One of my all-time favorite adventures was a trip down the Allagash. You probably know that the feds designated the Allagash as a National Wild and Scenic River, with lots of protection. I was very pleased recently to receive a copy of the booklet, Allagash Explorer, created to help you enjoy an Allagash adventure. A […]
These stories are in my book, A Lifetime Of Hunting and Fishing, published by North Country Press. My three trips to the Leaf River were amazing fishing adventures, and I encourage you to put the Leaf on your life’s list for a visit. As an old brook trout fisherman, I can only hope heaven […]
Forced to Fish Kodiak Island’s Karluc River for Five Extra Days Kodiac Island, Alaska, is a sportsman’s dream. Years ago, when I got stranded there for five days at the mouth of the Karluc River earlier, some people didn’t believe me. Stranded in Alaska? Right! Traveling with Les Priest of Readfield, who organized […]
I have lots of great memories of Greenville and Moosehead Lake, where I started fishing when I was a kid. My dad had a friend who owned a camp just north of Greenville and we visited there several times and fished. My favorite times as a kid were at a camp owned by relatives at […]
A trip to Quebec one summer showed what tourism can offer an economy when done right, and also provided an opportunity to step back in time with the Cree Indians. I was a guest on a fishing trip with Harry Vanderweide and Andy Collar of Ursus Productions in Waterville. They were doing television shows […]
I was fortunate to enjoy three adventures of two weeks each in Alaska, focused on fishing. Two were with my friend Les Priest and one was with my wife Linda. On all three adventures, we encountered lots of bears. Today I’ll tell you about a few of those encounters. On Kodiak Island, Les and I […]
The Samoset Resort in Rockport is a fantastic place to enjoy Maine’s beautiful coast. Almost every room has a stunning view of the ocean. And their Italian restaurant is superb. They host lots of events including weddings. On a recent Monday morning I had three medical appointments in Rockport, so Linda and I […]
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. […]
While most of the wild trout waters featured in Bob Mallard’s book, Squaretail, are in Maine and throughout our country, he does tell you about his fishing adventure on the little Minipi River in Labrador. That story brought back a wonderful memory I have of fishing the Little Minipi with my 16-year-old son Joshua. That […]
I had no idea 76 people died in the Acadia National Park. But to put that in perspective, 300 people have died in Glacier National Park, a place that Linda and I really like and visited quite often. Randi Minetor has written a number of books about deaths in our national parks. Her latest book, […]
