5 year plan

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:23:09 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

Indeed, Tom's "move to Centre County, Pennsylvania." hit home with me ....
I'm looking to expand my list of "adopted home waters" and with the kind of
relationship "home water" implies, at least to me.

Not to belittle Centre County, PA, but the Rangeley area of Maine
offers far better fishing without the hassle of weather conditions.
There are any number of rivers/streams in that area and nearby NH that
offer some of the best fishing on the east coast as to size, quantity,
and quality, and they are all wild fish - no stockers.

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:47:12 -0500, Dave LaCourse
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:23:09 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

Indeed, Tom's "move to Centre County, Pennsylvania." hit home with me ....
I'm looking to expand my list of "adopted home waters" and with the kind of
relationship "home water" implies, at least to me.

Not to belittle Centre County, PA, but the Rangeley area of Maine
offers far better fishing without the hassle of weather conditions.
There are any number of rivers/streams in that area and nearby NH that
offer some of the best fishing on the east coast as to size, quantity,
and quality, and they are all wild fish - no stockers.

fwiw, while one can indeed find wild trout in many Maine waters in Franklin
County - particularly those with limited or no public access (Aziscohos,
Cupsuptic and Mooselookmeguntic lakes, for instance) - Maine IFW stocks
Rangely and most of the surrounding lakes and their tributaries...

http://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/rep...kingreport.pdf

/daytripper

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:02:17 -0500, daytripper
wrote:

http://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/rep...kingreport.pdf

Of course. Didn't say there wasn't any stocking in Maine. There is
none, however, on the Rapid, Magallaway, Kennebago to name a few.
They are all great rivers with big wild brook trout. And, there are
others if you know how to get to them, plus the Penobscot and Kennebec
are a short drive away. Northern Maine with all of its native brook
trout populations are not stocked nor is the St. John or the Alagash.
It would take a lifetime to fish all those ponds and streams in that
wild country.
Dave

"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:23:09 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:
Not to belittle Centre County, PA, but the Rangeley area of Maine
offers far better fishing without the hassle of weather conditions.

that is, if you don't mind fishing in snow and freezing conditions for 6
months out of the year, and don't mind
blackflies all that much when it's warmer.

There are any number of rivers/streams in that area and nearby NH that
offer some of the best fishing on the east coast as to size, quantity,
and quality, and they are all wild fish - no stockers.


that much IS very true. Beautiful country it is, to boot.
As for the rain in PA business, while Penn's and to some
extent, the Little Junianta DO blow out after heavy rains,
it takes a lot to muddy up Big Fishing Creek or the other
small streams in the area. As for native fish, most of the
fish in the Centre County area are streambred browns or
brookies. Some streams have stocking, but the good ones are self-supporting.
Tom

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:10:41 GMT, "Tom Littleton"
wrote:

and don't mind
blackflies all that much when it's warmer.

Blackflies? In Maine? Never heard of them. tic

d;o)