Maine Legislators Gut Bait Bill

March 7, 2007 By: Marshall Cutchin

Irate ice fishermen think fly fishers are out to get them and win a first round in debates over LD 163 by declaring that science can’t prove their bait is non-native. “Groups such as Trout Unlimited supported the bill on the basis that these four types of minnows and other invasive species could harm Maine’s brook trout and other members of the salmonid fish family.” Kevin Miller in the Bangor Daily News.