usually opens back up in the spring when the ice goes out. This is the best season for fishing in Maine and often anglers would hire a Maine Guide to take them into the remote Maine wilderness to fish remote ponds or rivers they couldn't necessarily navigate on their own. Experienced anglers find fishing best when the biting flies which breed in cold, clean water are most numerous. Activities in the spring at a sporting camp might include fishing, fly fishing, All-Terrain Vehicle riding, bear hunting, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, paddling, boating, mountain biking, swimming, photography, wildlife viewing, bird watching, and mountaineering. Current Association Members The following sporting camps are members in good standing with the Maine Sporting Camp Association: Alden Camps, Beaver Cove Camps, Bosebuck Mountain Camps, Bradford Camps, Bulldog Camps, Castle Island Camps, Chandler Lake Camps, Chesuncook Lake House and Cabins, Claybrook Mountain Lodge, Cobbs Pierce Pond Camps, Cowgers' Lakefront Cabins, Down River Camps, Eagle Lake Sporting Camps, Eagle Lodge, Fox Carlton Pond Sporting Camps, Grand Lake Lodge, Greenland Cove Cabins, Homestead Lodge, The Last Resort, Libby Camps, Long Lake Camps, Macannamac Camps and Lodges, Nahmakanta Lake Camps, Nicatous Lodge and Camps, The Pines Lodge, Red River Camps, Rideout's Lakeside Lodge & Cabins, South Branch Lake Camps, Spencer Pond Camps, Tim Pond Camps, Umcolcus Sporting Camps, Weatherby’s Resort, West Branch Pond Camps, Whisperwood Lodge and Cottages, Willard Jalbert Camps, Inc., and Wilson Pond Camps. See also Log Cabin Maine Guide References Sources Maine culture Resorts by type Personal care and service occupations