As the Executive Director of the Maine Professional Guides Association I attend a lot of meetings from legislative committees to sessions on specific natural resource topics. Of course I have opinions and frequently give them on a variety of topics.

The Maine Professional Guides Association has developed a series of videos designed to demonstrate catch and release techniques; the press release is below. Much of the video was shot on a Maine Outdoors Family Fishing Trip last September and provides a really good view of that trip on an almost perfect early fall morning (it was really windy).

Recently I have been talking with folks planning their summer vacations; some of them first time visitors to Maine or even the United States. The question is always similar “you know the state and spend a lot of time in the outdoors where would you visit on a five day holiday?” Fair question and I have given it some thought; please understand that I have left out some excellent places because even with five days there is just not enough time to see or visit it all.

So let’s map out our five day whirlwind.