Compiled By Mark Latti with IFW Fisheries Biologists
Welcome to the 2014 ice fishing season. We will be providing these reports regularly through winter into the beginning of March.
If you haven’t purchased your license yet, 2104 licenses are available online at www.mefishwildlife.com. Also, the 2104 fishing lawbook is also available where you buy your licenses or at your favorite sporting goods store.
Anglers should also be aware of a new law that bans the use of lead sinkers that are shorter than 2.5-inches in length or if they weigh less than an ounce. As always, please consult the law book before fishing your favorite water, and stay safe while out on the ice.
Region G – Aroostook Region
It may be early in the ice fishing season, but anglers are taking advantage of fishing opportunities at Scopan Lake and Mud Pond in Linneus. Both were stocked heavily with brook trout earlier this season, and anglers are out enjoying the early season ice conditions.
Other ponds for those looking to get out early include Arnold Brook Lake in Presque Isle, and Hodgdon Pond in Hodgdon. Arnold Brook has excellent brook trout fishing and a two-trap limit, and Hodgdon Pond is stocked with brown trout.
Many in the area, however, look forward to January 1 and the traditional opening of ice fishing season.
“Our ice conditions are pretty good, we have five to nine inches of ice on a lot of our lakes,” said Frost.
Already there is up to a half a foot of ice on portions of Long Pond and Square Pond. In southern Aroostook, Nickerson Lake in New Limerick has both browns and brookies and Drews Lake in Linneus offers both browns and splake. Anglers may also want to test Spaulding Lake in Oakfield for brook trout.
