What Ice Will Hold

Last Day of February

Is this really the last day of February, I thought it was April! Parts of Maine were hit with 91 mph winds and Jackman and mountains I hear got like 40 inches of snow. Guess what, I shut the horse tank heaters off (200 gallon heaters). Temperature in the 40's, rain and mud season. No more snow, gets get the boats ready for some spring fishing. Mike retrieved his ice shack, which blew down lake, but ice conditions are poor around the shore. The middle pack is fair and usable, but the cut holes act like drains with this rain and have become huge. So be careful. On my spring list is a Scott Hudson Bay Canoe in case anyone wants to know.

Bears and Cabin Fever Reliever

Well Dr. Krause has been here and gone, doing some filming with the biologist that study bear. There are three study areas for black bear in Maine, one in Bradford, Beddington and Ashland. Each study area has several adult females that have radio collars placed on them. They are caught in live traps and tagged. This time of year the biologists use planes to locate the denning bears signal then snowshoe to the den. At which point they crawl in with mom in the den. The cubs are weighed, measured and general health is charted. This allows for a long term progress report to be conducted on the size and health of our bears in Maine. The good Doc is undertaking a video project that will be used in education and research. As we all know the weather this week was poor. But several still and videos were taken.

A great place to visit is the Cabin Fever Reliever held at the Brewer Auditorium this weekend. Ready for this....its FREE. A mini sportsman show designed mostly for kids, with archery and fly tying. If your out stop by