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Stealing Has Its Price

Tom Remington — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:00:43 +0000

No matter who or what you are, stealing sometimes can be costly. I received this photo in my email in box with little explanation other than the person saying the photo was taken by Sharon Barker. I failed to come up with any verification or identity of the suggested author of the photo.

Needless to say, I thought the photo was worth sharing. If anyone has any proof of where this was taken and by whom or details about it, please share in the comments section below.

Tom Remington

Here’s Another “Whatzit”

Tom Remington — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:21:58 +0000

Here’s another photo of a “Whatzit”. Some of you I know will know what it is and others probably have never seen anything like it before in your life. I can tell you that I believe, if this photo was taken where I think it was, my Great-Grandfather sat upon that thing.

Milt Inman took the photo and sends along this hint: “Down South neverbe; Up North usetobe”

Tom Remington

What Is It?

Tom Remington — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:33:13 +0000

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Louisiana State Record Grouper

Tom Remington — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:03:37 +0000

J.J. Tabor of Thibodaux landed the below picture grouper from his secret fishing hole in the Gulf of Mexico. It weighed 359 pounds and he caught it in 400 feet of water. Tabor says he guesses the fish is around 33 years old but is sending an inner ear bone for testing.

The world record for grouper is 436 pounds and 12 ounces caught in 1985 off the coast of Florida.

Tom Remington

“I Hear That Train A Comin’”….Or Maybe Not!

Tom Remington — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:40:22 +0000

I have a series of 17 photographs that arrived in my inbox the other day. The title said it was a Canadian National Railroad train stuck in the snow in Northern Maine. I think it looks like Northern Maine, I believe it looks like a CN train and I know that white stuff is snow.

For obvious reasons I didn’t post all the pictures on this page. Click this link and view the entire gallery of 17 photos.

Tom Remington

Fishing With A Wolf And Not Fly Fishing

Tom Remington — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:46:48 +0000

These are pretty remarkable photographs of which I have very little information. Can’t find anything on Snopes or Truth or Fiction. This is the caption that came with the photos.

“This is Brooks Falls just upstream from where the Brooks River flows into Naknek Lake in the Katami National Monument, Alaska. Have you ever seen a Wolf fish for salmon?”

Real? Photo Shopped? Got any info?

Tom Remington

Not Your Father’s Snowmobile

Tom Remington — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:27:05 +0000

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The Art Of Net Casting

Tom Remington — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:23:25 +0000

By Milt Inman
Milt Inman is chief photographer for Skinny Moose Media and U.S. Hunting Today.

Some days ago, I was at a body of water taking photos of anything that looked interesting to me. I got pictures of birds, animals, reptiles, flowers, landscapes and people. Then I saw a man standing up in a boat move into a cove near me. I wondered what he was looking for. He was not fishing as near as I could tell but every once in a while he would throw something out in the water that would land with a soft whispering sound and disappear into the water.

After a few minutes, he pulled on a rope and hauled a mess of white stuff into the boat, shook it out and threw some things back into the water, which in turn were gobbled up by a large bird that followed the boat around.

Now this happened over and over again, so I thought he must be fishing with a net of some kind. I am from the state of Maine where net fishing like this is not legal and being in Florida seeing this done is all new to me.

I was told by some natives that this way of fishing was called Net Casting and the big bird was a pelican.

It takes a lot of time and practice to be able spread this large net out and land it flat on the water. A beautiful sight to see. Thats why I call it “THE ART OF NET CASTING!”

Milt Inman

Roxanne Quimby Continues To Block Land Access In Maine

Tom Remington — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:27:00 +0000

Self-made millionaire Roxanne Quimby, who recently sold her last shares of her company Burt’s Bees and has been on a mission to buy up a lot of northern Maine land, also continues to block access to that land, most often prohibiting hunting, trapping and fishing. While completely legal to close her own land, the acts have left many Mainers angry.

Last year the state of Maine secretly negotiated a land swap deal that would give the state a 6,000-acre piece of land that included Lake Katahdin near Baxter State Park. Part of the deal divided the land into two segments. The lower segment included Katahdin Lake and about 4,000 acres which was made part of Baxter State Park and has very limited access. The northern parcel of about 2,000 acres is now being managed by the Maine Department of Conservation and is open to everyone – although now that Quimby has further blocked access, Mainers now have no real way to get to that land, used by some for hunting.

That deal angered many of us who were willing to look beyond the pretty piece of land and see the lopsided swap arrangement, the limited access and the many problems that would face Maine residents owning land next to Quimby. Also at issue was whether or not Quimby was involved in those secret negotiations that some of us believed would result in more land closures and virtually no access to land owned by the state. Much of Quimby’s land is around the Baxter Park and Katahdin Lake parcels. Although denied by those involved, many of us thought that the MDOC and Quimby secretly negotiated land deals, all of which still remain unrevealed to the citizens of Maine.

Over the weekend, I received photographs from reader Steve Lane and a brief message that read as follows:

Well…..its official. Roxanne Quimby has blocked access to her land in the Katahdin Region. Here are the photos I took today when I tried to take my daughter to some of our traditional hunting spots.

The first picture, as Steve captioned it, is of the gate blocking the Kellogg Mountain Road.

The second picture shows the Sandy Stream access road now closed by water bars and huge boulders.

The third picture reveals signs limiting access to her “Nature Sanctuary”.

Tom Remington

Some Of This Country’s Best Fishing Is In Maine

Tom Remington — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:28:16 +0000

Too often we hear about the great fishing in the west, eastern Canada, Alaska or down under but some of the best fishing can be found in the state of Maine as the below photos and captions attest.

Dennis Bolduc Photo – This picture was taken by Dennis’ brother-in-law, Don Bessey. They were fishing Wyman Lake in Bingham on Dennis’ birthday, June 11th, 2007. This beautiful rainbow trout was caught and released near the end of the day. It weighed 6.2 lbs and was 23 and a half inches long.

Dennis Bolduc Photo – This first picture was taken by Dennis on May 2nd, 2007. It is a 6 and a half pound ( 25 inches long ) landlocked salmon caught by Steve Day of Madison. It was caught in Sebago Lake.

Tom Remington