SEBAGO LAKE – Last week, poor ice conditions caused organizers to postpone the Crystal Lake Derby in Gray. This week, this winter’s unseasonably warm weather has claimed another victim: the Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby. With little ice on Maine’s second-largest lake, the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, which organizes the derby, consulted long-range forecasts and […]
February 2012
Poor ice conditions doom Sebago Lake fishing derby
SEBAGO LAKE – Last week, poor ice conditions caused organizers to postpone the Crystal Lake Derby in Gray. This week, this winter’s unseasonably warm weather has claimed another victim: the Sebago Lake Ice Fishing Derby. With little ice on Maine’s second-largest lake, the Sebago Lake Rotary Club, which organizes the derby, consulted long-range forecasts and […]
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