Outdoors

3 years ago

Hometown honkers offer great gunning

Gunning for keen-eyed, wary Canada geese provides a true wingshooting challenge, and nearly four weeks for early season goose hunting adds variety to bear hunting and late-season fishing.

3 years ago

Cut your scent for hunting success

No offense meant, but if you are a big game hunter, you stink. Deer, bear, and moose have far sharper eye sight, hearing and sense of smell than humans.

3 years ago

Time for a bass bugging bonanza

A majority of Aroostook anglers already own a spinning rod and or a bait casting outfit, so purchasing a few hardbody plugs and softbody baits will prepare you for bass fishing.

3 years ago

Aromatherapy for bear hunting

It’s become apparent to me that using a tantalizing attractant scent not only coaxes more bear to visit my bait site, but also disguises human odor.

3 years ago

The dropper rig: more flies and more fish

I was in my mid-20s, having fly fished for well over a dozen years, when I first learned about a dropper rig. A half-dozen friends and avid fly casters flew from Bangor to Bozeman, Montana, to experience wading and drift boat fishing rivers and float tube casting on lakes. We enjoyed steady catch and release […]

3 years ago

Fiddleheads and fish time

May in Maine offers two outdoor traditions that yield a taste treat combination available few other places in the world. During a few rare weeks of each year, local sportsmen can catch a couple of brook trout, pick a hat full of fiddleheads, and a few hours later enjoy a fish and fern taste treat […]

3 years ago

Lures and plugs for spring success

I guess it’s no surprise that I’m a devout fly fisherman. No matter what species, fresh or salt water; or what state, country or continent’s river, lake, stream or ocean I‘m visiting, I’d rather be casting a fly rod with some sort of feathered creation at the end of my line and leader.