Jason Puris of TheFin.com has produced an informative and entertaining video on the proper techniques for safely releasing striped bass. The video has informative discussions with Brad Burns, Bob Popovics and Carl Safina, but best of all it is set at Montauk, and features great footage of a bay anchovy blitz!
There is nothing wrong with eating wild striped bass, but the state of our natural resources, along with current bag limits, dictates that we can’t keep every striped bass we
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Archive for March, 2010
Catch and Release Video
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010Maine Fish and Wildlife Winter Edition Available Online
Monday, March 29th, 2010The winter edition of Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine now is available online!
Visit http://www.flipseekllc.com/maine2010winter.html
In it find stories about “How Should We Fund the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries,” a look at the Department’s funding, its impact on Maine’s economy, and ways to improve revenues – plus results of a Critical Insights poll; two controlled hunts to address nuisance moose and deer concerns; and the new Department web site home page and social media
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Maine Wardens Celebrate 130 Years
Sunday, March 28th, 2010March 27, 2010 by Regis Tremblay (Director of Public Information and Education at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)
March 9, 1880 was the year the Maine Warden Service was formed. Last week commemorated the 130th anniversary of the nation’s oldest conservation law enforcement agency. Colonel Joel Wilkinson celebrated the milestone on Friday, March 19th with 175 invited game wardens and guests at a banquet at the Black Bear Inn in Orono.
The semi-formal evening
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Operation Game Thief
Saturday, March 27th, 2010Maine Operation Game Thief (Maine OGT) is a private, non-profit organization that works with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Warden Service to pay rewards to citizens who turn in poachers. Rewards of up to $1,000, based on severity, are paid for information that leads to the arrest or summons being issued for a fish or wildlife violation. Rewards of up to $2,000 are paid for information that leads to the arrest or summons being issued to individuals unlawfully introducing
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Open Water Fishing Season Now Open
Thursday, March 25th, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 25, 2010
Open Water Fishing Season Now Open
AUGUSTA – Open water fishing season is now open under an emergency law signed by Gov. John E. Baldacci today, Thursday, March 25, 2010.
All lakes, ponds and brooks are open except those with specific opening-day regulations that start after April 1 as listed in the 2008-2009 Open Water Fishing Law Book.
Bag and size limit rules contained in the 2008-2009 Open Water Fishing Law Book also apply.
The emergency law is in
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