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Today we’ll wrap up our unofficial “fisher week” of trail cam photos with one from Jeff Fayle of Medway. Fayle said he pulled the photo from a trail cam up near Chesuncook Lake. Not overly familiar with the fisher? Well, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the critter doesn’t really eat fish, so if you’re looking for one near a stream or lake, you may not find it. And while this photo shows a fisher in the snow, they’re not so crazy about cold weather, either. “Fisher are active year-round but remain in their dens during severe winter weather,” the DIF&W fact sheet on fisher says. More useful info from the DIF&W: “Fisher habitat use is governed by the availability of food, topography, cover, den locations, and weather.