Maine guide Lance Wheaton nets a bass for client Phil Kadzielawski while fishing on Baskahegan Lake with his grandmother, Mary Anne Kadzielawski.

Lance Wheaton and his wife Georgie operate Village Camps, on the shore of East Grand Lake in Forest City.

White perch and smallmouth bass caught from Baskahegan Lake in the morning are destined for an ancient but efficient skillet at lunchtime. John Ewing/Staff Photographer

A smallmouth bass caught on a fishing trip to Baskahegan Lake in northern Maine.

Guide Lance Wheaton cleans a bass that he will cook at a traditional shore lunch.

Maine guide Lance Wheaton coats the now-cleaned fish fillets in cornmeal while preparing a traditional shore lunch for his clients.

Guide Lance Wheaton adds a dash of salt to fish filets frying over a wood fire.

Maine guide Lance Wheaton prepares a traditional shore lunch for his clients, Phil Kadzielawski and his grandmother Mary Anne Kadzielawski.

Mary Anne Kadzielawski of Morrisville, N.C., helps herself to freshly fried fish filets prepared by Maine guide Lance Wheaton at a traditional guide's shore lunch.

To top off a great shore lunch, guide Lance Wheaton serves big slices of homemade blueberry pie baked by his wife, Georgie.