Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Get ready for an entire weekend of free fishing. You heard me, FREE FISHING! One of the most popular hobbies in Maine all weekend long!

Here's an idea, if you're looking for something fun to do today with the family this weekend. Saturday and Sunday (May 30 and May 31) are 'Free Fishing Days' in Maine.

The bears in Maine had the right idea to sleep through this long, cold and snowy winter. The weather is finally starting to warm up and the bears are waking up from hibernation. They are waking up and they are hungry.

‘It is like summer camp for adult women!’ That is how I would sum up the experience for the Fall Skills Weekend ‘Becoming an Outdoors Woman’ (BOW).  This year it is the weekend of September 12 thu 14, 2014. And the weekend is filling up fast! Thi...

Here's an idea, if you're looking for something fun to do today with the family. Saturday and Sunday (May 31 and June 1) are 'Free Fishing Days' in Maine.

Monday marks the beginning of muzzleloader deer season in Maine. The firearm season ended this past Saturday in Maine with hunters seeing more deer than the past few seasons.

A young 600-pound moose was wandering in a small patch of woods near Parkwood Drive in Augusta's Ganneston Park neighborhood for a few days. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife had received a compliant on Wednesday morning of a male moose in that Augusta neighborhood.

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife estimates that Maine has 76,000 moose. The annual Maine moose permit lottery on Saturday will produce a record 4,110 permits.

The old saying that a bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work will be put to the test this Saturday in Bethel. The Upper Andro Anglers in co-operation with Trout Unlimited are hosting a free family fishing festival this Saturday at Angevine Park on the North Road in Bethel.

The Ellsworth Police Department received several calls of a large bear wandering around Elm and Water streets, a residential area in downtown Ellsworth. A dispatcher called the Maine Warden Service.