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Recreational fishing rules to be overhauled under new law

by Patrick Whittle Associated Press January 13, 2019January 14, 2019

The current marine rules are designed for commercial fishermen and are difficult for recreational anglers to follow.

Despite an estimated 2018 kill of more than 30,000, more should be done to improve hunter success rate.

After years of speculation, we needed to know, so we spent a cold afternoon in Portland interviewing Mainers on the street.

When you’re in that lovely state of “flow,” breaking down the individual motions is difficult.

by ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press January 9, 2019January 9, 2019

The move will probably have little effect in Maine’s 6 national refuges as there is minimal hunting in January.

by Associated Press January 8, 2019January 9, 2019

Rangers were alerted to the hikers after seeing the lights from their headlamps on Dudley Trail.

The eagle was spotted Dec. 26 acting abnormally on Papoose Pond in Waterford and later died, the Maine Warden Service says.

A dog-sledding adventure in New Hampshire turns into the start of a new chapter in their lives.

by Bob Humphrey January 6, 2019January 4, 2019

The state of the sport is so much better in Maine than it was even a decade ago.

by Herb Wilson January 6, 2019January 4, 2019

The rarely seen bird was spotted in Portland’s Deering Oaks park.