Little ice on Kennebec River system delays smelt season
Warmer than average temperatures and heavy rains so far this winter have slowed ice formation on the Kennebec River and its tributaries, and it s not clear that enough ice will form for smelt fishing this year.
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Jake Adams, left, and Jim McPherson push a smelt camp off the trailer Tuesday at Jim’s Camps in Bowdoinham.
Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
DRESDEN Sharon James is spending her days in the latter part of January fielding phone calls for James Eddy Smelt Camps.
People are calling from across Maine and New England to find out whether enough ice has formed to start the annual winter season to fish for rainbow smelt, a species of small fish found in Maine’s tidal rivers.