BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 11, 2025
If you find yourself with a bunch of lead tackle that is or soon will be illegal to use while fishing, you have options. Maine Audubon plans to be at the next three sportsmen’s shows in the state, where the group will give you lead-free alternatives to your lead sinkers or jigs. Maine Audubon and other conservation groups have long supported banning lead sinkers and jigs small enough that loons can ingest them. The birds can scoop them up off the bottoms of lakes and ponds and die from lead poisoning. Maine Audubon will be at Eastern Maine Sportsmen’s Show, March 14-16, at University of Maine Orono; Aroostook Spring Sportsman’s Show, March 22-23, at The Forum, Presque Isle; and State of Maine Sportsman’s Show, March 28-30, at the Augusta Civic Center.