Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
05-14-2005 07:50
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Well it has been a while for some sort of a report. Last evening I confirmed the rumors of Baldaci giving turkey permits to all who applied in time for the opener. The article can be found on the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife website. Next year there will be NO lottery! It’s great to know the turkey population is doing great to support a regular season. The only down side I see are people walking through your set up or setting up to close to you or vise versa. Oh well, It comes with deer and duck hunting. I pulled a permit for Season A and have not been out yet. Have not seen but 3 turkeys this year.
On April 4 my wife and I picked up a 6 week old black lab (male). He has since grown to around 25 lbs. He almost has his obediance down pat. He needs to learn heel, down and long stay/sit. The little critter saprised me Thursday evening when he retrived his fun bumper 1/2 dz times. He also stayed after I through it and then released on command. I have been very frustrated with him but have now seen the light at the end of the tunnel!! The wife and I are already talking about getting another one from the same breeder, maybe a yellow girl. I think we will wait on that!!.
The moose drawing will be on june 16. Foe any of you who put in cross your fingers and toes. The spring has turned out to be a wet and cool one. We shall see how the grouse and wood cock handle it. The shad should be running into the rivers by now. Stripers should follow. Mid May through mid June is an excellent time to catch large amounts of schoolies at the river mouths and estuaries. Have not been out fishing yet. My house is like a magnet, to many small projects to complete. One of these days. My boat is untarped and needs to be registered along with my trailor. Well all for now.
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
southern to mid coast 04-20-2005 18:22
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With Spring finally here (we’ll see) I have been seeing pairs of eiders in close to docks and shore. Good time to break out the camera and get some close ups of eiders and maybe an old squaw. I have also been seeing groups of honkers 30-60 birds flying over my house. Time to go over my gear and make improvments or fixes for this fall. Once the lakes open up it’s time to break out the smelts and catch some nice landlocks and brookies.
Tight lines
Posted By:
gearhead
Guest
04-12-2005 21:12
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Anyone on the Maine page live in central Maine? I was born and raised in a little town in central Maine called St.Albans. I now live in Kentucky. I left when I turned 18 and never moved back.Since then I have become an avid duck hunter. I am planning a trip back to duck and partrige hunt in October. I have no problem finding partrige because I hunted them alot when I was young but have never hunted ducks in Maine. I was wonering if anyone would want to take me duck hunting when I get there. I will be bringing a 15′ alumacraft boat with an 18hp Go-Devil and all the gear I need. My cousin lives in Ellsworth and we will probably take a day and do some sea duck hunting. The rest of my family lives in Hartland ,St. Albans and Exeter.My E-mail is gearhead@vci.net
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Mid coast 02-15-2005 19:35
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
Lots and lots of eiders around the mouth of the Kennebeck and surrounding ledges. Never seen so many ducks! Have seen smaller bunches of surf and common scoters along with oldsquaw here and there. Can’t wait till next year.
Posted By:
glitterperegrine
Supporting Member
01-23-2005 00:12
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Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
Boothbay and surrounding area 01-14-2005 08:17
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Well the sea duck season is still on til the 31 of Jan. I have seen lots of eiders. The old squaw are starting to thin out as well as the scoters. Lots of nice colered eiders around. Am starting to regret putting my boat up for the winter but I have to focuss on my new house which is coming along nicely. Seems as though Tod Jackson of Penneobscot Bay Outfitters has been getting some buisiness from some .com members. It’s alomost over for the year. Now if the cold can last longer thean a few days we may have some ice to fish on this winter. Have also heard the smelting has been ok. That’s on my list for this Jan. Later
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
12-19-2004 07:55
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Well I am all done for the season. Winterized my outboard and tarped up the boat. My house is sucking every minute out of me. Had a good year, no complaints. One tip I would give is winterize your outborads/engines. It’s worth it. Took me about 20 minutes. Put some fuel stabalizer in the tank (Stor-N-Start) and ran it through the engine. Also spray some fogging oil into the carb(s) (Starbrite) until it stalls the engine out and then remove the spark plugs and squirt about an oz into each cylinder, spray tips of spark plugs and turn over engine a feew time with your safety cord off then reinstall plugs. Lastly change youre lower unit oil and give your engine a wip down and spray down with some WD40. I also put a piece of wood under each tire and then leaned a pc of ply agianst each wheel to keep the snow off.
Hopefully the spring comes sooner than later and the stripahs start up the rivers.
Posted By:
leatherman
Guest
Down East ME 12-13-2004 12:15
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Good eider hunting, large flocks of mature birds, decoyed well.
Many old squaws in open water, layout boats a must, decoyed well, good shooting.
Blacks in the tidal marshes, not call shy, decoyed well.
Posted By:
leatherman
Guest
12-08-2004 08:19
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Leaving MN in about 4 hours for Frenchmans Bay to hunt with Cpt. Pidgeon. Andrew, I will post a report upon my return. Hoping for some good Eider and Old Squaw with perhaps a black if we are lucky!
Posted By:
Andrew-White
Field Editor
11-26-2004 17:58
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Have not been out since my last report. I bought a house on the 19 th and am doing a bit of remodleing. Not sure if I will go again before the seson closes. Will have plenty of time to go for sea ducks! Has anyone out there been doing well. I really don’t hear much at all from anyone in Maine.
