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NEW FOUR STROKE OUTBOARD MOTORS. We carry Mercury Engines from 2 to 200hp. All are new Four Stroke so you have quiet, clean (no smoke or stink), very efficient (twice the fuel mileage) and mostly fuel injected (turn key start) motors. Most popular motors are in stock for a quick re-power. CERTIFIED USED BOATS. Lots of Good Used Boats to choose from. All of them have been checked over by our Certified Technicians and are all in Good Operating Condition so you can just go boating and have fun. If it's not reliable, we won't sell it. CONSIGNMENTS. We take good late model boats on consignment. We do the sale and warranty - you collect the cash. With our website and our reputation, they usually sell fast and you often get as much or more than you would selling it yourself. SERVICE. Is your boat unreliable? Are you afraid to go boating because your boat engine might not work? Maybe it just doesn't have the power it used to. Our Certified Technicians know how to fix things right. We can check your boat over and turn it into a pleasure to use again. A water test or dyno test can be included. Call for an appointment or just bring it in soon, so you can be ready for a fun season. BOAT RENTALS. Enjoy fishing, skiing, tubing, pontoon cruising, kayaking & canoeing? Fairlee Marine rents them all! We even put the runabout boats and pontoon boats in and out of the water, so you can just enjoy the boating. Daily and weekly rates. ALUMINUM DOCKS. Aluminum docks and boat lifts, standing, roll in, and floating are in stock at Fairlee Marine. Very easy to install and take out yourself.
Check them out on our website at www.fairleemarine.com or call Fairlee Marine 802-333-9745
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Fishing In Paradise
The sun shone brightly as big above the little ponds. Not another person was seen as Mountain trout ponds. My brother Rick and I were blessed to have such a beau- tiful place to ourselves and with weather that was ideal, warm but moderated by a over a mile and a half to one pond and an additional half were rising and we doffed rods in anticipation of some action. tiful little brook trout, all of which were released. Rick brought his chest waders and was able to cover quite a bit of water on both ponds. I had not brought waders and thus had few places from which to cast as the trees and shrubs come right to the water's edge except for no complaints. The ponds are in a steep val- ley near the height of land be- tween two watersheds. The cliffs of high peaks rise from both sides. I had seen rap- but not this time. I did en- counter a lone drake mallard the pond and swam toward me so I put down my rod to watch. He swam along the edge, darting in and out of the overhanging vegetation often within 25 feet of me. The dark green luminescent head shone in the bright sun. The duck was quite vocal and I expected to see another duck but none appeared. Af- over the trees headed in the direction of the other pond where I later encountered him or another drake that acted in a similar matter. but had hiked to them before to simply enjoy the solitude and the spectacular views. In early May I was talking 100 plus days a year, and suggested we try the two is always eager to explore and is especially dedicated to pursuing brook trout. Thus it was on a beautiful mid- June day that we set out to give the two ponds a try. eating lunch by the beaver dam controlling the level of one of the ponds, we talked about how lucky we were to have the opportunity and to escape the divisiveness and unpleasantness that exist all around for a few hours. No tv, no radio and no cell phone coverage and no other people provided us with a sense of peace.
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If you are not a farmer in need of crops, delay your mowing to save ground nesting birds. Boblinks, meadowlarks, Savannah sparrows, and grasshopper sparrows enrich our sum- mers with their songs, but some of these species are in decline due to the loss of ap- propriate grassland habitat. Landowners can make a dif- ference by altering the times Department is encourag- ing landowners to help pro- mote these beloved species by waiting a little longer to mow and give these birds a chance to complete their nesting season. meadows in Vermont for a variety of reasons, from grazing pastures, to simple aesthetic beauty," said Doug Morin, biologist for the Ver- partment. "Mowing is the most common way to main- tain grasses, but if mowed early in the summer, grass- land birds will lose their nests and chicks." Deer fawns, wild turkey chicks, and other animals take refuge in the grass and are also at risk by mowing too early. If you mow for aesthetic rea- sons as I do, wait until after August 15. You will help save some of the wildlife we all love to see and still keep growing up to brush and trees. *** The Vermont Fish & nounced the 2020-2021 mi- gratory bird hunting season dates and bag limits. A printable copy of the Mi- gratory Bird Syllabus can be downloaded from the Ver- fowl." A printed version also will be available from license late August. A statewide Vermont open hunting season for resident Canada geese will occur Sep- tember 1-25. A second Can- ada goose hunting season for resident and migrant geese will be held October 10-No- vember 8 in the Lake Cham- plain and Interior Zones with a daily bag limit of two Canada geese. In the Connecticut River Zone, the second Canada goose season will be October 6-November 8, and Novem- ber 17-December 12. Duck season this fall opens on October 10 in the Lake Champlain and Interior Ver- mont Zones and on October 6 in the Connecticut River Zone. The Lake Champlain Zone has a split season (Oc- tober 10-November 1 and November 21-December 27). The Interior Vermont Zone has a straight season (Oc- tober 10-December 8). The Connecticut River Zone has a split season (October 6-No- vember 8 and November 17-December 12). Vermont's youth waterfowl hunting weekend will be September 26 and 27. is October 1- November 14 statewide with a three-bird bag limit. bag limits are set in three zones: Lake Champlain, Interior Vermont, and Con- necticut River. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department sets the season dates and bag limits for the Connecticut River Zone. The hunting season dates, bag limits and related regulations for all migratory birds are set annually within a framework established by the U.S. Fish coordination with New York and New Hampshire. *** The deadline to apply for a Vermont moose hunting permit is July 8. Moose per- mit applications are avail- able on the Vermont Fish & com for the hunt limited to northeastern corner of the state. *** There are 49 lucky peo- ple who have been offered permits to hunt moose in New Hampshire this Octo- ber. They are winners in the state's 33rd annual moose hunt lottery drawing, which was held at the New Hamp- shire Fish and Game De- partment in Concord. Hunters whose names were selected in the drawing will A complete list of names of the 2020 winners and alter- nates is now posted online at www.huntnh.com/hunting/ moose-winners.html. *** Beginning in August, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will are for individuals who have cation online course and in- tend to purchase a hunting license this year. Field days will be offered up to seven times weekly from August through October to prepare new hunters for the 2020 fall seasons.
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