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I don't have any LEOs. There is a sheriff and deputies in my county, but not local police force. All the towns surrounding mine are larger and do have small local police, forces, so we are a pretty low priority for the state troopers and sheriff's deputies who spend more time patrolling major...

Thanks all. Big jump up in weight from 6 or 8 to 9.9. 4 Stroke 6's are 52-60 pounds. 8's 80-90 (100+ for Hondas). 9.9's are all over 100, except for a few Mercurys that are 84. (Guessing those are just tuned versions of the 8's.) I'd never put more than 2 in this boat. The only...

Ditto that here. I once called the Maine State Police "Cyber Crime Unit" to report one of these events where the total charges were over $1500--way beyond the realm of petty theft IMHO--and was told that was "not what they do". If not them, I don't know who would for crimes in Maine. I suppose...

I am seriously considering purchasing a Grumman Sportboat from a friend who is selling one at a fair price. Need to factor in an outboard purchase to go along with it--I know my 15 hp is too large. This is a late 60's edition, pre addition of side floatation, and I think they were originally...

This is true, but a tried and true tactic for coast of Maine black ducks once most of the freshwater is frozen is to set up on the edge the tiny freshwater creek. Ducks don't spend a lot of time there, but they do come in and set down briefly to drink in the fresh water plume. A pair of decoys...

I'm with Eric on calling it a pram--and with the crowd in liking the design. I don't know from pirogues, as I am from Maine, but a bateau is a big boat used in the Maine logging and log driving industry for centuries. Historical accounts say that Benedict Arnold, before he turned traitor...

Too bad she's not cute. ;)

More and more thankful for: (1) Maine's public access to all of the intertidal; (2) Maine's 100 yard from occupied buildings rule for no hunting; and (3) Merrymeeting Bay's no permanent blinds rules. These combine to ensure public access to a public resource. But the Eastern Shore sounds...

Curious on both the law and the local tradition of how those are used. Coming from a place where the entire intertidal zone is open to public hunting, I've always been some combination of mystified and horrified by what I hear about blind leasing blind sites off the shore in the mid-Atlantic...

Never mind. Upon hearing of my exciting new scientific mystery, my non-nautical wife has just pointed out on Saturday night we need to "spring forward" for day light savings time, and that I am therefore a complete idiot. I'm not saying she's wrong, but I do want the grading committee to...

We've got a big king tide coming this weekend on some parts of the coast--up to a +12.5 high tide. There's potential for a storm that may drive things even higher. So I started looking at tide spots up and down the coast to see where it would be most extreme--based on my limited checking, that...

Why that particular boat? I love Lasers. I grew up in a family that owned a similar boat, a Tanzer 14, that was a little drier and a little higher capacity. Another step up in size, capacity and sea worthiness would be an Oday day sailer, which I think was 16' and had a small cuddy forward...

Nice work. But that old wooden trap is an antique and probably worth some money. Some Maine summer "cottage" would surely pay several thousand $ for a glass top coffee table made out of it. Glad you put it to a better--if less financially rewarding--use.

Nice find. Is that hole in the bow for a mast or a stake to hold the boat in place?

The bow wake off that freighter would scare the crap out of me in any boats I hunt from.

And just remembered another friend who raved about a solo canoe trip in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. They have rental cabins you can reserve, too: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/kenai

Dani, I have several friends who have done fly-in float trips on several rivers in the Bristol Bay area. Happy to connect you to them, but given their stories and pictures--a very large flood one year; multiple grizz encounters on others--don't think it's suitable as a solo trip.

Based on my targeting of woodchucks last year, a Have-A-Heart baited with cantaloupe will do just fine. Not sure what the law is for you--we can relocate on public land or kill trapped coons here--which is odd, because it also a furbearer with a limited season but no bag limit. As for what to...

The only place I see brant in Maine is a beach near where I grew up that looks just like this. They seem to cluster around freshwater seeps and small streams that support a lot of green algae.

PS--I can't speak for crawl control in the mud, but have been in trucks with it on steep descents or climbs on poorly maintained and washed out logging roads where it was really useful. Still not paying for it, if I can get a locking rear differential without it, but it was kinda nice to not be...