.

A sheet of ice lifted this cabin off its posts.

Photo: T. Caverly collection

To get ready for the challenges of ice-out, seasonal Allagash rangers are brought back to work in late April.

There are several reasons for this. The first is to receive training for the coming season; second, to prepare boats; and finally, to be on site in time for the arrival of early anglers.

One day in early May many years ago, the Allagash Lake ranger was called off station to attend a spring meeting on Umsaskis Lake. While he was nervous about leaving just before an expected influx of fisherman, the lake was mostly covered by ice, so the ranger expected everything to be fine until he returned.

During their meeting, the Supervisor received a radio call reporting a canoe had capsized on the lake and that

If you witness a tragedy resulting from someone without a life jacket capsizing a canoe in icy-cold water, it’s an experience that stays with you, causing you to take preventative measures for yourself and others, for the rest of your life. three people in the boat were missing.

The Supervisor learned that an empty canoe had been found, and the search had begun for the missing people. Eventually, rangers learned the canoe had capsized in heavy wind, and all three canoeists had perished.

For years, that ranger pondered if he had been on duty, maybe the deaths could have been prevented. But that has not been the only drowning on the Allagash, and drowning is not the only cause of death among Allagash adventurers.

Incident reports indicate that Allagash visitors have died as a result of accidently paddling over forty-foot high Allagash Falls, from hypothermia, or from heart attacks. When these incidents occur, it’s not just the family that is bereaved; rather, friends and rangers also mourn, wondering if they could have done more to prevent loss of life.

April ice on Chamberlain Lake. Photo courtesy of Nugents Sporting Camps

On the Water When I was appointed Waterway supervisor, I brought with me a direct knowledge of the effects of freezing water – knowledge gained from my own personal experience. The incident occurred during my college days, and is described in my book “Wilderness Ranger’s Journal.”

One spring day, a classmate told how

he’d built a canoe to take down the Allagash. Excitedly, he asked, “Would you like to go?” As a boy growing up with my brother in Baxter Park, I had canoed often and felt confident in my ability, so I replied, “Yes, I would love to paddle the river.” Previously he and I had canoe-camped on lakes near the University of Maine at Machias, and we enjoyed traveling together.

By April, the ice had just gone out of Washington’s County’s Hadley Lake, a tributary that sent a raging flow down the East Machias River in Jacksonville.

On a warm day after class, my friend suggested we give the canoe a trial run.

I agreed. Ultimately, we capsized in the rapids under the bridge on Route 191.

This was a time before lifejackets were required, and we had not brought along any PFDs. We were forced to swim from the middle of the river. My friend headed toward the northeast shore, while I swam toward the southwest bank. When I finally crawled onto land, my legs and arms were so hypothermic I could barely stand. I never saw my friend again, until the day of his funeral.

It was that memory that I brought to the Allagash, that caused me to ensure that rangers had the best equipment available. We purchased new lifejackets, along with life preserver coats that held in body heat – added protection should any staff members end up in cold water.

For years, Allagash rangers have performed dangerous water rescues without any loss of life among the rangers.

For those planning to go on the water during ice out, I strongly recommend keeping your equipment maintained.

Always wear Coast Guard approved life jackets designed for your size and weight. Let others know where you are going and your expected time of return.

Share a home phone number with the local ranger. And leave any alcohol at camp.

An experience on Maine’s waters should result only in pleasant memories.

Tim Caverly is a member of the New England Outdoor Writers Association and has authored eleven books about Maine.

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Privately Pushed Out The subdivided lots where the author and his dad searched for shed antlers under the apple trees remained undeveloped for five years. Then, within a couple months of Covid hitting, every lot on the road was sold, and each lot has a house completed or under construction. Not just are the individual lots all posted, but the entire road going into them is marked “Private, Residents Only.”

In the February 2022 edition of The Sportsman I cleared the air on some of my frustrations of feeling crowded in the woods this past hunting season. Specifically, I noted a huge increase in the number of Vermont license plates I was seeing driving around and parked on the logging roads.

I summarized a few potential reasons for this, but there was one major theory that I glossed over. It took

an email from a faithful reader to suggest it to me—and it made a lot of sense.

Housing Bubble Odds are, you are aware of the massive housing market inflation that has been taking place the past two years, particularly in rural areas. With work-from-home opportunities coinciding with massive numbers of early retirement, people are fleeing the cities for the countryside. Here in north-

ern NH, the average home price has about doubled. Most in-movers are from Massachusetts, Southern NH, and Connecticut. The same thing is happening in rural Maine. And the same in Vermont, but with a lot of the in-movers also coming from New York.

The market has become so booming that many landowners are getting coldcalled or door-knocked to see if they want to

Brian Emerson, the author’s father, has found eight sheds over 5 different years off this heavy-antlered buck. The apple orchard he found most of them around now has a new house built in it and is posted “No Trespassing.” The new owner, who is not an outdoorsman, found the sixth-year sheds from this buck while walking his dog. Brian Emerson photo

sell their properties.

Turns out, the people from the city have a lot more disposable income than the locals, so many landowners jumped at the chance to make that kind of money.

In many cases, a farmer or woodlot owner subdivided

their house lot from the rest of their 50250 acres. The new buyers from the city frequently post the land. Now your favorite oak stand that sits on a little hill a quarter mile back from the road is inaccessible.

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Vermont – Deer Hunting by the Numbers In 2021, Vermont had 81,793 hunters who went out on 8,638 square miles of deer habitat, putting 9.5 hunters per square mile of hunting area. Hunters in that state took 15,858 deer, of which 9,133 were bucks. Although Vermont has some areas with high deer density, the author – a tracker – prefers habitat with fewer deer and fewer hunters.

While I never fully stop thinking about chasing deer, March and April are often the low points for it. I’m tapping trees, chasing snowshoe hare, and trying to tease up a last lake trout or a feed of yellow perch before the ice breaks up.

Busy with the many pursuits that our winter wonderland offers, I think that maybe the deer hunting fever I’ve suffered from for 40 years has broken.

Then the New England states start to put out their deer season numbers from the previous year, and I catch the malady again – sucked right back in to thinking about where November will find me.

Vermont Hunter Numbers I love to track deer.

To do that, I need big chunks of country. In VT, the areas with lowest deer densities are where I go. I’ve decided to trade a chance at a buck for a day alone wandering around.

I’m certainly not alone. A lot of factors lead to this desire to spend time cruising through the woods, and it has become appealing for a lot of peo-

ple. The last couple of years have seen an uptick in folks wanting to track deer, and I can’t blame them. First of all, it is fun; and second, the pandemic only magnified this appeal by giving more people time to get out. It can be the adventure of a lifetime.

I think that folks who hunt now generally hunt harder than most people did 30 years ago; in our camp in those days, 80% of the guys who showed up only hunted on opening weekend; now, I’d say that 80% of us hunt most of the season.

All of this certainly causes more crowding on less land that is available to hunt. I’d like to blame everyone else for my not shooting a deer, but that is just a strong dose of sour grapes. I just need to work harder!

Putting numbers to this helps. The math is admittedly not perfect, because I had to grab numbers from different years for different states. No less a figure than Mark Twain wrote, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

In 2021, VT had 81,793 hunters who went out on 8,638 square miles of deer habitat, putting 9.5 hunters per square mile out there. By comparison, based on 2018 numbers, ME and NH had about 7 hunters per square mile, with longer rifle seasons.

When I asked our deer biologist, Nick Fortin, about this, he replied, “We have a short season precisely because we have a lot of hunters, and with the small size of our state, it is only logical that avid hunters would expand their opportunities by hunting nearby states.”

Fortin continued: “I would also note that we kill more bucks per square mile than NH or ME, despite the antler restrictions. We have higher deer densities on average, and our hunters are pretty good.”

He also noted that only 500-700 hunters used to kill two bucks a year, a number that would statistically be relatively insignificant in terms of pressure moving to neighboring states like MA, ME, NH and NY.

Here’s a 2021 “harvest map” provided by Vermont state deer biologist Nick Fortin. Each dot represents one of the 15,858 deer taken during the season.

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es, those deer are not spread evenly across the landscape.

The Champlain and Connecticut River Valleys and the associated farm country hold most of the deer (see accompanying deer harvest map). Deer densities are generally lower up the spine of the Green Mountains and into the Cold Hollow Mountains in the center of the state, as well as in the tri-county area known as the Northeast Kingdom, where there is room to roam, but higher winter severity.

In the 2021 season, VT hunters took

15,858 deer, of which 9,133 were bucks. You can see where deer density and hunting pressure overlap in the map, where each dot represents a deer that was shot.

While there isn’t age data for 2021 available yet, from 2018 to 2020, the average age distribution of bucks was 32% over 3 years old and 11% 4+ years old. In 2021 there were 96 deer taken that weighed 200+ pounds – a reduction in numbers from the 120-160 big deer taken per year over the 4 or 5 years. Anecdotally, the heaviest buck

I have heard about being shot in VT was 254 pounds, taken in Essex County in the northeastern part of the state, but I haven’t confirmed that. I wish I had found that track to follow!

I’ll spend the next few weeks hashing over the data, trying to make sense of it all, teasing out when and where I should put in my tracking time, and hoping snow flies before it has even left the dark corners of my yard. Then I’ll throw the numbers in a heap, schedule as much time off as I can for November, and plan to head for the woods in search of an adventure!

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Joey Davis tagged this heavy-antlered buck during a hunt in Vermont’s Essex County on November 27, 2021.

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That back meadow by the creek is now someone’s back yard. That hidden apple orchard has now been flattened for a driveway and foundation.

Thus, many local hunters in areas of smaller parcels of private property have found themselves pushed out and looking for new spots. Many, predictably, migrated to the large parcels of woods owned by timber companies in Northern NH and Maine. And the reason for all the roadside and clearcut-sitting hunters I’ve seen? Well, my guess is that many of these small-parcel hunters are just applying their same tactics to the big woods because it’s the method they know best.

Empathy in Antlers Rationalizing through this domino-effect has helped me gain some empathy for their plight. I can relate.

Even though I don’t hunt much on small land lots in residential settings, I do shed-hunt in them. Well, I should say, I formerly shed hunted in them.

About half of the apple orchards and deer yards that I was shed hunting 5 years ago are now either posted or developed—or both. In particular, there was one area that my dad and I called “the house lots.” About 10 years ago, a developer cleared some land and put a quarter-mile driveway in, which www.MaineSportsman.com

Posted signs are becoming more common in Northern New England, with people from urban southern areas buying and developing the land. The deer behind the signs are happy for it, but local hunters are not. Dakota McAlister photo

accessed about a dozen house lots for sale. When he cut, he left all the apple trees, thankfully.

For the first five years, all the lots were vacant and unsold. Then someone bought one and stuck a seasonal camper on it. Then the next year the lot across from it had the same thing happen. Still no houses, no posted signs. In

the meantime, my dad picked up a few antlers a year in the area, including one particularly heavy-massed buck year after year. He has eight antlers off of him!

Within a couple months of Covid hitting, every lot on the road was sold.

And now every one has a house completed or under construction. Not only are the individual lots all posted, but the entire road going into them is marked “Private, Residents Only.”

When the first house was built, the property wasn’t yet posted. My dad walked around out in back of the house in the woods among the apple trees to look for his old buck’s sheds. We he got back to his truck, the new lot owner was waiting for him, wondering what he was doing. My dad explained that he was looking for sheds. The fellow did not understand. Frequently, we’ve had to explain to new landowners that deer lose their antlers in the winter and that it is a sport for people to try to find them.

The next week, my dad drove up the road to see new posted signs. He later heard from the next lot-owner up the road that the guy with the new house found an antler while he was walking around the woods out back. He showed my dad a picture—of course, it was the same big buck my dad had four years’ worth of sheds from.

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Smilin’

Sportsman That Hurts!

Two kids were in a hospital lying on cots next to each other outside the operating room.

The first kid leaned over and asked, “What are you in here for?”

The second kid responded, “I’m getting my tonsils out. I’m a little nervous.”

The first kid said, “You’ve got nothing to worry about. I had that done when I was four. They put you to sleep, and when you wake up, they give you lots of ice cream. It’s a breeze.”

The second kid then asked, “What are you in here for?”

The first kid responded, “A circumcision.”

The second kid replied, “Whoa, good luck, buddy. I had that done when I was born, and I couldn’t walk for a year!”

From Mo Mehlsak, South Portland, who heard it from his cousin in Kentucky.

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However, what I did not realize when I applied for this permit is that the first day of my week for moose season is October 27, 2022, which is also the same day as my wedding.

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Share and Share Alike The old man and his wife sat at a table at the diner. The man ordered a single hamburger, one order of french fries, and a drink.

When the hamburger arrived, he carefully cut it in half, placing one half in front of his wife.

He then painstakingly counted out the French fries, dividing them into two equal piles and placed one pile in front of his wife.

He took a sip of the drink, then his wife took a sip, and she set the cup down between them.

As the man began eating a few bites

of hamburger, customers around them looked over and whispered. Obviously they were thinking, “That poor old couple – all they can afford is one meal for the two of them.”

As the man began to eat his fries, a gentleman approached their table and politely offered to buy a second meal for the old couple. The old man said, “No thank you – we’re fine. We are accustomed to sharing everything.”

However, those close to the couple noticed something unusual – the little old lady hadn’t eaten a bite. She sat there watching her husband eat, occasionally taking turns sipping the drink.

The polite gentleman approached a second time, entreating them to let him purchase another meal for them. This time it was the old woman who spoke up, saying “No, thank you – we are used to sharing everything.”

Finally, as the old man finished his half of the meal and was wiping his face with his napkin, the gentleman again came over to the little old lady, who had yet to eat a single bite of food. He asked, “What is it you are waiting for?”

She answered, “The teeth.”

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www.dewittjonesrealty.com MILO: Newly constructed 4-season camp on 2+/acres in prime outdoor recreation area. Located on state-maintained road, year-round access with plenty of privacy. Two bedrooms, sleeping loft, attached one car garage. Schoodic, Sebec and Ebeemee Lakes all just a short drive. Never been lived in. MLS #1521371 – $194,900 EBEEMEE TWP: Cozy camp on Russell Island at Ebeemee Lake. Camp needs a little bit of finishing but is livable while you work on it. Water frontage on three sides. Great lake for fishing both summer and winter. Come relax enjoy and listen to the loons. Boat access only. MLS #1511430 – $199,900 LAGRANGE: Remodeled camp on 4.6+/- acres with 1200’+/- of frontage on Dead Stream. Two bedrooms, loft, open concept kitchen, finished porch. Dug well not plumbed into camp. Water pumped from brook to kitchen sink and outdoor shower. Composting toilet inside and pit privy.

Generator and appliances included. Seasonal ROW. MLS #1510286 – $115,000 GARLAND: 1.62+/-acres with 200’+/-of water frontage on Garland Pond. The seller will install electricity down to the lot roadside Ideal camp lot. Possible owner financing available. MLS #1359343 – $64,900 BROWNVILLE: Great location to come up and enjoy the 4 seasons recreation that this area has to offer. Sebec and Schoodic Lakes short drive. Hunting, hiking, fishing and recreation trails all nearby. MLS #1498501 – $9,900

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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER’S DREAM: 6.6 ACRES 370 ft. road frontage on Whittier Road in Farmington, ME just off Routes 2 & 4. Electricity on site, 4 water hookups and 4 sewer hookups, tax Incentives possible. 207474-0778 3-STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING Western ME, US Rt 2. Restaurant equipment, furniture, dishes,etc. Wedding/event

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Korell Outfitters has been operated by the same family for 30 years. It is located on the South Fork of the Payette River in Southwest Idaho, Idaho Fish and Game Units 33, 35, and 39. The business has 200 square miles licensed for all species (deer, elk, bear, mountain lion, wolf, sheep, goat, moose, and predators). There are also summer recreation opportunities for trail rides and overnight fishing pack trips at some of Idaho’s beautiful high mountain lakes. There is an additional 80 square miles adjoining south of the South Fork of the Payette that is also licensed for bear, cougar, wolf, and predators. These areas are accessible by 4X4, ATV, snowmobile, horse/pack string. The business comes with 10 guaranteed Sawtooth Outfitter B tags (rifle), 13 guaranteed Sawtooth A tags (archery), and 6 guaranteed Unit 35 deer tags for either rifle or archery with the opportunity to increase allocation on a two year basis. There are unlimited bear, mountain lion, and wolf hunts. The Forest Service Permit includes 250 priority use days and 3 assigned camp sites. The business includes equipment and stock- equipment list will be available upon request. This is a high-income business with a lot of potential to expand.

Price is $325,000. Contact Chris Korell with Korell Outfitters at (208) 484-1787 for questions.

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RANGELEY PLT – ATV/SNOWMOBILE right from this building lot! Level, well wooded 1.84 acre parcel (two .92 acre parcels being sold together) has been surveyed, soils tested/4BR septic plan (expired), power available at road. Enjoy 4-season recreation from your door - close to the AT, fly fishing on the causeway, public boat ramps, Oquossoc amenities. Low plantation taxes, town maintained road. MLS #1520779 –$83,000 SANDY RIVER PLT – Well wooded 3 acre parcel with babbling brook and road frontage on Old Greene Rd and Route 4. Several building site options, low plantation taxes, surveyed, soils tested.

Walking path access to Beaver Mt Lake is deeded, but needs to be cleared. Nice spot for full time living or 2nd home get away. Convenient to Rangeley and 4-season activities - don’t miss out on this one, inquire today! MLS #1519748 –$64,000 RANGELEY – Rare opportunity to own a building parcel with one of the best views of Rangeley Lake, Doctors Island, sunsets over Bald Mt and beyond!

This 1 acre lot in the highly sought after Lodges Subdivision offers underground power, public water and sewer at the street. Minutes to town, Saddleback, and 4-season activities. Plus ATV/snowmobile trail access from your door. Don’t miss out on this special property, inquire today! MLS #1512282 – $199,000

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LAND FOR SALE IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY 37 acres: Connor, ME .........$55,000 83 acres: Easton, ME .........$124,500 20 acres: Perham, ME ..........$35,000 50 acres: Perham, ME ..........$75,000 100 acres: Perham, ME......$150,000 40 acres: Connor, ME .........$60,000 43 acres: Connor, ME .........$60,000 (207) 455-8340 • realty@mfx.net www.highmeadowrealtytrust.com

CORNVILLE – Here is your chance to own that cabin in Maine you have been waiting for. Sitting on one acre of land in a great recreation area you can snowmobile from your front porch but still be close enough to drive into town for dinner. The main living area is an open kitchen, dining living room area with sliding doors opening onto the front porch and a sleeping loft above. Currently the camp uses propane lights and stove with wood for heat but power is available at the roadside if you chose to upgrade. Come see if this is going to be your getaway!

MLS #1516479 – $82,000 BURNHAM – Sebasticook River Waterfront and 6.4 acres of land. Come build the home of your dreams. Privacy is yours. Power available at the road. MLS #1518251 – $39,999 SALEM TWP – Fifteen acres set back into the woods with beautiful mountain views. This home has potential to expand to more bedrooms if you desire. Large open kitchen with handselected wide pine flooring throughout, live edge counter tops, hand crafted stained glass and wooden cupboard doors. Bathroom includes a jacuzzi tub and tile shower. Half log style steps lead to a private loft area. Sunk-in, pentagon-shaped sun room with tile floor. Garage door in the walk-out basement offers plenty of storage area. Located only 30 minutes from Sugarloaf or 10 minutes from its neighboring town, Kingfield! Come take a look! MLS #1513037 – $429,900 CLINTON – Ready to own 2.7 surveyed acres with about 205 feet of frontage on the Kennebec River? Here is your chance. Power is available at the paved, town maintained road. MLS #1500740 – $79,000 HARTLAND – Here is your chance to own your own camp for hunting, fishing, snowmobiling, riding your ATV or just relaxing by the camp fire. This one room camp has power, is tucked in nicely on the property and accessed from the state maintained paved road. The surveyed property is located near the trails, hunting lands and the Great Moose Lake public boat landing is a short drive away. Come and make this your get away. MLS #1493828 – $44,900 SKOWHEGAN – This 1.983 acre parcel of land is a rolling field on the bank of the Kennebec River. Property is just outside of town but within minutes to conveniences. The 201.97’ of water frontage is easy to access with the stairway down the riverbank. Young fruit orchard on the property with varieties of apple, cherry, plum and pear. Lot has been surveyed, soil tested and a septic design is available. MLS #1521084 – $200,000 WELLINGTON – Cute two room camp in the beautiful Maine countryside! Camp is fully wired and power is available at the street. Driveway is already in place, and the camp is just waiting for you to come put the finishing touches on. Leave right from the camp and hit the ATV trails! If you’ve been looking for that seasonal getaway or hunting camp, this could be it!

Taxes are TBD. MLS #1512343 – $66,900 CORNVILLE – If you have been looking for a spot to build a cabin or home, come take a look.

18 surveyed and soil tested acres with power available at the road. Snowmobile trails close by, 04/22 Hunt on your own land. Land currently in tree growth. MLS #1519589 – $32,500

Grand Falls – This cabin was landed on this lot two years ago and ready to finish off and use.

This 41 acre lot sits high on a hill with great views on Lord Brook Road. ATV and snowsled from this location. Take a look. $79,000

Mt. Chase – Two quaint cabins with picturesque trout pond in front. Separate shower house with toilet. Private setting on 5.4 acres at the foot of Mt. Chase just off Mountain Road, great ATV and snowmobile area. $149,000

Carroll PLT – This lot was recently selectively harvested. Driveway in place, a year round road, electric available and a small Tolman Brook at one edge - it’s too good to pass by. POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING!! Come look today. $39,000

Burlington – A nice, seasoned driveway and a 16’x24’ concrete pad. Madagascal Pond is a good warm water fishery and excellent direct access to ATV and snowmobile trails. $79,000

Lincoln – 1.56+/- acres, field, electricity available, 4 lakes in 1 direction, all of Cold Stream Ponds in another, few miles from downtown, corner frontage on Transalpine Road and Folsom Pond Road. $19,900

Lincoln – Grab this lot now if you want to own one of the few locations left on Transalpine Road. This large lot feels out in the woods but is only 1.1 miles from the hospital and one more to downtown. Come look today!! $18,900

Lee – Looking for some privacy but still need year round access and electricity? This lot is well wooded, fairly level and ready for you to take a peek at on Old Steamboat Road. $37,500 Lincoln – A nice lot on the high side of Route 6. Surveyed with driveway already in place and electricity available. Plenty of room for a small home or mobile home on the currently cleared driveway. $17,500 Carroll PLT – Large acreage. Year round road, North Road. Power readily available. Nice driveway and a rural location. This sounds like a wonderful pot to build your home or cabin. $39,000 Lee – 4.3 acres lot on hardwood ridge, nice views, snowmobile and ATV trails, fishing and skiing nearby, electricity available, owner financing, sited on Skunk Hill Road. $18,900

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