Crooked River Weir Providing Valuable Information On Sebago's Wild Salmon
[caption id="attachment_3165" align="alignright" width="500"] A nice, healthy Sebago salmon.
The Remote Pond Survey Project: The final year for this monumental effort?
[caption id="attachment_3150" align="alignright" width="431"] Seasonal Technicians Chris Introne and Dan Perry haul in a gill net while surveying an Unnamed Pond, July 2018.[/caption] By MDIFW Fisheries Biologist Merry Gallagher The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Fisheries Division Native Fish Conservation Group completed another successful and perhaps the last summer
Small Brook Trout Streams Remain Popular For Anglers Well Into Fall
[caption id="attachment_3130" align="alignright" width="404"] Small streams remain open and offer some excellent fishing for brook trout.[/caption] By MDIFW Fisheries Biologist Frank Frost Fishing for brook trout in small streams remains a popular late-summer pursuit for a small number of anglers in northern Maine. One of the most common questions the regional office in
A Cornucopia Of Fishing Opportunities In The Katahdin Region
[caption id="attachment_3099" align="alignright" width="495"] The boom house on Ambajejus Lake has both history and charm and contains artifacts and information related to the area's log-driving heritage.
Beal Pond Offers Fantastic Fall Fly Fishing For Quality Size Brook Trout
[caption id="attachment_3087" align="alignright" width="346"] Beal Pond has a reputation for producing quality size brook trout.[/caption] By MDIFW Fisheries Biologist Liz Thorndike The nights are getting cooler as fall is approaching (if you don’t believe me, Dunkin’ Donuts is already serving pumpkin spice coffee!) and sportsmen’s thoughts are shifting from fishing towards hunting.
Private Landowners Key To Success Of Wildlife And Fisheries
By Assistant Regional Wildlife Biologist Brad Zitske Working as a wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife in the busiest region in the state means I spend a lot of time talking with people. In fact, we tend to work with people more than we work with wildlife itself. Many wildlife biologists get into the career to further their education of species and habitats and to spend time outside enjoying the natural resources that we are mandated to protect, preserve, and enhance.
Maranacook - Central Maine's healthy, but vulnerable trout and salmon fishery
By Assitant Regional Fisheries Biologist Wes Ashe Maranacook Lake is an 1800-acre water in Kennebec County, and is one of the jewels in the Winthrop lakes region. Maranacook is almost like two lakes, with its northern basin that is relatively shallow and approximately 700 acres, and the 1,000 acre south basin that reaches depths of 118 feet and boasts a robust cold water
Fishway At Grand Lake Stream Provides Access To Cooler, Deeper Water For Landlocked Salmon And Trout From Grand Lake Stream
By IFW Fisheries Biologist Jacob Scoville [caption id="attachment_3018" align="alignright" width="309"] A brook trout leaps over the falls in the fish way seeking the deeper, cooler water of West Grand Lake.[/caption] On June 22nd fisheries biologists in the Downeast Region opened the fishway at the West Grand Lake dam in Grand Lake Stream to allow
Electrofishing At Night Reveals Secrets About Bass Populations
[caption id="attachment_2949" align="alignright" width="386"] The electrofishing boat has two booms which deliver an electric current into the water.[/caption] By MDIFW Fisheries Biologist Jim Pellerin Each year during late May and early June, the regional office gets a phone call or two about some strange things happening during the wee hours of the morning on some local lake or pond. I ev
Using New Technology To Answer An Old Problem...How Old Is That Wild Fish?
[caption id="attachment_2934" align="alignright" width="237"]Figure 1. This is a scale from a 3-year-old landlocked salmon.[/caption] By Tyler Grant and Merry Gallagher, MDIFW Fisheries Biologists One of the more important tasks for fisheries biologists when making management decisions is figuring out how old a fish is.
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