A Maine Guide is licensed in one or more specialized classifications, meaning the person has met the qualifications to guide one or more specific types of activities as follows:
Specialized Hunting The person has met the qualifications to guide hunting and trapping activities, including overnight camping trips in conjunction with those hunting and trapping activities. Specialized Fishing The person has met the qualifications to guide fishing activities, including overnight camping trips in conjunction with those fishing activities, on inland waters. Specialized Tidewater Fishing The person has met the qualifications to guide sportfishing activities on Maine’s territorial seas and tributaries up to the head of tide and out to the three-mile limit, including overnight camping trips in conjunction with those tidewater-fishing activities. This license shall apply to any person engaged in guiding fishing activities for any species of fish, except those species harvested under the authority of a Maine Department of Marine Resources license. This rule does not apply to activity occurring on board a vessel holding a valid and current certificate of inspection issued by the US Coast Guard.
Specialized Sea Kayaking The person has met the qualifications to guide seakayaking activities, including paddlesports, on Maine’s territorial seas and tributaries up to the head of tide and out to the three-mile limit. This classification includes overnight camping trips in conjunction with those seakayaking and paddlesport activities. A person wishing to guide paddlesports on the ocean as defined within this section must have a current Specialized Sea Kayaking classification. Whitewater Rafting The person has attended and passed whitewater rafting training and passed the DIFW written test. This person must show training logs per class of water that he or she will be guiding in. This person is only allowed to guide scheduled rafting trips on the river classification for the class of license that he or she holds. Master Certification This means that a person has acquired experience in a specialized classification that exceeds the minimum requirements necessary to be licensed as a guide in that classification.
(Note: Any person operating a motorboat on Maine’s territorial seas and tributaries for the purpose of guiding hunting and fishing activities must obtain a US Coast Guard license authorizing the carriage of passengers for hire.)
Benjamin Williamson
Specialized Recreational The person has met the qualifications to guide watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiling and camping activities. This classification also qualifies a person to guide watercraft, including paddlesports, on inland waters as defined in DIFW Rule 24.02 E.
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