Fishing Reports by Capt. Joel Koch

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Week ending August 29th. Fishing in the Piscataqua River is really starting to heat up. On trips this past week, we caught on average 30-40 stripers on each trip with a few large fish mixed in over 32 and a couple in the 38+ range. Most trips more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing August 21st and week ending August 18, 2002. Last week after continued temperatures in the 90’s the water temperature in the Piscataqua River was warm. I found that continued warm weather with no rain can hurt the inshore fishing especial more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report Week Ending August 10, 2002 With a little bit of cold weather the inshore striper fishing improved this week. We were still catching good numbers of fish in the Piscataqua River but after a week without a keeper it was great to ge more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report week ending July 28 Fishing in the Piscataqua River remains great. The larger fish have moved into the river and we averaged 4 keepers on each trip this week. Largest fish of the week was a 34 with a couple of others real close. more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report July 18th. Fishing in the Piscataqua River and its corresponding bays continues to be great for Striped Bass. We have had great success both live baiting and chunking for Stripers. The biggest taken on Thursday was a 38inch Stri more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - July 8th The heat of the first week of July made the Striper fishing a little tough for most anglers. Live bait was hard to come by and were scattered due to the heat and very warm surface temperatures. Anglers who keep live bait dockside overni more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Striper fishing is still strong in the Piscataqua River. On Tuesday, June 25th I headed out for a trip with Wayne, his dad Bobby, brother David and friend Craig. We decided to chunk and were rewarded with over 40 fish with many in the 25-27 inch r more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Live baiting for Striper June 14th. On Friday June 14, we finally had some really nice weather, with predictions of bad weather ahead. It seems like the fisherman and fish alike agreed that Friday was a good day to go fishing. The Pollack have more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Michigan couple enjoy great Striper fishing in NH. Fishing report June 10 & 12th Fished with Carole and Charlie from Michigan. This husband and wife team spends a lot of time fishing on Lake Huron for Salmon, and when on vacation fishing is a more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Large Stripers move in Schoolies busting baits on the surface June 4th and 5th The Striper fishing has been excellent on the rivers of NH and the larger Stripers continue to move in. On the Piscataqua River, Little Bay and Great Bay, many stri more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth