Maine Fishing Regulations
Are you familiar with the fishing regulation in Maine?
It is never a bad idea to check it again before your next outing.
Maine Fishing License
Purchasing a fishing license you are helping to preserve the environment and also ensure that future generations can enjoy fishing as you are.
Among other things, your fishing license fees support fisheries and hatcheries management, education programs about fishing and conservation, protection of endangered species.
Here it is where you can get your fishing license.
Links to Maine Government Agencies
Here are a few websites of Maine's agencies involved in regulation and conservation.
Maine Fishing News
Check out what is the latest fishing buzz in Maine.
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Eats: Sea40 hibachi — Flying food and fun
- Even my lunch-sized meal was large enough to bring a little stir-fry home. The variety of sushi – in which fish and/or vegetables are placed on top of sticky rice and rolled up — is quite extensive, along with Sea40’s sashimi (varieties of ...
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- 3/17/2012 9:10:05 PM
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Call all moose
- Other activities will include rifle, bow and shotgun shooting competitions, a fishing derby ... on The Voice of Maine News-Talk Network (WVOM-FM 103.9, WQVM-FM 101.3) and former information officer for the Maine Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.
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- 3/17/2012 8:34:18 PM
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Maine creates special courts for vets with PTSD
- AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Too many Maine veterans get in trouble with the law, because of post-traumatic stress disorder and other emotional problems caused by their combat experience. Some of those problems have had tragic results -- like the case .
- WCSH
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- 3/16/2012 3:13:22 PM
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Judge dismisses escape charges against Maine man
- ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) -- A judge has dismissed charges against a 29-year-old man accused of escaping from a Maine State Prison work detail because prosecutors took too long to turn over evidence. Shawn Benner had been charged with escape after the state ...
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- 3/16/2012 11:09:59 AM
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Maine Olympian visits RES
- That has now changed. Leap Day was made special with a special assembly to meet Maine Olympian Julia Clukey, who talked about her sport of luge before kicking off a three-day celebration of Read Across America by reading to students. Julia's visit was made
- Rumford Falls Times
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- 3/16/2012 5:33:32 AM
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Fly fishing expo to include artisans, authors
- Writers include Robert Romano, author of several novels about the Rangeley Lakes region, including "North of Easie"; Topher Browne, Patagonia Fishing ... wall-mounted fish carvings and bronzes. Terry Walsh, a jeweler from Maine's Midcoast ...
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- 3/15/2012 9:33:56 PM
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AmeriCorps volunteer finds perfect fit in Central Maine
- WATERVILLE — “While interning during college, I met an AmeriCorps member who inspired me to check out AmeriCorps opportunities across the U.S. I found the perfect fit in central Maine,” says Laura St. John, AmeriCorps member. After ...
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- 3/15/2012 9:19:37 PM
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Wilton Fish & Game derby results
- ... Fish and Game Association enjoyed a nearly perfect day for its annual Ice Fishing Derby on beautiful Wilson Lake. The Fish and Game club partnered with Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to present a program “Hooked on Fishing."
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- 3/15/2012 8:36:40 PM
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Fernand G. Cote
- He later was employed with Central Maine Power, until his retirement in 1988. He was a member of St. Louis Church of Auburn. His hobbies included hunting, fishing and the great outdoors. He also loved animals, especially his dog, JJ. Fern ...
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- 3/15/2012 8:15:12 PM
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Pink slime controversy helps Maine beef farmers
- MECHANIC FALLS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The controversy over pink slime continues to spread across the country. For some small farms here in Maine, it's been a blessing in disguise. Pink slime is a ground beef filler made from spare meat trimmings and ...
- WCSH
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- 3/15/2012 3:28:52 PM
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Senate votes to cut Maine income tax
- AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The Maine Senate has given initial approval to a bill to reduce the state's income tax rate to 4 percent. Senators voted 23-12 on Thursday to approve an amended bill calling for the reduction. It relies on revenue surpluses initially
- WCSH
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- 3/15/2012 12:22:45 PM
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Thank you from derby
- ... Inland Fisheries and Wildlife “Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs” Emily McCabe and Kristine Paulhus, Heidi and Dave Dennison of Angler’s Attic in Derry, NH., Harrison’s Western Maine Fish and Game, Unc’Lunkers Bait and Tackle in ...
- Advertiser Democrat
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- 3/14/2012 4:55:57 PM
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Police dealing with standoff at Maine paper mill
- JAY, Maine (AP) -- The state police tactical squad is responding to reports of a standoff involving a disgruntled former worker at a paper mill in Maine. The Sun Journal resports the situation involves a former worker who was fired earlier this year from .
- WCSH
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- 3/14/2012 7:51:55 AM
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DARLINGSIDE COMES TO MAINE
- The Massachusetts-based "string-rock" quintet Darlingside started up in 2009 and has quickly taken hold in New England's musical imagination. Playing over 100 shows during their first year of touring, the band has created a seamless, exhilarating sound at
- WCSH
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- 3/14/2012 7:01:49 AM
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National honor bestowed on Maine seafood company
- AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The owner of a specialty seafood company in Maine has been named the state's Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Michael Cote and his partner formed Look's Gourmet Food Co. in 2003 in the ...
- WCSH
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- 3/14/2012 4:17:10 AM
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Study of east-west highway gets initial approval from Maine Senate
- AUGUSTA — The Senate gave first approval Tuesday to a state-funded feasibility study for a long-debated east-west highway in northern Maine. The prospect of such a highway between Calais and Coburn Gore has been bandied about and studied for ...
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- 3/13/2012 5:32:56 PM
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Maine soldier stabbed to death in Washington State
- (NEWS CENTER) -- A soldier from Maine has been found stabbed to death in an apartment in Washington state. The Thurston County Coroner's office said 29-year old Private Nathaniel Ollis, who grew up in Harrison, died of multiple stab wounds to his head ...
- WCSH
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- 3/13/2012 3:59:52 PM
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Springing into Internet research
- This is an easy mistake to make, especially here in Maine, since the end of summer lets northern New Englanders who don’t ski, snowboard, ice fish, ride snowmobiles or play hockey know that we are about to experience anywhere from five to ...
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- 3/13/2012 9:11:51 AM
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Maine attorney general sues 2 contractors
- AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The Maine attorney general's office has filed lawsuits against two home repair contractors authorities allege failed to complete work that homeowners had paid for. Attorney General William Schneider said in a statement Monday that ..
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- 3/13/2012 8:57:32 AM
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SeniorsPlus offers classses for rest of March
- Seniors’ Health Care Protection and Knowledge: Monday, March 19, 1 to 3 p.m.; instructors, Representative Jim Campbell and Frank Kimball, Maine Bureau of Insurance, Glen Griswold, director of Maine Consumer Health Care Division. "Aches and Pains?":
- Sun-Journal
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- 3/13/2012 2:16:40 AM
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Few answers in Maine shooting; 1 dead, 3 injured
- LAMOINE, Maine (AP) — State police said Monday it's going to take additional time for detectives to figure out who pulled the trigger during a weekend confrontation outside a house that left a man shot dead and three others injured.
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- 3/12/2012 9:08:52 PM
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1,200 collected pension, salary in Maine last year
- AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — There were more than 1,200 public employees in Maine who collected a salary and a state pension at the same time last year. Ten of those so-called double dippers earned an average of $168,000 each last year according to ...
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- 3/12/2012 8:40:14 PM
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Maine jail inmate breaches max security for sex
- PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities are reporting a security breach in the maximum security section of Maine's Cumberland County Jail, where a male inmate managed to sneak into another wing for sex with a female inmate. The sheriff's office ...
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- 3/12/2012 8:40:14 PM
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Nokomis taxidermists give Maine icon a sprucing up
- Newport, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- "Ape-raham" is a stuffed Lowland Gorilla which has stood at Perry's Nut House for at least 75 years. The virtually ignored piece of taxidermy is being restored by members of Mr. Whitten's class at Nokomis High School.
- WCSH
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- 3/12/2012 3:53:54 PM
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Kate Hersom is Maine's Elementary Principal of the Year
- WESTBROOK, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine has a new Elementary School Principal of the Year. Kate Hersom, principal of Saccarappa School in Westbrook, received the honor from the Maine Principals' Association Monday morning. She has been workng hard to ...
- WCSH
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- 3/12/2012 3:18:06 PM
Maine Guides/Outfitters
Want to learn a new fishing technique or need some help for you next outing? Check out one of the guide/outfitter services listed below.
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Maine Fishing Clubs
Want to join an interest group near you?
Look up the following list of fishing clubs in Maine.
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