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Does Fishing with Barbless Hooks Benefit Maine’s Fisheries?
By Fisheries Biologist Dave Howatt Recently I was contacted by an angler inquiring about adding barbless hook restrictions to a cluster of waters in the Rangeley Lakes area with wild fisheries for brook trout and landlocked salmon. MDIFW is very intere…
View Full ArticleWhat 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 ArticleMussels on the move!
By Wildlife Biologist Sarah Boyden While surveying for geese the other day, I launched my canoe at the Muddy Brook boat launch on the Sandy River, in New Sharon and noticed scrawling lines along the bottom of the river. Some were short paths, some wer…
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 ArticleMaine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project
By Wildlife Biologist Scott McLellan As a regional wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), we are expected to be knowledgeable about a wide diversity of species and habitats. There are no two days tha…
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…
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