Article: New fishing regs melt line between ice, open water

Deirdre Fleming By Deirdre Fleming Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
08-09-2009
New fishing regs melt line between ice, open water
Byline: Deirdre Fleming By Deirdre Fleming Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL
Section: Outdoors
Type: News

At a time the state is bleeding fiscally, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is about to break with tradition to save money - and, at the same time, do something ingenious - give fishermen more chances to fish.

Starting April 1, freshwater fishing as we know it in Maine will change when the department releases a new fishing-regulation book covering two years, instead of one - and most waters in southern and eastern Maine become legal for ...

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