Ice fishing

There's a kids' ice fishing derby this Saturday morning at Range Ponds State Park in Poland Springs. Free ice fishing traps will be provided for the first 500 preregistered children ages 12 and under that arrive prior to 10 a.m., and for the first 100 Special Olympic entrants.

I am not a winter person. I don't enjoy driving in the snow, I don't enjoy being cold, I not thrilled with shoveling snow. But, I live in Maine, so I try to embrace the best out of winter. You and your family can enjoy what winter in Maine has to offer with the Winter Family Fun Days at Maine's State Parks.

Maine is getting some primo TV time lately!

Yesterday was a PERFECT day to go! No wind, fresh snow, fresh ice and all the kids! Anderson, Jayden and Bradley have been waiting all winter for Chad to take us ice fishing. And yesterday they got their wish. How did we do?

The Ice Out contest for Wilson Lake will be returning after being gone for a few years. Bruce Dyke is organizing the event for the Wilton Fish & Game Association. Dyke tells the Lewiston Sun-Journal that he suggested and volunteered to organize the event. It will cost $5 an entry, with the winner guessing the closest month, day, hour and minute for ice out on Wilson Lake. The prize is $100. Re

January means ice fishing in Maine. Even though it's been very cold lately, please make sure to check the ice thickness before heading out on the lake. Coming up on the weekend of January 25, 26 and 27, it's the 6th Annual Moosehead Lake Touge Ice Fishing Derby.

Maine officials are reminding people to double-check ice conditions with the arrival of Maine's winter fishing season. Yes, it has been cold, but Maine has not had enough sustained cold temperatures to create that much safe ice. So check the ice to make sure it's thick enough before you go out on it.