In an effort to protect Maine’s precious and fabled salmonid fishery, the state has enacted sweeping changes and restrictions for ice fishing with live bait, writes V. Paul Reynolds. Most winter ...

Far from shacks or snowmobiles, this is about unlawful overreach by the federal government. Mainers understand the rhythm of the tides, the sound of cracking ice underfoot and that decency doesn’t ...

For nearly a quarter century, the Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby has been the largest of the dozens of ice fishing derbies held across Maine each winter. Now, an event in Aroostook County has taken ...

Frozen lakes are for ice skating, ice fishing, and — for those who are part of the Northern Maine Ice Busters — creating the world’s largest ice carousel. The circle, created Saturday, measured 1,776 ...

Experience isn’t everything, it seems. On his first time ice fishing, a Maine man recently reeled in a massive northern pike in the Belgrade Lakes Region. The 43-inch fish weighed in at 25.9 pounds, ...

BOWDOINHAM (WGME) - A popular Maine winter activity is now facing warmer weather and shorter seasons. “The last two years have been devastating to the industry for the smelt fishing,” said Jim ...

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