MORNING SENTINEL • July 27, 2021
I do not think that opening up Austin Pond to ice fishing is a very good idea. The state of Maine has always said that it is not a sustainable pond for brook trout or salmon. If you open Austin to ice fishing, people will clean out the trout and salmon. The state opened Shin Pond to ice fishing one year; the following spring you couldn’t catch a fish. Small lakes in the back woods of Maine like Austin should never be opened to ice fishing in my opinion. ~ Michael G. Foster, Solon