Nick Leive who bought the single raffle ticket # 0537. Congratulations Nick and thanks to all who bought the 664 tickets that we sold, and a big thank you to SKIDOMPHA LIBRARY and STAFF for displaying the raffle quilt and selling raffle tickets for us. The raffle raised close to $3000 for the maintenance of […]
Signs of spring are everywhere….lawns are green, daffodils are in bloom, Osprey and Great Blue Herons have returned, smelt have started spawning, and the wait for alewives has begun. The first few alewives, the scouts, were spotted in the lower fish ladder pools two days ago. But they didn’t make the ascent and now they […]
2022 was another banner year for alewives at Damariscotta Mills! The count of fish going into the lake to spawn was 1,103,346. Hooray! Another year with a count over 1 million….our fish ladder is really working well!
As the weather warms and with it, water temperatures, the alewives will be triggered to come in and begin their ascent of the fish ladder. The birds are ready for fish—groups of cormorants (called gulps) are organizing in the bay to dive on the fish the minute they arrive. Osprey are in the skies, waiting […]
There are lots of fish in this week so harvests should be good all week. Harvesting takes place Monday – Friday at 5am and 3:30pm each day. Depending on the number of people waiting for fish, there may be a 3 tray limit with the option to get back in the line for additional fish. […]
Harvesting is well underway at Damariscotta Mills. The harvest takes place Monday through Friday at 5am and 3:30pm. If the line waiting for fish is long, there may be a 2-3 bushel limit but people can get back in the line for more fish after those waiting are served. For more information, call or text […]
The baby alewives made their journey back down the fish ladder in the fall. Here’s a photo.
Thanks so much to everyone who helped make it possible—what a great community effort!!