How Thanksgiving began is varied, all for reasons of being thankful. Today, Thanksgiving has become to most Americans, a time to gather as families, eat far too much food and perhaps even watch a little football.
I hope you will also take some time from your [...]
*Attention: Note change of date from Dec. 16 to the 17th*
Wednesday, December 17, 2009
6:00 – 10:00 P.M.
At the Matterhorn Ski Bar – Sunday River
Suggested donation at the door:
$10.00 individual adult
$5.00 for children under age 12
RSVP by Friday, December 11
Call 207-824-6836 (Leave message with # [...]
By Bob Romano
Looking up at the hemlocks, you would never guess that they are dying. These trees, many over seventy feet tall, are plagued by the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, an exotic pest infesting many stands throughout the northeast. I suppose one should be grateful that [...]
Government basically screws up everything it touches its hand to and in addition to that it costs taxpayers bundles more than it ever should have. So what else is new? This is a success story, one that you won’t hear a lot about because it really only happened after the [...]
Anglers from Team Patagonia/Wild River Angler Take Top Spots In Upper Andro 2-Fly Contest
Bethel, Me…..Tyler Cote of Monmouth was the first place winner in the Third Annual Upper Andro Two Fly Contest held Saturday, September 19th [...]
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) is asking anglers to give us their opinions on Maine’s wild brook trout fishing opportunities.
Maine’s native and wild brook trout populations represent a unique, valuable and irreplaceable resource. The Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture recently proclaimed Maine the last true stronghold [...]
Note: Skinny Moose Media will be sponsoring a “media” boat again this year. Our fishermen will be Doug Rafferty, WGME-TV13, Portland news anchor and Steve Minich, news reporter for WMTW-TV8, Portland.
Twelve teams will be competing in The Upper Andro Two Fly Contest [...]
The Alan Jackson song, “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” (available below for you to listen to) asks that very question. I was getting a hair cut. When I left and got into my car, I turned on the [...]
August 18, 2009 – Skinny Moose Media launched its weekly newsletter ‘The Skinny’ on Tuesday as a new medium to inform the public in regards to industry news, new products, and special deals. With a handful of informed bloggers, Skinny Moose Media will be turning to their writers for help. [...]
There are so many cliches that are used when someone unexpectedly passes on. Nearly all of them are fitting for my good friend Rocky Freda. Rocky and his wife Lisa, were dedicated advocates for outdoor sportsmen all over the state of Maine and beyond. Rocky died [...]
In Bethel, Maine Scheduled for September 19 & 20
The Upper Andro Two Fly Contest and Northeast Drift Boat Championship are scheduled for the weekend of September 19 and 20, 2009 in conjunction with Bethel’s Annual Harvest Fest. The competitions are the annual fund-raisers for the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance, a [...]
Last evening I made a trip from my camp here in Maine down the Androscoggin River for approximately 6 miles to the Moran’s Landing site. I recently provided you a story on efforts by local river supporters, etc. to build a boat launch ramp at the site. I returned [...]
While many people simply complain about lack of access to the Upper Androscoggin River in Maine, at least one organization has been busy for nearly two years pulling all the right strings and coordinating an effort to get a drift boat/boat access at Moran’s Landing at Newry Corner - the [...]
Check out the photos of fishing the Russian River in Alaska!
Tom Remington
[...]The June 2009 issue of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s “Insider” magazine is now available for your viewing pleasure. Please follow this link.
In this issue you will find information about a study done on the use of rubber or soft plastic lures for fishing and the [...]
AUGUSTA – Weather forecasters are predicting a nice weekend, and what better way to spend it than to go fishing – or take your children fishing!
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is promoting Family Free Fishing Days this Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31 to encourage people to [...]
As part of National River Cleanup, members of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance and students from the Telstar Challenge Course at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine took part in the clean-up of a section of the Androscoggin River from West Bethel to Bethel on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
In speaking [...]
Fresh Maine Brook Trout from a lake high in the mountains of the North Maine Wilderness. Fried in an old frying pan with Salt Pork Slices. Trout rolled in a mix of flour, corn meal , salt and pepper. Cook over an open fire until crispy on the outside. FINGER [...]
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection have partnered with Fly Fishing in Maine (FFIM), a group dedicated to protecting Maine’s fisheries, to place three washing stations at popular Maine fisheries in an attempt to prevent the spreading of “didymo” [...]
By Captain Jim Hirt
Let’s continue with ways to land more of the fish you have on the line. We covered quality hooks and correct setting of the drags on your reels. They probably rank as the top two in importance, although [...]
As part of National River Cleanup, members of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance and students from the Telstar Challenge Course at Telstar High School in Bethel, Maine will clean up a section of the Androscoggin River from West Bethel to Bethel on Wednesday, May 20. Students, ages [...]
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IF&W) is strongly encouraging anglers to protect Maine’s fish by changing from soft plastic lures to biodegradable ones.
Maine fisheries biologists are reporting increasing numbers of angled trout and salmon with indigestible soft plastic lures in their stomachs, according to John [...]
The latest edition of the “Insider” newsletter from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is now available for your viewing and/or download. Follow this link.
This edition contains an update of IFW’s efforts to get a handle on how many “Any Deer” permits it will issue by Wildlife [...]
In today’s report, Fish and Game hatcheries supervisor Robert Fawcett presents the annual plan for growing and stocking trout throughout the state. Also, anadromous fisheries guy Matt Carpenter offers a brood stock Atlantic salmon update with locations, fishing tips and more.
STOCKING TRUCKS ARE ROLLING! We don’t have a list of [...]
The Upper Andro Anglers Alliance in co-operation with Trout Unlimited will host a free family fishing festival on Saturday, May 30. The festival will be held at the Grand Summit Hotel Pond at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, from 9 am to 2 pm, rain or shine. Free casting [...]
The April edition of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s “Insider” magazine is available for reading. What was once a hunting, fishing or outdoor report, is now nicely formatted as a magazine and made available in a pdf format, complete with color photos.
In this month’s edition you’ll find [...]
I recently did a movie review for Carter Davidson, “East by North East“. While watching the 70-minute DVD, there are several breaks throughout the movie where Maine humorist, Joe Perham, is heard spinning a fishing yarn of some sort. He tells a fairly quick hitting one which is [...]
These photos were sent to me by reader Richard in Maine:
[...]
Spectacular! That is the best adjective I can come up with to describe East by North East, produced by Matt Stanton and Carter Davidson for Gray Ghost Productions.
I’ve seen my share of outdoor films, from hunting, [...]
The March 20, 2009 edition of “The Insider” is now available for viewing. Click this link to access the pdf file.
This edition has a report and update on this year’s dismal Maine deer harvest, tips for a successful spring turkey hunt, information on feeding wildlife, a story on finding [...]
An Epic Father and Son Adventure
Leave a Legacy Fish 50 Trophy Waters in 50 States in 50 Days www.fish5050.com
Our Mission: On June 13th, 2009 my son Taylor (age 17) and I will embark on a nationwide quest, a quest to Fish [...]
Do you need a license to fish this way? Does catch and release work better using this technique?
Tom Remington
[...]Maine’s Senator David Trahan began an effort to put a stop to the proposal to require Maine residents to purchase a salt water fishing license. You can read more about that here.
The proposal for the license claimed that the license was a way to collect and track data [...]
Readers interested in Maine fish and game activities, the March Edition of “The Insider” is available to read by following this link.
In this edition you can get information about the new process to apply for a chance at a moose permit, great stuff about monitoring efforts of Maine’s hibernating [...]
AUGUSTA – A Wilton man has set a new state white perch record, eclipsing the previous record-setting white perch caught in December 2008.
Chris Bubier of Wilton caught a 3.13-pound (or 3 pounds, 2 ounces), 17-1/4-long white perch on Jan. 24 at Parker Pond in Jay. The pond also is known [...]
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife now publishes their “Insider” magazine in pdf format. The report comes complete with color photos and tons of stories and information about what’s going on in Maine.
Click this link to go the February 2009 Edition of The Insider.
Tom Remington
[...]Two ice fishermen moving a shack from one lake to another became lost in a snowstorm, drove onto thin ice and sank into Webb Lake near Weld at approximately 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009.
Craig Coulombe and Willfred Gagne, both of Farmington, were pulling the shack on a trailer from [...]
AUGUSTA – A Freedom man caught a record 3.02-pound white perch at Ellis Pond in Freedom in December, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife fisheries biologists.
IF&W and the Maine Sportsman newspaper, which is edited by avid outdoorsman and TV personality Harry Vanderweide, jointly announce new records [...]
AUGUSTA – Want to try your hand at ice fishing to see if you’ll like it? Want to get your kids on the ice to experience the joy of hooking a fish?
Valentine’s weekend is the time to do it as the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife promotes Family [...]
The February 3, 2009 edition of the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife “Insider” is available for your reading pleasure. Follow this link.
Tom Remington
[...]We’ve all been waiting anxiously for the brand new production of the fly fishing movie, “East by Northeast”, created by Carter Davidson and his able staff at Grayghost Productions, LLC.
Due to be released this month, the following movie trailer has been made available to wet our appetites.
Tom Remington
[...]It all makes little sense to me. Maine, like just about every other state in the Union is looking at ways to cut the budget and Maine’s Gov. John Baldacci insists on targeting the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. At least 90% of the budget is paid for [...]
Restoration projects don’t always result in desired outcomes. Maine’s Penobscot River once provided a bounty of resources; a multitude of fish species, nutrients to care for the fish and other aquatic plant life, along with numerous opportunities that benefited the natives and residents within the river watershed. Then progress got [...]
Maine Senator David Trahan needs your help!!!!
On Thursday January 22nd, 1:30 p.m., in Legislative Council Chambers, 3rd floor of the State House, Sen. Trahan (R-Waldoboro) will testify on his Resolution to Congress expressing the Legislatures opposition to the adoption of a saltwater fishing license. The Resolution will reinforce state sovereignty [...]
*Note* For a full color, complete with photos, copy of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Ice Fishing Report for January 15, 2009, click this link for download.
Region A – Southern Maine:
Ice conditions in southern Maine have continued to improve since Jan. 1st. Some of the smaller [...]
The Maine Chevrolet Derby 2009 features two ice fishing tournaments this winter. The Sebago Lake Derby is set for February 21 and 22 and the State Wide Derby is scheduled for March 7 and 8.
The tournaments are open to adults and youngsters and [...]
AUGUSTA – The Maine Warden Service is warning outdoor enthusiasts to use extreme caution when going onto ice particularly in areas near bridges, thoroughfares, culverts and wherever else there may be currents flowing underneath as ice in these areas may be very thin or non existent.
A Massachusetts man went through [...]
AUGUSTA – Maine Fish and Wildlife, the quarterly magazine of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, now is available in an online version only – and is free!
The magazine can be viewed at [www.flipseekllc.com] or from the IF&W [...]
Fred Goodwin, famous to hunters for bagging The Silver Ridge Buck on the edge of the Silver Ridge Bog, Maine in 1949, celebrated his 100th birthday. Below are some pictures that were sent to me by reader Richard who attended the event.
There is also a feature in the North [...]
It looks like the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is trying something a bit new. I was sent a copy of their “2009 Ice Fishing Preview” but it’s in a pdf format. So I saved it and uploaded it to my server and you can click the link [...]
By Stephen Vose
Steve Vose (rabidoutdoorsman@yahoo.com)
Website: www.themaineoutdoorsman.com
By the end of an extremely long day suffering through cold temperatures without even a wind flag to show for our efforts, I was beginning to question why I had even decided to come on this particular fishing trip. The temperature [...]
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
PLASTER AND STONE.
I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.
I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
NO TINSEL, NO [...]
Thanksgiving means different things to different people. For us here at Skinny Moose Media and from Tom and Steve Remington, we want to take a few minutes and just thank everyone for being a part of our lives.
All too often we can get caught up in [...]
AUGUSTA – The Maine Warden Service is urging people to not venture out onto any ice that may be covering Maine’s waterways.
In some parts of the state, Maine’s lakes and ponds may appear to be frozen, but safe ice conditions cannot be assumed even though temperatures have been below freezing [...]
I read an article in the Bangor Daily News recently about proposed cuts being considered at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Among those cuts as listed by Kevin Miller were:
Elimination of 10 game warden positions out of 124 statewide.
— Loss of at least three biologists.
— Discontinuation [...]
No matter who or what you are, stealing sometimes can be costly. I received this photo in my email in box with little explanation other than the person saying the photo was taken by Sharon Barker. I failed to come up with any verification or identity of the suggested author [...]
Check out some gift ideas at the Oregon Knife Shop
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), combined with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce (DOC) and Department of Interior (DOI), is proposing to create a new Distinct Population Segment [...]
We are a mere 26 days away from Election Day, a day that is shaping up to be one of the most important in U.S. history. I am hoping and encouraging all anglers and outdoor enthusiasts to get out to the polls and vote but before [...]
AUGUSTA – Hunting and fall fishing seasons are underway in Maine, and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife wants hunters and anglers to be aware of rules and agency initiatives in order to have a safe season.
Hunters and anglers are reminded to read and carry with them their [...]
Mike Jones of Farmington, Maine wins Drift Boat Championship
The weather was superb and the excitement was high for the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance Two-Fly Contest and Drift Boat Championship. As the photo shows, the morning began on the foggy side but soon cleared out for a [...]
AUGUSTA – Former Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife marketing specialist Bill Pierce recently was named a recipient of the prestigious L.L. Bean 2008 Outdoor Heroes award.
Mr. Pierce, who worked at the Department from 1999 until April 2008, was nominated by Fisheries Division Director John [...]
AUGUSTA – Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists have retrieved a non-native koi/carp from Pickerel Pond in Limerick and have received reports that there may be at least one other in this particular body of water.
Koi, which is the Japanese [...]
This Fishing Report is written by biologists at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and is produced bi-weekly during summer months. For more information about fishing in Maine, visit IF&W’s Web site at www.mefishwildlife.com.
Region A – Southwestern Maine
Fall fishing season is here, and it is certainly one [...]
The Maine Two-Fly Contest and Drift Boat Championships will be held this weekend, September 20 and 21 and Skinny Moose Media will sponsor a boat featuring to local Maine media people. The drift boat, supplied by Sun Valley Sports in Bethel, Maine, will have its oarsman, Nate Wight, [...]
MAPLETON – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife confirms that an 11-year-old young man from Mapleton has caught a record-setting Arctic Charr, breaking a 35-year-old record.
Carter McLaughlin, 11, of Mapleton, caught the charr on Aug. 20 at Pushineer Pond in T15 R9. According to IF&W Assistant Fisheries Biologist [...]
Region A – Southwestern Maine
To Region A biologists, the last month of summer means it is time to complete the stream surveys scheduled in our annual work plan. Some of these surveys are associated with the statewide brook trout monitoring program. These surveys are completed in each of MDIF&W’s seven [...]
This Fishing Report is written by biologists at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and is produced bi-weekly during summer months. For more information about fishing in Maine, visit IF&W’s Web site at www.mefishwildlife.com.
Region A – Southwestern Maine
As the fall fishing season approaches, [...]
Now that I’m beginning to settle in to my routine back home in Florida, I’ve been working to get set up to relaunch the video broadcasts of “Open Air with Tom Remington”. As a matter of fact, today I attempted to do a trial run. This would allow me to [...]
This latest video was filmed and edited by Carter Davidson and Gray Ghost Productions. The Upper Androscoggin River, as listed and promoted by the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance, runs from the Maine and New Hampshire state border near Shelburne, New Hampshire down to around Rumford, Maine. It flows through [...]
This Fishing Report is written by biologists at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and is produced bi-weekly during summer months. For more information about fishing in Maine, visit IF&W’s Web site at www.mefishwildlife.com.
Region A – Southern Maine
There’s a lot going on with [...]
Down under in New Zealand, officials are seriously considering a ban on felt-soled waders in fresh water in order to help stop the spread of didymo. VOXY covers the story.
Tom Remington
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The Fishing Report is written by biologists at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. For more information, call 287-8000.
Region A – Southern Maine
Most of our previous fishing reports focus on fishing and what area anglers are catching. However, this [...]
Region A – Southern Maine
Lake fishing for trout and salmon has held up relatively well in southern Maine due largely to the cooler (and rainy) weather pattern. Sebago is still producing decent catches of salmon and lake trout, particularly the later.
Anglers [...]
Milt Inman Photo
This flag proudly flies in a field overlooking a rural Maine farmhouse! Hope you Independence Day if a great one!
Tom Remington
[...]Opening my mailbox in the morning sometimes is like Christmas. Thanks, Richard!
Tom Remington
[...]Hat tip to The Adventurist.
A friend of mine used to do a lot of work as a graphic artist and much of his work appeared on T-Shirts sold in Maine and then abroad as their popularity grew. Several of his designs became very popular and I believe it was [...]
This week, a report from the North Country, where Fish and Game biologists and partners are hard at work trying to learn more about the movements of brook trout and smallmouth bass…and dodging raindrops to get in some late-spring fishing, too.
Stocking report: [wildlife.state.nh.us].
Purchase your fishing [...]
Region A – Southwestern Maine
Another reminder to the angling public: The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Fisheries Division is planning two informational meetings on proposed regulation changes intended to consolidate the Ice Fishing and Open Water Fishing law books. [...]
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Fisheries Division is planning two informational meetings on a set of proposed regulation changes that are the result of our efforts to consolidate the Ice Fishing and Open Water Fishing law books.
The first [...]
Informational meetings on proposed regulation changes
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Fisheries Division is planning two informational meetings on a set of proposed regulation changes that are the result of our efforts to consolidate the Ice Fishing and Open [...]
My day will be consumed with getting to Kittery and setting up to stream live audio and video of the Maine Moose Lottery drawing to be held at the Kittery Trading Post.
If you are interested in viewing the events, click this link to the Skinny Moose Media broadcasting [...]
Weekly Open Water Fishing Report
For the Week beginning June 3, 2008
Region A – Southwestern Maine
Local anglers have reported some great trout and salmon fishing in southern Maine over Memorial Day week, and the cool nights should continue that trend for [...]
AUGUSTA, Maine – On Sunday, June 8, legislators from around the state won’t be casting votes, but casting fishing lines to raise money for charity.
The 12th Annual Governor’s Cup Charity Bass Tournament will take place at the Birches Family Campground on Cobbossee Lake in Litchfield. Senators, [...]
Beyond the sunset, O blissful morning,
When with our Savior heav’n is begun;
Earth’s toiling ended, O glorious dawning -
Beyond the sunset when day is done.
Beyond the sunset no clouds will gather,
No storms will threaten, no fears annoy;
O day of gladness, O [...]
The Upper Andro Anglers Alliance in co-operation with Trout Unlimited will host a free family fishing festival on Saturday, May 31. The festival will be held at the Grand Summit Hotel Pond at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, from 9 am to 2 pm, rain or shine. Free casting [...]
Oh, my! For as long as man has taken to the woods, he has searched and searched for that magic “formula” that will keep biting insects away. For as long as man has searched for the secret there have been too-numerous-to-count “wives tales” formulas that “really do [...]
Region A – Southwestern Maine
This past week I was fortunate to take part in three days of brook trout sampling in the Moosehead Lake region. The folks that manage the big lake were kind enough to ensure that I saw a good cross section of their [...]
This holiday weekend is a time to reflect back and remember all those who sacrificed that we might be free in the greatest land God gave to us.
Tom Remington
[...]On May 15th, students from Telstar Regional High School and the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance teamed up for a river clean-up between Gilead and Bethel, divided into two groups each covering half of that stretch of river. The effort was part of the National River Clean Up.
Wende Gray, representative [...]
Consider this if you will. Fred owns a small farm. In the middle of his property he discovered he had a good source of water, water that he could use for his home and to water and care for what few animals he had on his farm.
A [...]
