If you spend much time outdoors in Maine, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the name “DeLorme.”

The Yarmouth-based map company has been in business for 25 years, and is responsible for the popular “Atlas and Gazetteer” series.

Leave it to DeLorme to introduce a product that will make your outdoors pursuits even more simple.

Just in time for the holidays, DeLorme’s latest release is a nifty spiral-bound volume that combines all 17 volumes of its popular Maine Fishing Depth Maps: Lakes and Ponds by County.

And thanks to the new format, anglers who fish a number of different counties won’t have to shell out money for each county’s map. They’re all included in a convenient 216-page volume.

It’s still called “Maine Fishing Depth Maps: Lakes and Ponds by County,” but instead of 17 volumes … there’s one.

Those picturing the large DeLorme atlases will be surprised: This book of maps measures just 51/2 by 111/2 inches.

“We know that Mainers don’t restrict themselves to any one body of water, or even a particular locale,” said Jim Skiillings, DeLorme’s director of consumer products.

“With countless lakes and ponds to choose from all over the state, it’s important for serious anglers to have one volume covering the most productive fishing waters, in a convenient format,” he said.

This volume includes depth maps for more than 1,700 bodies of water. Included is a handy table that will tell anglers what species of fish reside in each lake and pond, and which species have been stocked by state officials lately.

Skillings said the convenience won’t be limited to anglers.

“It’s also easier for our retailers now, with only one title to order and stock, instead of 17,” he said.

Now, the good news: While diehard anglers who wanted a complete set of the old depth maps would have had to lay out nearly $60 to do so, the new volume costs just $19.95 for the same information.

If you’re unable to find a copy of Maine Fishing Depth Maps in your area, visit www.delorme.com or call 1-800-452-5931.

Hermon plans winter shoots

For avid shooters who aren’t willing to let Maine’s finicky weather get in the way of a good time, the Hermon Skeet Club is the place to be this winter.

The club will be offering a Winter Sporting Clays Series on six Saturdays beginning today.

Each shoot will offer a 100-target format for shooters.

The shoots are scheduled for today, Dec. 21, Jan. 18, Feb. 8, March 1 and March 29.

All shoots will start at 9 a.m., and all shooters must be ready to start at either 9 or 11:30 to be eligible for that day’s event.

Each shoot will be a separate National Sporting Clays Association registered event with small money awards in NSCA classes and a hunter class for unregistered shooters.

Shooters shooting 400 of the 600 targets offered over the season will be eligible for series prizes.

Shooters are welcome to shoot all 600 targets if they wish, understanding that additional targets over 400 may help or hurt their series standing.

The entry fee for each shoot will be $35 per 100 targets. That includes NSCA target registration and lunch.

PFF holiday meeting set

The Penobscot Fly Fishers will hold its annual holiday dinner meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Holiday Inn on Odlin Road in Bangor. The dinner meeting begins at 6 p.m.

There will be no speaker at this meeting, but members will be able to socialize and swap tales.

For those who wish to participate, there will be a gift swap, with gifts to be worth $10 or less.

Also, members Joe and Ellie Bertolaccini will be collecting non-perishable food items to donate to the less fortunate.

For more information, check www.penobscotflyfishers.com.

Columbia Falls facility upgraded

People who haven’t stopped by the Pleasant River Fish and Game Club in Columbia Falls may want to attend a club meeting so they can find out about the upgrades members have made to the facility.

The club now has trap, skeet, 100-yard and 200-yard rifle ranges, and a fully modern clubhouse.

Unfortunately, the club is closed to those who don’t have a key because of concerns about vandalism and unsafe practices on the ranges.

Contact any club officer or stop by the gun shop in Columbia Falls for a key and clearance to use the facilities.

Or, you can just stop by the club on Dec. 9 for the next meeting with a pot luck supper at 6 p.m. and the meeting to follow. Everyone is welcome.

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