Eyed up Eggs
[caption id="attachment_377" align="alignleft" width="300"] Fish eggs incubating.[/caption] As you may recall, one of my earlier entries was about the salmon egg take at the Raymond fish trap, posted on November 26, 2012.
Reclaiming Wadleigh Pond
[caption id="attachment_164" align="alignright" width="300"] MDIF&W fisheries biologists and certified piscicide applicators apply Rotenone to Wadleigh Pond.[/caption] On Tuesday, N
Walking on Thin Ice
It’s December, and most hard-water anglers are thinking the same thing: “when is it going to get cold enough to freeze the ponds?” Each year as a sheer, fragile coating begins to inhibit fog from rising off the water’s surface, anglers become jittery. Fingers start itching to be on the auger throttle, ice traps are pulled from summer storage and re-lined, or at least checked, and where in the world are those wool socks, thick gloves, and hat all hiding? Every evening that the mercury dips well below 32 degrees elicits a happy “making ice” dance.
Small Smelt, Huge Impact
[caption id="attachment_435" align="alignright" width="300"] An invasive rainbow smelt washes in when a pond is reclaimed[/caption] The story begins with arctic char, also known as blueback trout. Maine is the only state in the lower 48 that has native
Salmon Stripping
As crisp mornings become regularly bedecked with heavy frosts, landlocked salmon have one thing on their minds: spawning. For the most part, salmon are quite able to locate an appropriate spawning area, spawn, and return back to lakes and ponds without any issue.
Seining Kennebago River
[caption id="attachment_423" align="alignright" width="300"] Biologists dragging seine net through a section of the Kennebago River[/caption] Seine netting is a non-lethal capture method employed by MDIFW fisheries biologists during the
Trap Nets for Trout
Fall is descending upon us and that means breath-taking foliage, crisp, cool mornings, and trap nets! Trap netting is a live-trapping technique that targets fish swimming close to shore.
Fall Preparation
Fall is just around the corner and IFW’s wildlife and fisheries biologists and hatchery personnel are rushing around preparing for the coming cool weather and all of the hunting, fishing, and fish stocking that come with it! For wildlife biologists, this means monitoring the black bear harvest, which is currently in full swing, and preparing themselves and the many tagging stations statewide for the inevitable rush of moose and deer and turkeys that will be coming in!
Goldfish are Invading-part 1
[caption id="attachment_401" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hundreds of goldfish in small outdoor pond in central Maine.[/caption] When somebody talks about invasive fish species and illegal stocking, most often the fish that come to mind are northern pike, black crappie, and
Goldfish are Invading-Part 2
[caption id="attachment_407" align="alignleft" width="300"] Biologists mix the chemical Rotenone with water taken from the pond prior to application[/caption] As expressed in Goldfish part 1, those little inconspicuous, simple fish that may be resi
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