Recently, owner and operator of Tucker Ridge Outdoors, John Floyd experienced a series of serious and life-threatening medical events. He is currently receiving treatment and ongoing testing. His prognosis is positive but will take time. At this time all future operations, to include DIY activities and lodging, are suspended until John completes recovery and receivesContinue reading “Important 2026 Season Update”
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The Legendary Grand Laker
When I first started my career as a fishing guide, I was admittedly a more modern-equipped angler when I hit the lake with clients. I began with a modified vee, aluminum bass boat with raised casting decks, modern electronics, GPS and a bow mounted trolling motor. It was a bass fishing machine. As I progressed,Continue reading “The Legendary Grand Laker”
Small Mouths, Big Action
This month will see some of the hottest smallmouth bass fishing we can usually expect for the open water fishing season. While smallmouth do not typically enjoy the status of being one of Maine’s premiere, sought-after game fish such as landlocked Atlantic salmon and brook trout, these black bass provide fantastic fishing opportunities in lateContinue reading “Small Mouths, Big Action”
How sportsmen pay the way for wildlife management
When Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Regional Biologist Mark Caron pulled into my dooryard, I was processing the front quarters of the buck I had taken a few days earlier. As he got out of his truck and grabbed his gear, I jokingly remarked that it sure took him long enough. I ribbed him becauseContinue reading “How sportsmen pay the way for wildlife management”
Maine’s ice out vigil begins and how you can help
When I checked my email inbox and saw the message from The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry titled “Maine Lake Ice Out Dates Updated” I just about swooned. While I’m sure ice fishermen would disagree, I look forward to this yearly event that signifies the coming of spring. More importantly, I yearn forContinue reading “Maine’s ice out vigil begins and how you can help”
3 easy ways you could break the law fishing in Maine
Ever since the introduction of laws regulating the taking of game and fish, people who rely on wild game for subsistence along with those who fish for sport have unwittingly broken those laws. What started out to be a reasonable and noble attempt at conserving wildlife has morphed into a complex bureaucracy replete with complicatedContinue reading “3 easy ways you could break the law fishing in Maine”