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File photo courtesy of Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department JUNIOR GIANT – Emmet Hill had the top catch in the junior division of the Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby two years ago. His fish weighed just under 5 pounds and measured 25.50 inches.
File photo courtesy of Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department JUNIOR GIANT – Emmet Hill had the top catch in the junior division of the Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby two years ago. His fish weighed just under 5 pounds and measured 25.50 inches.

Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby returns this weekend

Staff, Piscataquis Observer •February 17, 2026

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Anglers are invited to Sebec Lake for the 15th annual Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, Feb. 21 and Sunday, Feb. 22.

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. 

Tickets — which include derby entry and shore prizes — are available at Mountain’s Market, Mountain’s Sport Shop, Misty Morning Bait Shop, Sebec Country Store, fire department members and at the weigh station during the derby.

File photo courtesy of Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department
JUNIOR GIANT – Emmet Hill had the top catch in the junior division of the Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby two years ago. His fish weighed just under 5 pounds and measured 25.50 inches.

All state of Maine ice fishing laws and rules will apply.

For more information, see the Dover-Foxcroft Fire Department Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083197179169

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