The Moosetompers’ weekend, Feb. 6, 7 and 8 in Houlton will be bigger than ever this year. Chairman Jim Brown and his committee have been meeting for several months and are ready for this great mid-winter family event.
Houlton Pioneer Times Photo/Karen Donato
FAMILY TIME — Martin Wheeler of Linneus is trying his hand at ice fishing at Nickerson Lake. Wheeler’s sons, Jeffrey, pictured and a younger son Ted, a bit camera shy, take turns staying warm in the ice shack furnished with a kerosene heater.
Brown encourages everyone to join in, either as a spectator or a participant.
If you like to ice fish, you can pre-register at the Lake Road Market or Cameron’s Market in New Limerick, Mac’s Trading Post in Houlton or T & S Market in Hodgdon by 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 6. Saturday and Sunday registrations will only be accepted at the Lake Road Market, 706 Lake Road in New Limerick.
This will be the 5th Annual Ice Fishing Derby and will include Drews, Nickerson, Bradbury, Cochrane and Mill Pond. Registration fees are $8 per day or $12 for the weekend. The derby begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday. There will be no fish registered after 6 p.m. either day. More than $400 in cash prizes will be awarded for a variety of fish caught and raffle prizes include a Red Deer hunt and an ice auger. The derby is co-sponsored by Lake Road Market & Deli, Mac’s Trading Post and the Christian Sportsman Fellowship Group. For more information please call 532-3946 or 538-7374.
Look for a complete listing of activities in the February County Crossroads supplement.
Houlton Pioneer Times Photo/Karen Donato
JUST CHECKING — Jeffrey Wheeler of Linneus checks one of his traps on Nickerson Lake. He was hoping to catch a trout for supper. Nickerson Lake is one of the area lakes to participate in the 5th Annual Ice-Fishing Derby during Houlton’s Moosestompers’ Weekend, Feb. 6, 7 and 8.
