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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Capt. Joel Koch
July 19, 2002
Portsmouth - Saltwater Fishing Report
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 Striper taken on chunks fishing the outgoing tide. This over 20lb fish put up a great fight and was released unharmed to be caught again. Once again, circle hooks prove their value. Numbers of other keepers in the 32inch range were taken this week as well.
We have been catching keepers through out the summer but it seems like more of the larger fish have moved in now. Over 95% of our Striper trips have produced keeper size fish so far this year.
For live bait Pollock, have been easier to catch with an occasional mackerel finding their way onto the sabiki rigs. The mackerel have been spotty and are large in size. Some anglers are having the best luck fishing for mackerel at the isle of shoals right in the foam of the surf. I find that Pollock work just as well and stay alive better anyway, so we catch most of our bait close to mouth of the river.
Surface activity for Stripers was spotty this week, and unlike the past two weeks we did not see many fish busting baits on the surface.
Good luck and good fishing.
Capt. Joel
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