THE QUEST TO CATCH MAINE'S RAREST FISH || For Wild's Sake: The Rare Trout Chronicles | Episode 2

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Join us for episode 2 of For Wild's Sake: The Rare Trout Chronicles, season 1! A series which explores human beings relationship to the natural world, in hopes of gaining a better understanding of how and why we assign value to wild things and places. In a quest to illustrate rare and threatened species of wild native trout in watercolor, artist Chase Bartee and wife Aimee set off on a multi year, cross country adventure of discovery.

We've made it to Big Reed Pond, a 90 acre, deep water sanctuary tucked away in a pristine old growth forest in the middle of the North Maine Woods. Now the real work begins; trying to catch a notoriously hard to find fish with a fly rod. Though the fish are believed to be doing well in this Big Reed, that wasn't always the case. We discover that the population was almost completely lost 2 decades ago after a careless and uniformed angler introduced a non native and invasive species of bait fish. The recovery effort mounted by Maine IDFW was nothing short of miraculous, and today the fish are once again thriving.

But as we find out, saving the fish once may not have been enough, as these rare and precious Blueback Trout (Arctic Charr) are once again facing a great threat, this time from the very people who dedicated their lives to protecting them.


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Special Thanks to Igor and Karen Sikorsky, Bob Mallard, Frank Frost, and Maine IDFW for your support in making this project.

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0:00 Recap
0:48 Intro
01:46 Reclaiming Big Reed
07:00 But How Do You Catch Them?
11:40 Finding The Fish
15:20 We're Not Out Of The Woods Yet
18:47 Difficult Conclusions
20:43 Credits