Maine Fly Fish
Maine’s 2020 fishing laws and regulations are now live. By what I understand Maine is doing away with printed law books. There are some changes in 2020 and you can now download a app and be able to look at the law book even if you do not have cell service. I have listed the law changes and new app below, along with license fees for 2020.
Maine 2020 Law Book
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEDIFW/bulletins/2736696
What is New?
Use or possession of live fish as bait is now PROHIBITED under the General Fishing Law in the North Zone. The use of all other legal forms of bait (including worms and dead baitfish/smelts), artificial lures, and artificial flies is PERMITTED under General Law. All waters in the North Zone where the use of live bait is permitted now have the special law code “S-11” in the 2020 Open Water and Ice Fishing Laws.
This change reinforces the importance of the region’s native and wild brook trout populations, and stresses the potential damage to those fisheries when bait fish are introduced where they don’t belong.
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No Cell Service on the water? No Problem
Just visit mefishwildlife.com/laws and browse by activity. Before you head to the water, follow these instructions to save an offline law book or quick reference guide to your mobile device, save a copy to your computer or print the pages you need for reference.
| Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader or iBooks app.In Safari, go to: mefishwildlife.com/lawsClick the link for the PDF you want to download.When it opens, tap on the share icon in the bottom center of the screen, then tap “Copy to Adobe Acrobat Reader” or “Copy to iBooks”. The file is now saved in your Adobe Acrobat Reader app or your iBooks app for offline viewing. |
| In Chrome, go to: mefishwildlife.com/lawsSelect the link for the PDF you want to download.Choose to download the file to your Downloads folder ORDownload the Adobe Acrobat Reader app and open the PDF. |
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