As a surge in outdoor recreation sparks greater interest in boating, the Freedom Boat Club of Maine is gearing up to expand its footprint to the Boothbay region.
This spring, it will lay anchor at Boothbay Harbor s Linekin Bay Resort, bringing its total to five locations and 29 boats.
It also has locations at Yarmouth Boat Yard on the Royal River, at Moose Landing Marina in the Sebago Lakes region in Naples, Fore Points Marina on Portland s eastern waterfront and Sunset Marina in South Portland.
Members have unlimited access to new model-year boats at all five locations in Maine, plus more than 265 locations across the United States, Canada and France at no extra charge bypassing the hassle and cost of boat ownership.
Ice fishing may be the latest outdoor activity to get a boost from the pandemic
Bait dealers in southern Maine are reporting a spike in business and avid fishermen are seeing more anglers on the lakes this winter.
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Olivia Loudermilk, 11, of Auburn, left, and Cassidy Sawyer, 11, of Raymond clear out ice from a hole while fishing with Cassidy’s family on Long Lake in Naples on Wednesday.
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NAPLES Brian Donegan is certain ice fishing is the new TikTok.
Well, not exactly. But the Massachusetts resident, who fishes the Sebago region in the summer, tried ice fishing there for the first time last week – and he said the sport is bound to draw converts during the pandemic.
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Reel in the big one at this weekend’s fishing derbies
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RAYMOND For those looking to reel in the big one, the Sebago Lake and Cumberland County Fishing Derbies are scheduled for this weekend on Sebago Lake and all legal waters in Cumberland County.
Derby officials confirmed this week that the derby on Sebago Lake will take place, but continued to caution fishermen to check the lake’s ice depth often as conditions can change quickly.
Proceeds from the annual derbies, hosted by the Sebago Lake Rotary Club in cooperation with Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, will benefit a number of charities, including the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn, the RSU 14 Backpack Lunch Program and Maine Children’s Cancer Program.
When my wife Sherry and I rented cabins on private campgrounds in the past, we used to have to put up with snide comments from the other folks staying there. You know that Hey, smells real good over there observation, with plenty of disapproval in their tone.
Yup, you guessed it. We are cannabis consumers enjoying all the medically therapeutic benefits and of course, we love to be stoned.
Well now it looks we can visit a summer retreat right here in Maine without any worry of being looked down on as those potheads that make the campground smell like a skunk just got run over. Yessuh. No more hassles from intolerant tourists.