I enjoy David Van Wie’s columns in The Maine Sportsman, so I’ve been looking forward to reading his new book, Storied Waters, published by Stackpole Books. Storied Waters is the story of David’s six week adventure fishing from Maine to Wisconsin. He actually traveled 5000 miles and fished in many famous waters. David started his […]
I’ve had my share of fish hooks stuck in my hands and head, as have most of my friends. Here are a few of my stories. Many years ago, I was fishing the brook behind my house and tying on a new lure when my dog ran by me, catching his legs on my fishing […]
After reading an old Bill Caldwell column about fishing for Atlantic salmon in Maine’s Penobscot River, I am very sad that we will never be able to do that again. We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to restore Atlantic salmon to Maine’s rivers, with most of the effort focused on the Penobscot […]
Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife presented me with a lifetime achievement award recently at the annual banquet of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine. DIFW’s Commissioner, Judy Camuso, presented the award, along with Deputy Commissioner Tim Peabody. I thanked them and told them the award meant a lot to me, which it […]
I love wild Maine blueberries, so of course I loved The Blueberry Cookbook by Sally Pasley Vargas. Published by Down East Books, this is a treasure trove of recipes for every kind of blueberry treat. I really only have one complaint about the book: looking through the beautiful photographs made me very very hungry! Growing […]
Conservation groups, town officials, the state DOT and DEP, and even some individuals have done a great job of installing new culverts that allow fish passage. In the old days nobody paid any attention to fish passage when they were putting in culverts and dams. In my town of Mount Vernon, a two foot culvert […]
Landowner Appreciation Day is scheduled for September 15. And I encourage you that day to thank the private landowners who allow you to enjoy their land. Private landowners do a lot for us, from providing ATV and snowmobile trails and places to hunt and access favorite fishing spots to the opportunity to hike and pick […]
I love Kate Flora’s novels, especially those featuring Portland policeman Joe Burgess. This year Kate’s sixth Joe Burgess novel was published, titled A Child Shall Lead Them. And as is typical for Kate’s novels, I was hooked on the first page where Joe gets a phone call “that almost stopped his heart.” Well, my heart […]
DIFW has significantly reduced the number of books of hunting, fishing, and other laws now available, hoping that many of you will download the rules to your device. You can do that here: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/maine-outdoors-laws.html
This is one of my all-time favorite columns, published in Down East magazine in 2011. It is framed on the wall of our north woods camp. I want to share the column with you today. Every Mainer has a camp. It may be a place we own. It may be a place our friends own. […]
