3 years ago
Hiker rescued from Bald Mountain
By Leela Stockey
BDN Staff
MOUNT CHASE, Maine — A hiker was rescued from Bald Mountain on Monday afternoon by Maine Game Wardens and the Patten Ambulance service.
Outdoors
3 years ago
Salmon Season
The intriguing thing about fishing for landlocked salmon in Maine as opposed to trawling from a canoe or river fishing is that it is the closest one gets to Western-style trout fly-fishing. Though we are on a closed freshwater stream — a dam farther downstream forms East Grand Lake — we use the same lightweight tackle and similar small lures.
3 years ago
Let’s go shopping. A sportsman can always find a diversion.
Every once in awhile the Duchess of Graves’ manor will inform this lowly lord that the time has arrived for a trip to a larger metropolis to resupply clothing, cosmetics and possibly bejeweled commodities.
3 years ago
Helping Maine’s deer survive winter is focus of Presque Isle meeting
State and local wildlife and conservation experts will host a meeting in Presque Isle next week for everyone interested in understanding a new law to help Maine’s deer population better survive extreme winters.
3 years ago
Summertime shooting keeps skills sharp
Shooting is a degenerative skill; whether you favor a bow, handgun, rifle or shotgun, abilities decline with lack of practice.
3 years ago
Aroostook River offers prime trout fishing
The entire month of June offers top-rate brook trout fishing all along the Aroostook River, perhaps the most dependable and constant action of the entire season. Best of all, regardless of your style of fishing — worm rigs, fly casting, tossing lures or trolling — everyone will catch trout and often some large ones.
3 years ago
BigRock receives funds to offer snowshoeing
BigRock Mountain has received a $10,000 grant from combined funds at the Maine Community Foundation, which will be used to open snowshoeing trails and purchase rental snowshoeing equipment.
3 years ago
Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs Youth Fishing Derby slated for Saturday
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — They’re stocking Mantle Lake on Wednesday morning with buckets and buckets of 8-to-11-inch trout so that Saturday’s Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs Youth Fishing Derby will give kids a fighting chance at hooking one.
3 years ago
Lake associations looking to help prevent spread of invasive species in Maine waters
Nickerson Lake, located 10 minutes outside of Houlton in Aroostook County, is known for its narrow, crescent shape and the pristine clearness of its water.
3 years ago
Spring’s terrific taste treats
Most everyone born and raised in Aroostook County knows May is fiddlehead month, a limited-time treat that’s a true Crown of Maine tradition.
