Fisheries Committee Chairman: Roland Tilton with: Carl Ash, Wes Lord, Buck Plummer, Jerry Wilson, Bones Ellis, Walt Sullivan and Bill Walton - If you are interested in volunteering to serve on this committee, please contact Rollie Tilton or any of these committeemen.
The CLIC Fisheries Committee supports Catch and RELEASE Fishing.
The CLIC Fishing Committee is currently in the first year of a three year Smelt Fry Stocking Project, the result being to reestablish a viable smelt population in East Grand Lake (which has been suffering since the illegal introduction of landlocked alewives several years ago.This project involves the purchase and release of about TWO MILLION Smelt Fry in the spring of 2010. Future year's plans will be developed based on the results of the 2010 stocking.
A generous CLIC LIFE Member has pledged $5,000.00 per year for three years to help underwrite the project...but we need some more funds for ancillary expenses and we need YOUR HELP.
This project has been permitted and licensed by the Maine Division of Inland FIsh and Wildlife and we are looking to the New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources to join the project with their help on the Canadian side. This is truly an international project and will benefit fishermen from both sides of the border.
Anyone interested in helping should contact any of the CLIC Fisheries Committee named above or write to the committee (address below) or e-mail to the CLIC Treasurer. All Smelt Fry contributions are being banked separately from CLIC's operating accounts.
In addition to your help (both physical and financial), we need you to JOIN CLIC.
Contributions to the Smelt Fry Stocking Project may be made to:
CLIC
c/o Bill Walton, Treasurer
28 Snowberry Lane
Orient, ME 04471-4320Please earmark your contribution "Smelt Fry Stocking" on the memo line of your check.
The 2010 Class of Smelt Fry were released in East Grand lake between, May 7th and May 11th
Return to CLIC's Home Page to learn how to JOIN CLIC.
Read more about the project here SMELT FRY STOCKING PROJECT
Click here to read the most recent info about CLIC's 2009 Petition Drive to have two Maine DIF&W regulations changed to allow a fisherman to tend TWO LINES and to fish through the ice at night for Cusk
The committee's major project in 2008 was to encourage all Chip Lake area fishermen to LOG ALL FISH CAUGHT DURING 2008. Contact Rollie Tilton for a log book. The East Grand Lake fishery is suffering and we want your help and input to help determine WHY and HOW to fix the problem.
The logging form is too detailed to reproduce here but the details are listed and described below. The form is a combination of both the ME Department of Inland Fish & Wildlife LOG FORM and the NB Department of Natural Resources Recreational Fisheries Survey LOG FORM. After the CLIC Fisheries Committee reviews the log forms that are being solicited, the forms will be sent to both ME DIF&W and NB DNR for their use.
East Grand Lake
Salmon, Togue and Brook Trout Stocking History
Resource: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and WildlifeYEAR >Year of release - Spring as SY unless indicated differently (October as FF)
SPECIES >> LLS = Land Locked Salmon; BKT = Brook Trout; LT = Lake Trout/Togue
COUNT >> Approximate number of fish released
TYPE/AGE >> SY = Spring yearling (larger); FF = Fall Fingerling (smaller)
SIZE >> in “inches” through 1974 and then in “average number of fish per pound”
FINS CLIPPED >> B = Adipose Fin - Dorsal fin in front of the tail;
E = LEFT Ventral fin in the middle of the body;
F = RIGHT Ventral fin in the middle of the body
(See the diagram at the bottom of this page for a description of fin designations.)
STRAIN >> West Grand [LLSalmon] • Sebago [LLSalmon] • MHS [BrooKTrout]Gordon "Nels" Kramer, Fisheries Biologist, Enfield, Maine covers East Grand Lake and north Gordon.Kramer<AT>maine.gov
Rick Jordan, Regional Chief Fisheries Biologist, Machais, Maine covers Spednic Lake and south.
Year
Species
Count
Type - Age
Size
Fins Clipped
Strain
1961 LLS 21,000 SY 2-4" 1962 LLS 10,500 SY 4-6" BKT 10,000 SY 4-6" 1963 LLS 20,000 SY 4-6" 1964 LLS 23,800 SY 4-6" BKT 9,700 SY 6-8" 1965 LLS 10,000 SY 4-6" 1966 LLS 21,000 SY 4-6" 1967 LLS 21,000 SY 4-6" 1968 LLS 21,000 SY 4-6" 1969 LLS 32.300 SY 4-6" 1970 LLS 34,000 SY 4-6" 1971 LLS 10,000 SY 4-6" LT 10,000 SY 4-6" 1972 LLS 16,500 SY 4-6" LT 16,000 SY 4-6" 1973 LLS 33,000 SY 4-6" LT 10,000 SY 4-6" 1974 LLS 25,000 SY 4-6" 1975 LLS 24,000 SY small 16.1/# 1976 LLS 24,900 SY 9.5/# LT 30,000 SY 25.1/# v. sm. 1977 LLS 12,000 SY small 16.5/# 1978 LLS 24,000 SY small 11.5/# 1979 LLS 24,000 SY 9.1/# E&F WGRAND 1980 LLS 24,000 SY 6.5/# F WGRAND 1981 LLS 16,000 SY 8.0/# B WGRAND 1982 LLS 16,000 SY 9.0/# NONE WGRAND 1983 LLS 16,000 SY 7.0/# NONE WGRAND 1984 LLS 16,200 SY 6.3/# NONE WGRAND 1985 LLS 19,100 SY 7.7/# NONE WGRAND 1986 LLS 20,600 SY 6.4/# NONE WGRAND 1987 LLS 18,800 SY large 5.2/# NONE SEBAGO 1988 LLS 20,000 SY 8.2/# F WGRAND 1989 LLS 19,100 SY 6.9/# B WGRAND 1990 LLS 16,600 SY 6.6/# E WGRAND 1991 LLS 15,000 SY 8.2/# E&F WGRAND 1992 LLS 12,400 SY 7.1/# F WGRAND 1993 LLS 14,800 SY B WGRAND 1994 LLS 14,300 SY NONE WGRAND 1995 LLS 14,300 SY NONE WGRAND 1996 LLS 14,300 SY F WGRAND 1997 LLS 14,700 SY B 1998 LLS 14,000 SY E WGRAND BKT 3,900 FF NONE MHS 1999 LLS 12,000 SY E&F WGRAND BKT 4,000 SY E&B BKT 5,000 FF E&F 2000 LLS 12,000 F BKT 6,000 NONE BKT 8,096 F 2001 LLS 12,000 6-8" B BKT 9,000 4-8" B & NONE 2002 LLS 8,000 6-8" E BKT 3,000 FF 6-8" E&B Kennebago 2003 LLS 12,000 SY 6-8" E&F BKT 5000 FF 6-8" E&F 2004 LLS 12000 SY 6-8" F BKT 5000 FF 8-10" F 2005 LLS 12000 SY ? ? BKT 5000 FF ? ? 2006 LLS 10000 6-8" BKT 10700 6-14" 2007 LLS BKT 2008 LLS 6000 6-8" BKT 8100 2009 LLS 6000 6-8" BKT 5000+ 2010 LLS 6000 BKT Rainbow Smelt > 2 Million Fry Maine Smelt Hatchery 2011 LLS BKT Rainbow Smelt Fry 2012 LLS BkT Rainbow Smelt Fry Note how the number of salmon that are stocked has been steadily decreasing since 1988.
Obtain a Creel Logging Book from the State of Maine, complete and return it.
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