Hey All,
Things started to heat up on the Penobscot! We hit that magic 12C 54F on May 2nd, River herring numbers increased from a couple hundred a day into the tens of thousands, the first shad and sea lamprey showed up… as well as 2 Atlantic salmon! This seems to be the temperature when life in the river turns on. In addition to the few smallmouth bass and white suckers, we jumped from 3 to 10 species in 24 hours. Red breast sunfish, fallfish, landlocked salmon, and brook trout all showed up too. Of course, we immediately clouded up and got rain:-( The temperature has dropped a few degrees; things have slowed back down a bit, but it will turn back on as soon as the sun peaks out again and warms things back up.
See the attached report for detailed numbers and trends!
Jason Valliere
Marine Scientist
Maine Department of Marine Resources
(207) 974-6982
