Fishing remains excellent with many 6 hour trips yielding 70 or more fish. Most of these fish are under 28inches but every so often a big one comes over the side. We are now running into blues consistently in the river. On most trips we hook onto 5 or 6 but as we are not using wire leader often we only get one or two into the boat. This year as an added surprise we have caught a few sea bass. We are not targeting them and just catch them while we are fishing for Stripers. Over the last five years I have only caught one before, and this year we have caught at least a dozen with one last week weighing about 4 lbs. This has certainly been the best year for consistent Striper action. The fishing should remain fast and furious till the end of Sept. when the Stripers migrate south for the winter. I still have a number of opening in Sept. so it is not too late to get in on this incredible fishing action.. Tight lines, Capt. Joel www.nhsaltwaterfishing.com
First week of July fishing report- Well the buzz word for the last few weeks has been plenty of fish. On most days we are getting over 50 fish. The action has been fast and furious with constant action on most spots. We are getting some NH sized keepers but certainly this year the numbers of fish being caught are amazing. It appears the bigger fish are around but there are so many smaller fish they are just not letting the baits get down to the big Stripers. Light tackle has provided us with great action and many smiling faces and sore arms. A couple of small blues have made their way into the river but at this time they are few and far between. I have not seen a lot of surface activity of late which is surprising with all the fish here.. Tight Lines, Capt Joel.
June 22 Fishing Report. The last few trips have yielded plenty of fish but not to many NH keepers. Today changed all that. I was fishing with one client, Todd from northern Vt. and we caught many fish but also managed to land 4 keepers over 30" with the biggest just a little shy of 40". We took a ride to the mouth of the piscataqua took pictures of the light houses, shipyard and many of the other sites along the river and just had a grand old time. Well worth the drive from Vt, Todd said at the end. Hopefully the weather will finally stabilize some and the bigger fish will move back into the river in force. Tight lines. Capt.Joel www.nhsaltwaterfishing.com
Well the 2006 NH Striper season started off with a bang for Reel Ecstasy. Usually I begin on June 1 but this year I booked a trip a day early on May 31. The fishing started out slow with only one 29 inch fish and a couple of very small fish by noon. With a tide change and some different tactics the fishing really picked up. We caught a number of decent size fish with 2 other keepers and a real nice 37 inch fish. Small schoolies, around 14 inches or so were up on the surface for most of the day which was a great sign as well. Looks like the season is going to be another great one. Tight Lines Capt. Joel, www.nhsaltwaterfishing.com