Conference wahoo::fishing

    Greg....I think you want/mean Moose River?
    
    Dave (MTBLUE::FLYFISH)'s replies aren't that bad....
    I do have a couple of books...I think they are also put out by
    DeLorme (Maine Atlas & Gazeteer fame):
                                a) Maine Rivers & Streams
                                b) Maine Lakes & Ponds
    
    Each book contains just so many places (far fewer than the state
    has)..but one area well covered was the Moose River area......
             SOURCE ==========> into Moosehead L.
    
    People I've met have had excellent luck throughout the whole flowage..
    although that was during the prime time == JUNE ...with the
    main hatches in full bloom (Blue Quills,Hendricksons,Sulphurs and
    BLACK FLIES and midges).  Wherever you head...it's the temperature
    that'll be your enemy.
    
    Enjoy it wherever/whenever
                                              Tight_$_Lines,
                                              Spring Creek Steve
    

    Speaking of Moosehead, I hear that there is still ice on the lake.
    Is it true? Also I hear the road to Sebomok(SP) is in rough condition,
    is the road passable. I am planning a fishing trip to the West Branch
    in two weeks and would like to know the conditions...
    
     Thanks, 
     Mike Lefebvre 

    Ya, I heard the same, I called my Bro in Maine last week and
    he said most of the lake is free of Ice, I'll be leaving for
    moosehead tomorrow, and be there till sunday.. every year we
    go there about this time, no ice but the water is as cold as
    ICE, Yaaoooo....
    					johnO

    johnO,

    If you see a brown Ranger Fisherman around Beaver Cove, waive.  I leave
    Thursday morning for moosehead.
    	
    keith

    re: Waive...........
    
      You don't by any chance work in production, do you???
    
      Get a waiver, SHIP IT!!!!!!

    OK, so I speld it rong, gime a brake guise.  You're just jellous :-)

    keith

    Speld?  speld??  It's SPELT!!!!!

>  johnO,
>  If you see a brown Ranger Fisherman around Beaver Cove, waive. I leave
>  Thursday morning for moosehead.			    keith


WOW, Beaver Cove, small world, thats the cove my Bro is building his
     2nd home, if you see a foundation being built there that's it. 
     We(my brothers and I) stopped at Beaver Cove 3 times, but just to 
     check on his lot. 

We stayed at the Mount Kineo Lodge in the town of Rockwood, Fishing 
was real good, we caught plenty of lake trout, the big day was Saturday,
24 and 80% of them were keepers, you could only keep one trout per day
per person so you can see we threw allot of them back. We had to fish 
deep, if the water depth was 60ft we would fish 59ft. Fishing for salmon
was another story not good at all, I only caught two and both were throw
backs.                                                         

Yes,

We got up to Moosehead early in the afternoon and fished around Sugar Island.
We picked up 3 salmon about 18" each.  They hit on a rapala 7s floater.  The
next morning we picked up two more about 15".

Due to the 2 fish posesion limit, we had 3 for dinner figuring to fill our
partys 8 fish limit the next day.

On Saturday, we went to First Roach and caught 3 lakers and a salmon.  We
filleted them up and froze them for the return trip home.

On said return trip, we went through a fish and game road block, that was
checking people coming out of the north.  It seems you are not allowed to
fillet fish in Maine until you are ready to eat them.  After spending an hour
having the fish confiscated as evidence, being arrested, posting a $45 cash
bond each, signing a piece of paper saying we plead guilty and said bond would
pay our fine, we went on with our enjoyable vacation.

Needless to say, it's my last vacation in Maine.

keith

    Hey Keith, I know what you mean.  Next time I go to Maine, I'm
    bringing an attorney, to help cypher through their fishing
    rules booklet.  Iv'e never seen anything like it, so many
    different rules for each individual lake.  Maybe it's just
    a trap, to get a few more bucks from the flatlanders   :*)
    
    Gone fishin
    

    re .10
    
    WHAAAT??!!
    

    That's a pretty bad deal. I understand the intent behind the law, but
    it still sucks. And you got your fish taken away to boot! ARGGHH!
    
    At least you caught some.
    
    The Doctah

    While I agree that the regulations for Maine are *extremely* tedious
    to read and understand, it is still the responsibility of the fisherman
    to comply with the regulations.
    
    I stumbled upon the bit about not filleting one's catch purely by
    accident.  Fortunately  we caught no fish, so it wasn't an issue.
    
    :*)
    
    I made a mental note upon reading this in the regulations booklet
    that there would be a lot of "well-intentioned" fishermen getting
    nailed by this one.  Maybe I'm mistaken, but I believe it has been 
    in the books for some time now, so it shouldn't have been a surprise.  
    
    Try and remember that the overall intent is to eliminate poaching.
    
    Mark.

    	I understand the reasoning but don't nessecarily agree with
    it. I guess the idea is to keep people from taking shorts but if 
    the fillets are within 4" of the keeper length, they should have
    at least given you a warning or something as it should have been
    obvious they weren't shorts when they were whole.
    
    	RAYJ

    
    Ahhhh...the old short trout bust.....if those dummies would leave
    the brooktrout to themselves and stock browns....there would be
    no need to look for six-inchers...they'd all be ten-inchers in no
    time.  I spent a good time of my earrrrly years' summers up in Lily
    Bay (grandfolks' camp)......who knows what size browns could come
    out of Moosehead....certainly larger than brooktrout..................
     What a release!!!!!!!...this is a pet-peeve I've got with Augusta
    and the Dept of Fisheries......for the most part..I think wildlife
    and fisheries is where the rookies start..on their way to the "rich
    yuppie lifestyle" in Maine government.....WHAT A JOKE.
    
                                              Happy Rest of the Season,
                                              Tight_$_Lines
                                              Steve
    

    
     RE.14  What do you mean "we" caught no fish??
    
     Mike (whose brother Mark knows how to lose them lures...)

    re -*

    DonMac says I have to be nice, or he will delete my note and fine me 45
    days of co-moderator privileges.  :-)

    The rule about not cutting off the head and tail is in the book.  It
    however is not a note to, or near, the size limits but is in "other
    rules".   I wonder if this is by design?   As for it being a law for a
    long time, this was my first fishing trip to Maine.

    I don't believe that no head/no tail laws affect the keeping of under
    sized fish.  If a person in a remote area wanted to keep them, he could
    just eat them on the spot and bring home the legal size fish. (NOTE: the
    road block was at a "choke point" coming out of Sebec, Moosehead and
    points north)

    What realy make me mad, is that they wrote me up for under sized fish.
    I enjoy fishing as much as anyone in this conference and would never
    violate size limits and resent the wording on the arrest record.

    keith "fillet" dilsworth

    ps.  Anyone have information on lodging at Soudus Bay? Also gotchya
         laws for same?  :-)