The Maine Department of Inland and Fisheries and Wildlife issued the following ice fishing report for Aroostook County Friday, Jan. 15:
Up north in Aroostook County, ice conditions are less than ideal.
“The ice is not good. The snow we got this week has created some treacherous conditions,” said IFW fisheries biologist Frank Frost.
Fisheries biologists do a lot of creel survey work interviewing anglers during the winter on a number of ponds and lakes, and for now, biologists have suspended their work.
“The ice is really variable. In shore you may have five to seven inches of ice and out in the middle there is one to two inches. Now with the snow, there is slush as well. Several sleds have gone through the ice on area lakes,” said Frost.
“What little fishing there is happens very, very, close to shore. Right now, that’s the extent of the fishing. It’s a very atypical year,” said Frost.
Frost did mention that he has received several reports of anglers fishing the Fish River below the Fish River Falls. That area is open to fishing during the winter, and some anglers are taking advantage and going open water fishing.
Frost recommended trying it on a sunny day so ice is not as much of an issue.
