Maine Inland Ice Fishing Laws : 1938 Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
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Maine State Library Digital Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Law Books Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 4-21-1938 Maine Inland Ice Fishing Laws : 1938 Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalmaine.com/ifw_law_books Recommended Citation Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game, "Maine Inland Ice Fishing Laws : 1938" (1938). Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Law Books. 65. https://digitalmaine.com/ifw_law_books/65 This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife at Digital Maine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Law Books by an authorized administrator of Digital Maine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Maine INLAND ICE FISHING LAWS 1 9 3 8 V ’ * I 1 ^ ^ • ICE FISHING LAWS The waters, listed by Counties, in this pamphlet are separated into groups which are governed by the same laws GENERAL LAW Except as otherwise specified herein, it is illegal to fish for any kind of fish in waters which are closed to fishing for salmon, trout and togue. Bass cannot be taken through the ice at any time. Persons properly licensed may lish through the ice in the daytime with 5 set lines each, when under the immediate supervision of the person fishing, and in the night time for cusk in such waters as are open for fish ing in the night time for cusk. Non-residents over 10 years of age and residents over 18 years of age m ust be licensed. Sec. 27. Fishing for gain or hire prohibited; exceptions; penalty. Whoever shall, for the whole or any part of the time, engage in the business or occupation of fishing in any of the inland waters of the state above tide-waters, for salmon, togue, trout, black bass, pickerel, or white erch, for gain or hire, shall for every such offense pay a Sne of $50 and costs, except that pickerel legally taken in the County of Washington may be sold by the person tak ing the same. BAG LIMITS Salmon Length 14 j 10 Trout 7 I pounds Togue 14 I in White Perch 6 j ull Read Carefully the County and Group Headings for Exceptions and Detailed Information ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY Trout; Minimun length of 10 inches. Open to ice fishing for pickerel, white perch, hornpout, yellow peren, eels, cusk, chubs and smelts from the time ice forms in the fall until it goes out in the spring. Androscoggin River (up to the Lard Pond, Turner New Hampshire Line) Lower Range Pond, Poland Androscoggin River, Little (below Sabattus Pond, Webster railroad bridge at Mechanic Falls) Stone Mill Pond. Durham Bartlett Pond, Livermore Sutherland Pond, Webster Black Pond, Turner The Basin, Auburn The above waters and all other lakes and ponds are open to ice fishing for all fish (except bass) during February and March E XC E PT those which are listed below as closed. Closed Auburn Lake, Auburn Range Pond, Upper, in Poland No Name Pond, Lewiston Taylor Pond, Auburn Worthley Pond, Poland Allen Pond, G reene: Closed southwesterly of a line reaching from a red post at a point on the easterly snore to a rock with a pine tree on it and a stripe of red paint on the westerly shore. Androscoggin Lake, Leeds (also Kennebec Co.) open on Mondays ana Tuesdays during January, February and March for pickerel, white perch, hornpout, yellow perch, eels, cusk, chubs and smelts. Bag limit 10 pickerel per day. 2 Bog Brook, Mechanic Falls and Minot: Open for pickerel, white perch and yellow perch only at all times through the ice from Bucknam’s Bridge to the Little Androscoggin River. Middle Range Pond, Poland, open for all except trout, salmon and bass during February and March only. Moose Hill Pond, East Livermore: Open for all fish during February and March. Pleasant Pond, Turner: Closed southerly of a line running from the red post in front of the old ice house on the southwest shore and touching the point of land on the west shore and run ning thence northeasterly to the red post on the northeasterly shore. Thompson Pond (also Cumberland and Oxford Co.,) Poland: Open for pickerel, white perch, hornpout, yellow perch, eels, cusk, chubs and smelts from the time ice forms in the fall until it goes out in the spring. Open during February and March for all fish. Toguej Not more than 5 togue or not more than 8 pounds of togue unless the last togue taken increases the combined weight to more than 8 pounds. AROOSTOOK COUNTY Open to ice fishing for pickerel, white perch, hornpout, yellow perch, eels, cusk, chubs and smelts from the time ice forms in the fall until it goes out in the spring. Caribou Lake, Island Falls and Molunkus Lake, T. 1, R. 5, T. 3, R. 4 W.E.L.S., T.A.R. 5, W.E. Cochran Lake, Smyrna and L.S., Macwahoc Pit. New Limerick Mud Lake, T. 4, R. 3 Crystal Lake, Hersey Mud Pond, Island Falls Faulkner Pond, Weston Nickerson Lake, New Limerick Flynn Pond, Benedicta and North Lake, Orient T. 1, R. 5 Pickerel Pond, Littleton Green Lake, Moro Pleasant Pond, Island Falls. Green Pond, New Limerick and T. 4, R. 3, W.E.L.S. Long Lake, T. 17, R. 3 and 4, Reed Pond, Macwahoc W.E.L.S., Madawaska Skitacook Lake, Oakfield Long Lake, Oakfield Sokokis Lake, Littleton Longley Lake, Orient Spaulding Lake, Oakfield Mattaseunk Lake, T. 9, R. 5 Wytopitlock Lake, Glenwood Mattawamkeag Lake, Island Falls Pit. and T. 4, R. 3, W.E.L.S. The above waters and all other lakes and ponds are open to ice fishing for all fish (except bass) during February, March and April E XC E P T those which are listed below as closed. Closed Bear Mt. Pond, Moro Pit. Mud Lake, M oro Pit. Bradford Pond, Moro Pit. Pleasant Lake, M oro Pit. Carr Pond, T. 13, R. 8 Portage Lake, Portage Cary Lake, Littleton Rockabema Lake, Moro Pit. Grand Lake (Eastern) Ross Lake, Littleton Green Pond, Moro Pit. Square Lake, Hale Pond, Moro Pit. Toteroad Pond, Moro Pit. Aroostook River, below the Ashland Bridge in Ashland: Open for all fish (except bass) during February and March. Eagle Lake (Open to ice fishing for smelts from Jan. 1st until St. Froid Lake) the ice goes out in the spring. 3 CUMBERLAND COUNTY T r o u t « Minimum length of 10 inches. Open to ice fishing for pickerel, white perch, hornpout, yellow perch, eels, cusk, chubs and smelts from the time ice forms in the fall until it goes out in the spring. Bill Rich Pond, Otisfield Marriners Pond, Sebago Brandy Pond, Naples Mile Pond, Falmouth Brown Pond, Sebago Moose Pond, Otisfield Coldrain Pond, Naples and Moose Pond (above Roosevelt Sebago Hy.) Bridgton and Denmark Collins Pond, Windham Parker Pond, Casco Dumplin Pond, Casco Perley Pond, Sebago Dundee Pond, No. Gorham Pettengill Pond, Windham Eagle Pond, Standish Pleasant Lake, Casco (also York County) Presumpscot River Great Falls, No Gorham Rattlesnake Pond. Raymond Halfmoon Pond, Baldwin Rattlesnake Pond, Little, Highland Lake. Bridgton Raymond Holt Pond, Bridgton Richville Mill Pond, Standish Ingalls Pond, Bridgton Sand Pond, Baldwin Ingalls Pond, Baldwin Saturday Pond, Otisfield Island Pond, Harrison (also Southeast Pond, Sebago Oxford County) (also Oxford County) Kezar Pond, Bridgton (also Thorn Pond, Baldwin Oxford County Watchic Pond, Little, Standish Long Lake, Naples and Woods Pond, Bridgton Harrison The above waters and all other lakes and ponds are open to ice fishing for all fish (except bass) during February and March E XC E P T those which are listed below as closed. C losed Adams Pond, Bridgton Sabbathday Lake, New Crystal Lake, Gray Gloucester Notched Pond, Gray, New Thomas Pond, Raymond Gloucester, Raymond and Casco Peabody Pond, Naples, Sebago, Trickey Pond, Naples Bridgton Crystal Lake, Harrison: Open on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week during February and March for pickerel, white perch and togue only. ^ . T, Otter Pond, Bridgton. Open as per the first group. Bag limit 25 pickerel or not more than 15 pounds. Panther Pond, Raymond: Open as per the first group, also for cusk in the nighttime. , , _ , Sebago Lake, Windham, Standish, Sebago, Naples, Casco and Raymond: Open from the time the ice forms for smelts, pickerel, white perch and cusk, also for cusk at night. Fishing for or having in possession any other kind of fish is prohibited. Sebago Lake, Little. Open as per the first group, also for cusk in the nighttime. Bag limit on salmon and trout, 2 in all. Thompson Pond, Casco, Otisfield: Open as per the first group. T o g u e : Not more than 5 togue or not more than 8 pounds of togue unless the last togue taken increases the combined weight to more than 8 pounds. ... , , Watchic Pond, Standish: Open for pickerel, white perch, horn pout. yellow perch, eels, cusk, chubs and smelts from the time ice forms in the fall until it goes out in the spring. 4 FRANKLIN COUNTY Open for pickerel, white perch, hornpout, yellow perch, eels, cusk, chubs and smelts from the time ice forms in the fall until it goes out in the spring. Androscoggin River (up to the Horseshoe Pond, Chesterville New Hampshire Line) Lilly Pond, New Vineyard Blue Mt. Pond, Avon Lock Pond, Chesterville Crowell’s Pond, Chesterville Mud Pond, Chesterville (also Kennebec County) Norcross Pond, Chesterville Daggett’s Mill Pond, New North Pond. Chesterville Vineyard Pinnacle Pond Kingfield Drury Pond, Temple Round Pond, Chesterville Egypt Pond, Chesterville Sand Pond, Chesterville (also Kennebec County) Staples Pond, Temple Fellow’s Pond, Chesterville Taylor Hill Pond.