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Fisherman catches big brookie after fishing Moosehead 20 years

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Julie Harris

Alton Wilson of Fryeburg goes fishing on Moosehead during the first week in May every year with his brother Delly Wilson Sr. and his son Clifford Wilson. They started out staying in a cabin on the lakeshore that they helped Delly build about 20 years ago. Delly, 77, no longer owns the cabin, but he still has land beside it where the Wilsons have camped. They stayed in a camper there this year. The Wilsons catch fish most years, but this year, Alton Wilson, who will be 74 in June, landed a good one.
Maine man pulls in nearly 7-pound native salmon at Sebago Lake

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Julie Harris

A man who caught a 38-inch 18.69-pound lake trout nearly three years ago just hooked a native Sebago salmon that bested his own record for that fish. Early season open water fishing can be tricky, Gary Theriault of Naples said Friday. The water is cold everywhere in the lake so the cold-water fish like salmon and trout can be anywhere in the water column. But when Theriault started fishing deeper, he began pulling in bigger salmon.
A big lake trout stole a Maine teen’s rod. He caught the fish anyway.

1 week ago | observer-me.com | Julie Harris

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News StaffROCKWOOD — Camden Jewell of Skowhegan, who turned 17 on May 2, almost lost two rods and his big fish. Camden was staying at The Little Red Camp with his parents Alysha and Chad Jewell, his brother Kaiden, 14, and his sister Amy, 9, for Easter weekend. It was at the end of his third day of fishing when it happened. The teen had two lines in the water, with one rod in a holder while he held the other in his hand on the opposite side of the dock.
A big lake trout stole a Maine teen’s rod. He caught the fish anyway.

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Julie Harris

Camden Jewell of Skowhegan, who turned 17 on Friday, almost lost two rods and his big fish. Camden was staying at The Little Red Camp with his parents Alysha and Chad Jewell, his brother Kaiden, 14, and his sister Amy, 9, for Easter weekend. It was at the end of his third day of fishing when it happened. The teen had two lines in the water, with one rod in a holder while he held the other in his hand on the opposite side of the dock. It was cold and windy with an air temperature of about 50 degrees.
How to overcome call reluctance forever

2 weeks ago | housingwire.com | Julie Harris

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3-year-old shoots his 1st turkey

2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Julie Harris

I wouldn’t have believed it myself if I hadn’t watched it on the video. Nolan Stubbs, 3, of Monroe killed his first turkey on Monday, opening day of spring turkey season. He used a .410 shotgun that his grandfather gave his father 25 years ago. His father put a red-dot scope on it for his son. The first thing Nolan did after killing the turkey was to call his Grandpa Bruce, Stubbs’ father, to tell him the news. It was a joyous moment.
Maine bill to ban floating camps meets some opposition

2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Julie Harris

Businesses that offer rentals of floating houses moored off their docks or in front of their companies were the only ones who opposed a bill that would ban floating camps on Maine’s waters during a legislative hearing Wednesday. They suggested adding a grandfather clause to protect the businesses like them, including floating restaurants. The bill, L.D. 1763, An Act to Regulate Nonwater-dependent Floating Structures on Maine’s Waters, presented by Rep.
It’s ice-out on Maine’s largest lake

2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Julie Harris

Ice-out on Maine’s largest lake was declared at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Currier’s Flying Service made the traditional ice-out declaration, making it official for the Moosehead Lake region. Roger Paradise at Currier’s has been making this determination at least since the 1990s, and measures ice-out by whether the steamship Katahdin can cross the lake from Greenville to Northeast Carry, according to Maine Public.
Watch this fisher's antics as it tries to steal food

2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Julie Harris

Fishers are skilled hunters in the Maine woods, but they are not likely to pass up an opportunity for some free food. They just may not eat it where it was left. A determined fisher in this trail camera video posted on April 16 by BDN Contributor Allie Ladd shows just how persistent the animal can be. A deer leg is wired down, but the fisher wants to take it someplace more private to eat it.
Salmon fishery heating up in parts of Maine

2 weeks ago | bangordailynews.com | Julie Harris

While fishing on Maine’s largest lake is on the verge of heating up, a fishing guide says the state’s second largest is seeing some great salmon fishing. Anglers are still contending with solid or floating ice on parts of Moosehead, but some serious fishing is happening in the Moose River. Reel Moosehead Guide Service said Tuesday they’re fishing the river, but haven’t seen anything massive yet. They did catch a nice 4.5-pound togue that was released back into the water.