Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby returns this weekend
DOVER-FOXCROFT — Anglers are invited to Sebec Lake for the 11th annual Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, Feb. 26 and Sunday, Feb. 27.
Derby hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, with the weigh station located at Greeley’s Landing for the various derby categories for adult and youth entrants.
Registration tickets are one for $3 or two for $5. Tickets include derby entry and shore prizes. The shore prize drawing will be Sunday at noon.
REEL BIG FISH — At the 2018 Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby on Sebec Lake, Nolan Cowing won the junior division with this 9.8-pound togue. The 11th annual event will be this weekend.
Tickets are available at Mountain’s Market, Misty Morning Bait Shop, C & J Variety, Sebec Country Store, fire department members and at the weigh station during the derby. For more information, please contact Joe at 207-343-2267.
All state of Maine ice fishing laws and rules will apply.
Across the lake from the weigh station, a “Derby Dine ‘N Dash” to support Bowerbank Fire and Rescue will be held from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26 as breakfast and lunch will be delivered directly to anglers at their traps or via takeout at the Bowerbank Fire Station, 650 Bowerbank Road. Call ahead at 207-564-3535.
The menu includes breakfast sandwiches, hot dogs, burgers, chili, sausage with pepper and onions, baked beans, and corn chowder.
Snowmobilers are welcome, please follow signs from Greeley’s Landing in Dover-Foxcroft to the Bowerbank Fire Station.