The Heritage Waters IPA is now available at the brewery and retail outlets throughout Maine…
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Specifically, we will now show fish species in their actual size so as to help eliminate confusion and lessen misidentification…
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While chain pickerel are relatively common, redfin pickerel are listed as Endangered at the state level in Maine…
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While we hold a tournament to remove 3,000 wild native lake trout from Moosehead each winter, we stock 5,000 nonnative landlocked salmon a few months later each spring…
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Biologists have a term for stocking over wild fish: Supplementary stocking. We do it try to appease anglers who want more from the resource than it can naturally provide…
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In most states, wild native brook trout in rivers and streams are afforded the least protection of any salmonid and many other game species, including stocked and nonnative fish…
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Win an 8-foot, 5-weight, 4-piece Studio Built FastGlass unidirectional S2 fiberglass fly rod from Epic out of New Zealand, makers of NFC’s favorite glass fly rods…
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We need to stop doing that which has got us in trouble in the past, as nonnative fish are nonnative fish, no matter who puts them there or why…
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A recent Google Bing search in regard to “Maine 2023 fishing regulations” showed Maine NFC’s challenge to a recent flurry of negative changes. You can’t outrun the internet…
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As part of our ongoing efforts to bring the name fish conservation message mainstream, and beyond anglers…
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On November 11, 2022, Claude Z. Westfall of Orono, Maine, passed away. Most reading this will have no idea who Claude was, what he did for wild native fish, or what he is most famous for…
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The package increases bag limits and/or decreased minimum length limits on the majority of waters impacted. In fact, 88% of the wild native salmonid waters in the proposal (75 out of 85) will have their regulations liberalized…
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To call the Rapid River the finest wild native brook trout river in the country would be accurate, to call it one of the best wild native trout rivers in the country, fair...
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Early this summer the Maine chapter of NFC was contacted by New England Backcountry Hunters & Anglers in regard to posting some State Heritage Fish signs…
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It’s time to suspend salmon stocking, provide absolute protection to salmon, and stop protecting nonnative lake trout and bass…
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I am thrilled to announce that Emily Bastian has accepted the role of Hunt Fish Assistant Store Manager…
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As part of his monthly column with Northwoods Sporting Journal, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard rebutted a prior article written by editor V. Paul Reynold’s that defended stocking nonnative lake trout over rare wild native Arctic charr…
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As part of his regular column, and in response to editor V. Paul Reynolds’ defense of Maine’s hybrid splake stocking program, NFC Executive Director Bob Mallard interjects some science into the discussion around this controversial and dangerous management program…
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For me, nothing is more synonymous with the Maine fishing scene than wild native brook trout ponds…
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What makes shows like the State of Maine Sportsman’s Show somewhat unique for us is that they are not fly fishing shows…
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