Maine Ice Fishing Spots You Should Visit at Least Once

Ah, Maine--it's one of New England's crowning jewels and an excellent place to set up your tip-ups and snag bucketfuls of perch, chusk, trout, bass, and landlocked salmon. There are a plethora of lakeside cabins, smelting camps, and folks that rent ice shanties to choose...

Statewide Ice Fishing Derby in Maine Sports High Dollar Prizes

Are you one of the hearty few that holds onto the last vestiges of winter with an ice auger in one hand and an ice rod in the other? You are not alone. In Maine, there are still a good many places to go ice fishing in early March.

Going north in search of ice for smelt

WITH THE SMELT fishing on Great Bay looking more and more doubtful because of lack of fishable ice, a family group consisting of wife Jane and her two sisters Gail and Put, along with Put8217s husband Roy and me, headed 8220down8221 Maine. Our destination was going to be James8217 Eddy Smelt Camps in Dresden Mills.

Sebago Lake fishing derby cancelled

The mild New England winter has claimed another cold weather tradition. Thin ice has forced cancellation of this month's annual ice fishing derby on Sebago Lake.

Poor ice conditions doom Sebago Lake fishing derby

SEBAGO LAKE - Last week, poor ice conditions caused organizers to postpone the Crystal Lake Derby in Gray. This week, this winter's unseasonably warm weather has claimed another victim: the Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby.