Looking for clean lake to fish (Augusta, Penobscot: home, live, safe)
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I'm looking to go fishing in a lake where it's okay to eat the fish!! I know there are lots of lakes here in Maine, but not sure which ones have good clean fish. Back 40 years ago when I was a kid, we would not hesitate to eat trout from the brooks or mackerel from the ocean. I've just picked up fishing again these past couple of years. Thanks
There are no paper mills in the entire Penobscot River watershed. That's a big area and easy to reach.
A few years ago, there was a big dioxin scare publicized by the environmental industry. Real research showed that there was more dioxin in rivers above paper mills than below. The paper mills were actually removing dioxin from our rivers. Where did the dioxin go? With the paper.
Dioxin is a natural byproduct from the decay of wood on the forest floor. It is natural and biodegradable.
When they took out the old Edwards Dam above Augusta, all the old tannery wastes that had been encapsulated in the silt for over a century were flushed down the Kennebec.
You need to look at the data and the motivations of the deep green activists who generate the data. Whole fish are put into a grinder to sample the whole fish for "contaminants". That is the source. Contaminants concentrate in fish livers. People don't eat fish livers except for sardines. When filets are sampled, the part of the fish people actually eat, the edible portion of the fish is fine.
I'm looking to go fishing in a lake where it's okay to eat the fish!! I know there are lots of lakes here in Maine, but not sure which ones have good clean fish. Back 40 years ago when I was a kid, we would not hesitate to eat trout from the brooks or mackerel from the ocean. I've just picked up fishing again these past couple of years. Thanks
There are a lot of lakes in Maine, and you didn't say where you are located. I know people eat fish they catch in Pennamaquan Lake and Boyden Lake in Perry I have no idea how those other comments were meant to help you find a lake where you could eat the fish you catch.
When they took out the old Edwards Dam above Augusta, all the old tannery wastes that had been encapsulated in the silt for over a century were flushed down the Kennebec.
You need to look at the data and the motivations of the deep green activists who generate the data. Whole fish are put into a grinder to sample the whole fish for "contaminants". That is the source. Contaminants concentrate in fish livers. People don't eat fish livers except for sardines. When filets are sampled, the part of the fish people actually eat, the edible portion of the fish is fine.
A few decades ago we use to catch strippers down below
The dam and eat them
You need to look at the data and the motivations of the deep green activists who generate the data. Whole fish are put into a grinder to sample the whole fish for "contaminants". That is the source. Contaminants concentrate in fish livers. People don't eat fish livers except for sardines. When filets are sampled, the part of the fish people actually eat, the edible portion of the fish is fine.[/quote]
Not so. From The State of Maine:
The Department of Environmental Protection targets a game species of fish and a bottom
feeding species of fish when doing sampling. The game fish is typically smallmouth
bass, though when other game fish species are abundant, they may be collected (e.g.,
trout). The bottom feeding species of fish has always been white sucker. Both dioxins
and coplanar PCBs are highly lipophilic (i.e., they have a very strong affinity for fatty
materials), and thus tend to be present at higher levels in fish that have a higher fat
content (e.g., both trout and white suckers have higher concentrations of fat in their tissue
as compared to smallmouth bass, so they typically have higher levels dioxins and
coplanar PCBs). All species of fish are filleted prior to analysis, so the dioxin and
coplanar PCB concentrations represent levels that would be consumed by someone eating
the fish. At most sampling locations, 5 to 10 individual fish are caught and analyzed for
Misperception:“Thoroughly cooking the fish and trimming away the dark meat will get rid of the mercury.
Fact:This is Not True. There is no method of cooking or cleaning a fish that will eliminate the amount of mercury in a meal. Mercury is tightly bound to the proteins in all fish tissue, including muscle. Mercury does not accumulate in any one area and cannot be cut from the fish.http://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/fil...rypamphlet.pdf
But it would be interesting to know where you get your information. Can you share your sources with us?
Grand falls flowage into Lewy lake, into Long Lake in Princeton area.
Yes! Great fishing, beautiful area, and osprey and eagles are easy to see.
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Originally Posted by mensaguy
There are a lot of lakes in Maine, and you didn't say where you are located. I know people eat fish they catch in Pennamaquan Lake and Boyden Lake in Perry I have no idea how those other comments were meant to help you find a lake where you could eat the fish you catch.
My husband came home with 56 white perch out of Boyden last week. There isn't a limit to how many you can keep because there are too many.
I would have more problem with getting a fishing license than eating the fish I managed to catch. Even I, a new Hampshire Yankee, think Maine is a wonderful place. Down east is near the top of our "next place to visit" list.
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