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PORTLAND PRESS HERALD / MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM
Joe Kelley harvests alewives, seen below the surface of the water, from a holding pen at the Webber Pond dam in Vassalboro. The fish ladder at the dam is included on a new Alewife Trail Run Map created by Maine Rivers.
Gregory Rec STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
A word from the photographer…

I knew this assignment would be a good candidate for my fish tank rig. The setup is simple: I place my camera in the bottom of a $10 aquarium tank, putting the lens against the glass on one side, then I run a remote trigger cord up to the rim of the tank. I then push down on the tank, trying to keep the waterline in the middle of the lens so that it shows the scene both above and below. What I didn’t anticipate was the sheer number of alewives that would be coming up through the fishway.