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Weekly Fishing Roundup 6/4/07 MOOSEHEAD REGION

June 04, 2007 - MOOSEHEAD REGION

For the past few weeks the Hatchery staff has been working around the clock to complete the annual spring stocking of lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers across the State. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife stocks fish to provide fishing opportunities that would not be present unless we stocked fish. In the Moosehead Lake Region, we typically stock salmonid species such as brook trout, salmon, and lake trout. Biologists rely heavily on anglers providing information to get a grasp on the relative success of the fishery programs. The voluntary records provided to us by anglers like you greatly influences the management of a waterway, such as the number of fish stocked or regulation changes. Providing fishing records is the most valuable contribution you can make to the Fishery Division!

We would encourage anglers to collect information on the waters they fish around the State since sound management begins with good information. Your contributions as a voluntary record keeper or by filling out survey cards at access sites are a valuable asset to the Department. So next time you use an access site that has a survey box, we encourage you to take the time to fill out a survey card. If you or other anglers you know might be interested in keeping a voluntary fishing record book for the Moosehead Lake Region, please contact Stephen Seeback at Stephen.Seeback@maine.gov or at PO Box 551, Greenville, Maine 04441 or by phone at 695-3756. Anglers with access to the internet can record their fishing efforts at www.triptracks.com.

This week, we will be wrapping up the spring stocking of legal-size brook trout in the Moosehead Lake Region. The last few places to receive brook trout are: East and West Outlets of the Kennebec River; Little Chase Stream Pond, Misery Twp.; Chub Pond, Hobbstown; and the Piscataquis River, Guilford. We also will be stocking Drummond Pond in Abbot and Kiwanis Park in Dover-Foxcroft for the second and last stocking of the spring.

For the month of June the Moosehead Lake Regional Staff will be busy evaluating stocked brook trout fisheries. Information collected from these sampling events will help determine the effectiveness of current stocking rates and regulations. We plan to evaluate 8- 9 stocked brook trout fisheries. Also, we will be running the fishway at the East Outlet of the Kennebec River, starting around the third week in June. This is a great opportunity to see some fish and interact with fishery biologists in the field. We will post a schedule of times we plan to tend the fishway in future fishing reports.

-Stephen Seeback, Fisheries Biologist Specialist


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Regions: Moosehead, Embden, Jackman


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