BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 11, 2024
Briar Lyons Boetsch and her husband Aaron bought Northeast Carry General Store last year. Alarmed at the seemingly large number of bass, they decided to hold their first Catch and Kill Bass Derby to help protect the native trout and salmon fisheries in Moosehead Lake. What they didn’t count on was the heated debate that would rain down on them. By Monday there was a full-fledged argument between bass fishermen and people who want that species out of Moosehead.