You know when go on a fishing trip and things start to go a-rye. Its now an adventure! We were about 15 miles up on a remote dirt road in the middle of the Maine woods with a flat boat trailer tire. We needed to put our Mcguyver hats on to get this boat out of the woods. From using the battery out of the pickup to get the boat motor going or a couple of logs to support the trailer suspension to get us home. Dee, Melissa and I were ready for anything. It was a great time!!!

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Brook Fishing in Maine is one of my favorite past times. Sometimes getting myself into the deepest swamps of Maine or just running down the road to the secret honey hole after work. Attempting to catch my favorite fish,  Brook Trout. Taking my friends and family along for this spring time adventure…

I have had a lot of fun so far this year Brook Trout fishing. Yes it’s early, brooks are running a little high and the temperature of the water is still very cold.   So you can imagine it has been a little challenging getting video footage of us getting into the fish.  We’ve been catching a few pan fryers (7 or 8 inches) here and there.  I tell ya there is nothing better than being able to go out an catch a couple brookies with the white stuff still on the ground.  I am confident that I will get the footage I need to put together an “Early Season Brook Fishing” episode soon.  Here are a few snap shots of Willy, Wayne and I doing our due diligence on these little streams.

One of Them is a Keeper

Jimmy and I recently visited a local archery range to learn a little about traditional archery and recurve-bow shooting from Dick and Lee of the Maine Bow Hunters Association.

In this episode we take you through the Old Town Archery Center and talk about some of the differences between shooting with a compound bow vs. a traditional bow. Then we step up to try our hands at target shooting… and we actually do pretty well.

There’s some pretty cool footage in this episode from a camera mounted on top of a target. We let Dick from Maine Bow Association shoot less than a foot from the camera! Check it out!

Recurve Bow Shooting at Old Town Archery Center from Flip Outdoors on Vimeo.

To learn more about the Old Town Archery Center visit their website www.oldtownarcheryshop.com

Question:

Can you spot in the video, a good example of the difference in speed between drawing, aiming, and firing a compound bow vs. a traditional bow?

One thing that is always fun to do in Maine is to go smelting. What an experience! You can bring all your friends and family, kids and grandparents alike.  This was one of the last weekends that most of the smelt shacks were going to be open due to the fast melting ice on the river.  So the four of us (Willy,  Zane,  Wayne and myself) hopped in to the truck and headed to Jim Worhting’s Smelt Shacks in Randolph, Maine.  Worthing’s sustains about 50 to 75 shacks during the peak season and supplies everything you would need to catch these delicious fish.  The shacks were warm and the people were great!  Enjoy the video….

Smelting on the Kennebec River from Flip Outdoors on Vimeo.

The Maine DOC Boating Facilities Division is now offering public access site data, geographically referenced, via Google Earth. In order to view the sites, you must have Google Earth on your computer. For help using Google Earth go to the Google Earth Help Center. Accessibility – the Google Earth maps are a visual tool. The same site data available in our Google Earth maps can be reviewed by visiting our Public Boat Launches webpage.

Launch Google Earth to Access Maps

Depending on your browser / operating system, this link may just save this file (DOC_Boat_Facilities.kmz) to your computer.  Just open it with Google Earth and it will work.

All the boat launch locations include a photo and are described in detail with ramp sizes and type, salt or fresh water and Lat./Long. coordinates so that you can enter the location into your GPS and drive right to it.

We think this is a great addition to public information provided by the Maine Department of Conservation and an excellent use of technology!

In this episode, I have tagged along with the Shina family (my girl friends family) in this episode to go ice fishing up to Alligator Lake. Alligator Lake is a scenic, relatively undeveloped lake located in central Hancock County. Slot size limits are used and it’s closely managed by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. So be sure to check the fishing regulations before venturing out to this first rate fishing hole. Having slot size limits on this watershed for many years now, have given this lake the opportunity to grow some trophy size salmon and brook trout. It was a gorgeous day and we had a fantastic time attempting to catch some of these trophy fish. Enjoy the video…..

Flip Outdoors Ice Fishing Alligator Lake from Flip Outdoors on Vimeo.

Welcome to Flip Outdoors, and our inaugural episode!

Flip Outdoors is an outdoor adventure web-show. Hosted by Jimmy Kearns and Luke LaBree, and featuring our friends and family that come along for the ride. We explore all over the state of Maine in search of fun, adventure and entertainment.

In this episode we’re ice fishing on Pushaw, a 7 mile long rather shallow lake outside of Old Town, Maine. We’ve hit this lake already this year in an attempt to catch some big Pike. They were elusive this trip, but we ended up catching a lot of good sized Pickerel.

Be sure to leave your comments and keep an eye out for our next adventure!

Flip Outdoors, Episode One, Ice Fishing Pushaw Lake – Feb. 22, 2009 from Flip Outdoors on Vimeo.

What is Flip Outdoors?  

An online adventure that takes you to locations across the state of Maine, featured in webisodes, photos and this blog.  

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Check out this video from a recent ice fishing trip

Ice Fishing Pushaw Lake, Maine, January 10, 2009 from Luke LaBree on Vimeo.