Category: Fisheries
What does a trout eat for dinner?
By Fisheries Biologist Jacob Scoville Splash… you are on your favorite trout pond and the fish are rising everywhere, but they won’t bite any lure you have, and you’ve tried them all. What are those fish eating?! When I was a young, I’m not sure …
View Full ArticleA Togue Explosion in Central Maine
By Fisheries Biologist Wes Ashe Along the Midcoast and south-central part of the state, there are very few wild trout populations in Maine’s larger lakes and ponds. Whether it’s a result of competition and predation, degraded water quality, a lack of s…
View Full ArticleThompson Lake – Summer Profundal Index Netting (SPIN)
By Fisheries Biologist Jim Pellerin In a 2017 blog, the Region A fisheries staff reported on our SPIN sampling efforts for Sebago Lake and ended by saying we would be using the same protocol on other important togue lakes in the future. Last week we wi…
View Full ArticleLake Saint George – Trap Net Results Mean Very Good Things for the Upcoming Winter Fishery
By MDIFW Fisheries Biologist Wes Ashe The Saint George River flows approximately 50-miles from its headwaters in the town of Liberty to its estuary in Thomaston. Along its route, the St. George has long stretches of flowing riverine habitat and seven lakes encompassing nearly 3,000 acres. The river and its lakes are productive and […]
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View Full ArticlePrivate 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 […]
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View Full ArticleMaranacook – 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 […]
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