Students gather for an outdoor Teens to Trails event at Reid State Park. Courtesy of Alicia Heyburn BRUNSWICK — In an effort to make the Maine wilderness accessible to all students and outing clubs, Teens to Trails has partnered with a Portland-based software company to bring a Maine outdoor guide to cellphones. Members of Teens […]
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Congress comes together finally to help national parks
The Great American Outdoors Act was a great step, but the work shouldn’t end there.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Lakes Region Sportman: August fishing heating up
Word on the water was that the salmon were up close to the surface taking bait. But how could that be? It was the final week of July and the surface temperature on Sebago Lake was 80 degrees. A few of the other guides reported similar findings, so you don’t argue with success. I was […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Lakes Region Sportsman: July fishing runs deep
When hot July days and nights send the respectable angler in search of shade, our lake trout seek the cool comfort of deep water pockets and Sebago is a top spot for laker fishing. With fish ranging from ounces to possibly 20 pounds or more, July provides great angling, despite sweltering surface temperatures. Sebago Lake […]
Posted inTimes Record Opinion, Uncategorized
Seniors not acting their age: Sea kayaking begins at Mere Point
Like my Native American ancestors, when the blackflies arrive I gravitate to the coast. Consequently for me, sea kayaking normally begins in late May or early June when the nasty blood suckers begin to proliferate in the mountains and on the rivers. The pandemic has added another incentive as sea kayaking doesn’t require a shuttle […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Lakes Region Sportsman: June spells bassing excitement
If you walk out on most any dock in the Sebago Lakes region and look along the shoreline, you will likely see circular spots cleared along the bottom of the lake. You may wonder what caused them; a boat motor idling, a turtle making sand angels, perhaps the landing pad of a duck. No, these […]
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Commentary: Instead of reacting to the next disaster, let’s prepare for it
Programs are available for communities and businesses to rebuild, but what if we invested more in prevention instead?
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly
Lakes Region Sportsman: May heralds best trout fishing
I launched my boat at Little Sebago Lake and started the motor, just easing it in gear. I had on a Barnes’ special streamer fly on the port rod and a gray ghost on the starboard side. I let out a good amount of sinking fly line from each reel as I trolled along the […]
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Lakes Region Sportsman: April means ice-out angling action
This year has certainly been a doozy, so far. We had a brief winter with only Jordan Bay freezing up for a short while, many of us are on lockdown in our homes to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and spring seems to have come early to this part of the world. There’s only […]
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Lakes Region Sportsman: March signals cusk fishing and hare hunts
March is like a teenager stuck in that awkward period between youth and adulthood. It’s not quite spring but it’s not winter, either. With rapidly deteriorating ice on Sebago Lake, it’s time to get out on a mild evening and do some cusk fishing. Arguably one of the ugliest fish in our lakes (well, except […]
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