Updates at Matagamon Wilderness Camps

April 23, 2006

Just wanted to let everyone know that the ice went out of Matagamon on April 18th. We look
forward to seeing everyone!

04/09/06 Congratulations Marcel Rancourt, he won the ice fishing derby, with a 17 1/2 inch 1.9 lb brook trout. He will get a wood carving of that fish.

1/22/06 Joe Drauss was the winner of our largest deer contest for 2005. He wins a free stay at Matagamon Camps for 2006. His buck weighed 205 pounds and had a 8 point rack. Congratulations!!!!

8/21/2005 Bear baiting started 3 weeks ago and at this time the baits are hitting very good. Lots of berries this year but most of them have gone bye now making the bear hit the baits much better. We are looking forward to an excellent year. Booking now for 2006

April 11,2005  Wow, What a wonderful Season we had. Joe and I just came back last night from a great snowmobile ride. Look-out was beautiful. The snow is still about knee deep off the trail in most places; of course there is ground showing in some places. We also brought our fishing pole to fish a pond that is starting to open. Lot of fishing but no catching. Lots of fun though. We hope to get one last ride this weekend.  Fishermen have already been fishing the river with some catches. 

 The WINNER  of the ICE FISHING Derby was Jim Nolin with a nice 18 inch  1 lb    9 oz Brook Trout. Great Job!!  He will receive a wood carving of his fish , carved by Alan Dudley. 

We look forward to seeing all of you this Summer and meeting many new others!!!

Feb 17, 2005 We have been busy grooming after the big storm last weekend. All our trails were groomed tonight, ready for all the sledders.  The trails are GREAT!! Stop on by soups hot and plenty of homemade goodies. The Lake is still good going, just watch out for some slush spots. There is still time to catch the biggest brook trout for the contest. Largest trout taken this ice fishing season gets a carving of that fish. Call for details... 207-446-4635.Remember stay RIGHT and Ride SAFE!!!!!

January 11, 2005   The groomer is in and we are grooming!!!! Our Son Allen is grooming now. He went ITS 85n to Bowlins and up to the Lookout. ITS 85s to Shin Pond and to 71D to Sebois Lake and Wadleigh Mountain. Riding through Baxter is great too!!  The ice on Grand Lake Matagamon is 8-14 inches. Nice 20 inch   lake trout caught this weekend. Lots of Action!!!

January 3, 2005   ITS  85  is still coming through our driveway!!!!  We have a great base but are still waiting for a little more snow for grooming.  They're calling for some snow on Thursday. Plenty of ice for ice fishing.  Remember about our in house fishing derby for the largest Brook Trout taken this season.  The winner gets a wooden carving of that fish!!  New this winter heated ice shacks for rent.  Call to reserve yours!  Remember the soups always hot and the coffee pots on!

The winner of this years 2004 Deer Hunt was Les Haas from PA 180 lb  8 point!!!  See you next year Les!!  Good Job!

10-21-04 Wow!  We had a great hunting season so far; the bear hunting went great and the the pictures are being put on our site now.  With the leaves dropping, and the cooler temperatures  the partridges are showing well.  Deer season starts with youth day for residents on October 23, for one day and the season opens Nov. 1. REMEMBER VOTE NO ON NOVEMBER 2 ON 2!!!

We Won the Bear Referendum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11-03-04  We are into the first week of deer hunting and many of the hunters have seen deer. There are two deer on the game pole so far. The weather man is calling for snow the end of the week!! Great for tracking!!

11-13-04  First week went well with a nice 2 point 130lbs shot by Jake Lemieux from Vt. , a 4 point 150 lbs shot by Rick Alford from Fl., a 7 point 225 lbs shoot by one of our guides Tom Chase from Patten Me., Ralph Sardie shot a nice 165 lbs 8 point from Me..             Second week there was a nice 8 point 180 lbs shot by Les Haas from Pa. Tomorrow the new hunters will arrive ready to shoot the big one!!  Good luck guys!!

11-14-04  Third week cold and crunchy hard to seek up on them;  but Don Brown from  New Jersey go his... 150 lb 4 point!  Fourth week still no snow so it's hard to track them. Two guys did well Craig Thrush from PA got a 170 lb 7 point , and Ken from Alaska got a nice 180 lb  9 point .  Great job and fun had by all!! See you guys next year, Thanks from all of us here at Matagamon, the Christianson Family, Don, Di Dudley, and Tom Chase.

03/06/03--- SNOW! SNOW! COLD! COLD! That's what it's been lately. The snowmobiling couldn't be better. Lots of ice on the lakes and the fishermen are doing real good with some nice Trout, Salmon and Togue.

We have been busy this winter fighting the antis. 2 bills were introduced to ban snaring of coyotes. It was reported that if these bills got passed, that they would attack the bear hunter next year. We went to a hearing in Augusta and there were so many that showed up 3 other rooms had to be opened up. Don't know how it will turn out but from what we have heard, the bills should not pass.  **Keep your fingers crossed**

12-16-02--- The webmaster, bear guide Tom Chase has been busy putting a new face on our website. Let us know what you think and also give us some suggestions of material we could put on our site.

The moose season finished with some very fine animals taken. Tom Chase & his wife Marie took a nice bull, weighing 840 pounds with an antler spread of 52" on the first day. Pictured here with Tom, Marie and Di.

The first week of deer season started with snow on the ground. It was great hunting but the deer weren't moving. A few bucks were taken. The second week, we lost our snow and the deer started moving. The third and fourth weeks we got snow back and the harvest increased. 

Don took this nice 11 pointer at the end of the season, but don't worry guys, there was a very large sighting of nice bucks this year and they are still running around.

The lake is frozen with approx. 6" of ice, it will be ice fishing sooner than we think.

Don, Di and the bear guides wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

09-27-2002--- The 2002 bear hunt is over and was very successful. With a combination of kills and misses, our success rate would have been over 53%, this is about average for the camp. The largest bear weighing in at 365 pounds was taken by 16 year old David Thompson from Virginia, not bad for his first bear. The second was a 315 pound bear taken by George Hunter from Michigan and the third largest was a 305 pound bear taken by Jae Potteiger from PA. There were 64 bear sighted, a little over half of the 2001 season of 119. This lack of sightings was mainly due to all the available natural feed that was present this year.

We know of 4 bear on the baits that would have weighed in at over 400 pounds that were not harvested. 4 sightings of these bear were by hunters that couldn't get a shot and   one sighting by camera.

The majority of our 97 baits were still being hit daily when the season ended. Weather conditions and a full moon changed the bear habits late in the season, resulting in the bear moving at night.

Check out the website for next years season and rates:  We recommend booking early for the 2003 hunt.

09/08/2002--- We'll be starting our third week of the bear hunt tomorrow. It has been quite warm and very dry the last two weeks, but the bear have cooperated very well. Our three largest bear are 305 - 315 - and 365 lbs, with quite a few in the 200 lb range. The baits are being hit consistently and cleaned. The next two weeks look very promising.   

07/08/2002--- We are booked full for the 2002 bait season. We will start baiting by the end of this month and looking for a good season.