Winter Is Baitfish Dealer Inspection Time
[caption id="attachment_2702" align="alignright" width="396"] Bio Specialist Kevin Gallant conducts a Baitfish Dealer Inspection.[/caption] By Merry Gallagher, Native Fish Conservation Biologist Did you know that IFW manages some fisheries for commercial harvest? Most anglers are certainly aware that the live fish that they may use as bait are often wild caught from Maine waters by either
IFW Successfully Saves And Restores Arctic Charr Population In Northern Maine Pond
[caption id="attachment_2399" align="alignright" width="448"] IFW Fisheries Biologist Frank Frost holds a Big Reed Arctic charr.
With ice-out, Rangeley, Mooselook and Richardson Lakes Should Offer Some Fine Fishing
[caption id="attachment_2287" align="alignright" width="507"] Large, plump salmon are often the reward if you are willing to dress warmly in order to troll Rangleley Lake right after ice out.[/caption] By IFW Fisheries Biologist Dave Howatt Based on our records, the average ice-out for Rangeley Lake is about May 3, but this year a couple of warm days and high winds moved things ahead and official i
How Do You Reconnect A Stream For Brook Trout?
[caption id="attachment_2051" align="alignright" width="525"] Cat Alley Brook, upstream of the clogged culvert.[/caption] By IFW Fisheries Biologist Bob Van Riper On an early July morning, I worked fast to move 26 brook trout upstream and out of the way.
Coastal Trout Ponds Break the Mold Downeast
[caption id="attachment_2007" align="alignright" width="550"] Plump brook trout like this one benefit from the cooler microclimate and seeping springs that one finds near the ocean downeast.[/caption] By IFW Fisheries Biologist Greg Burr Typically, in Downeast Maine a successfu
Fish Invasions Take A Toll On Native Fisheries
[caption id="attachment_1975" align="alignright" width="532"] Warmwater invasive species such as this crappie can outcompete native species[/caption] By Wes Ashe, IFW Fisheries Biologist Working in the Belgrade Lakes Region (Region B), it’s not unusual to get weekly calls with reports of new introductions of invasive/exotic fish species.
Fisheries Biologists Embark On Intensive Sebago Lake Togue Study
[caption id="attachment_1803" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] IFW's Greg Massey hoists a 12.5 pound Sebago Lake togue.
Allagash Fishery Part of 50th Anniversary Celebration
[caption id="attachment_1758" align="alignright" width="329"] IFW Fisheries Biologist Derrick Cote is down in one of the chambers of the Churchill Dam fishway, scooping out fish to weigh and measure[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1766" align="alignleft" width="227"]
Echo Lake Togue and Salmon Continue To Thrive
[caption id="attachment_1745" align="alignright" width="568"] IFW's Tom Barrows holds a hefty 35-inch wild togue from Echo Lake in Fayette. The togue was measured, weighed and released.[/caption] The bios in Region B have been busy on central Maine lakes recently, keeping an eye on salmon and lake trout growth in Echo Lake.
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