Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-21
COMMISSIONERS DECIDE.
Snow Pond Closed to Ice Fishing
Except on Saturdays.
Only Five Set Lines 10 One Family Can Be
Used.

The fish and game commissioners
have settled the question Of ice fishing
on Snow pond In Sidney. They decided.
yesterday. by unanimous agreement, to
close the pond except on Saturdays of
each week. and to restrict the use of
set lines to five to a family. This ac-
ton of the commissioners was request
ed by large numbers Of persons inter-
asted in the trout fishing in the pond,
and the proposition was practically un-
opposed. The commissioners. in rem
dering the above decision, felt that
they could not ignore the requests so
generally made.
The law applicable to fishing in the
county Of Kennebec, as amended by
this regulation. is as follows:
1t shall be lawful for citizens of this
State to fish through the Ice, in the day
time. with not more than five set lines
to a family, and when under the inn
mediate personal control of the person
fishing, and to catch not exceeding 20
pounds, or one fish, in one day, and
convey the same to their own homes,
for consumption therein. but not other
wise. in the following named lakes and
ponds situated wholly or partly in Ken
nebec county, namely:
All of the ponds and lakes situated
wholly or partly in the town Of Sidney,
Except Snow pond, OH Saturdays),
Cochnewagon pond. in Monmouth.
Dexter. Berry, Ford, Pickerel and
Wayne ponds, situated. Wholly or part
ly In the town Of Wayneoalso all Of the
lakes or ponds situated in Readfield,
with the exception of Lake Marano-
cook, also all of the lakes and ponds
situated wholly or partly in the town
OF Litchfield with the exception of
Jimmy pond, so called, also all the
lakes and ponds situated on the east
side of the Kennebec river in Kennebec
county with the exception Of Three
Mile pond. so called, in China. Wind
sor. and VassalbOro. in which last
named pond 1t shall be lawful to catch
Eickerel on Saturdays only Of each
week, also Horseshoe pond in West
Gardiner; but nothing in this act shall
be construed as permitting ice fishing
AZ any time in Lake Cobbosseecontee,
situated partly in Monmouth, Win
throp. Manchester, West Gardiner and
Litchf1eld.
- ~ oiAAo Aoi W iSI III any Otu6T
lake in this county through the ice.
1t is also unlawful to fish at any time,
for any kind Of fish, in any, of the trib-
utaries to any of the lakes or ponds,
lying wholly or in part in the towns of
Winthrop. Monmouth, Litchfield, Man
chester and Wayne, or in the .tributa-
ries to Three Mile pond. partly in
China. or in any of the tributaries to
McGraw. Ellis, East. North. Great,
Long. Little and Snow ponds
It. shall be unlawful for any person
to kill any black bass taken from any
OF the following named waters, situ-
ated in the county Of Kennebec, which
dc not measure IL inches in length
from tip Of nose to tip of tail. and that
ii shall also be unlawful for any per-
son to kill or cause to be killed more
, than 10 black bass in all taken In any
one day from any of said lakes, name
ly: Snow pond or Massachusetts lake.
Long pond, Great pond or Belgrade
lake. North pond, East pond, McGrath
and Ellis pond or Richardson lake. or
any Of the streams flowing into or out
, of any of said lakes or ponds or con-
Meeting the same. also Annabessacook
, Maranocook and CObbosseecontee la kes,
and all streams connecting the same.