Fish stories come and go. The one that got away. The one that didn’t. Huge fish. Tiny fish. Things you thought were fish, but turned out to be boots, or rocks, or logs. Add to those this doozy: Two men. One fish (hooked twice). And plenty of on-ice lobbying before one allowed the other to […]
A quick update from the weekend’s Bassmaster Classic in Oklahoma: Jonathan Carter, the Orrington native who became the first Mainer to compete at tournament bass-fishing’s biggest event, took home $12,900 by earning 17th place. The top 25, with total weight caught and the prize breakdown, according to a B.A.S.S. press release: 1. Cliff Pace, 54 […]
On Saturday night, Jonathan Carter of Orrington held out hope that a 30-pound “bag” of five fish lurked out in Oklahoma’s Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees. Catch five that averaged six pounds apiece — an epic day by any stretch of the imagination — and Carter thought a lucky angler might be able to catch […]
It was not a fluke. Jonathan Carter, a 30-year-old first-grade teacher who grew up in Orrington, followed up a stellar first-day effort in the prestigious Bassmaster Classic with another solid day of fishing, remained in seventh place, and stands in contention for the title in a fishing tournament with a $1.2 million total prize pool. […]
Welcome to the big time, Jonathan Carter. Carter, a 30-year-old first-grade teacher who grew up in Orrington, made a big splash on a national stage on Friday when he stunned the professional fishing world by ending the first day of the Bassmaster Classic — the Super Bowl of the sport — in seventh place. Carter […]
As Jonathan Carter prepared for the opening day of the Bassmaster Classic on Thursday evening, he admitted that the weather he’d been experiencing just outside of Tulsa, Okla., had reminded him a bit of home. “Today it has been pouring and about 40 degrees,” Carter said. “[Friday] it’s going to be a high of 34 […]
There’s not much on the line this weekend when Jonathan Carter of Orrington faces off against the world’s best bass fishermen in the Bassmaster Classic. Not much at all. Except for that top prize of a half million dollars. Or any of the smaller prizes that make up the total of $1.2 million that will […]
Whether your part of Maine has been receiving rain or sleet or snow this week, there’s nothing like an outdoors expo to get you thinking about spring … and summer … and fall. The annual events serve as harbingers of warmer times to many, and give snowbound Mainers an extra excuse to get out of […]
If you’re looking to spend a day on the ice and like to add the spice of competition to your fishing adventures, this is the weekend for you. Fact is, you probably won’t be able to throw a snowball without hitting a fishing derby organizer this weekend. A pair of factors have turned this weekend […]
When a toboggan race is postponed due to snow, you know you might have a pretty hefty winter storm on the way. And that’s the case this morning: Officials of the U.S. National Toboggan Championships, with racing originally scheduled to begin on Saturday, announced minutes ago that Saturday is a no-go. Instead, all racing will […]
