Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Capt. Joel Koch
June 29, 2003
Portsmouth - Saltwater Fishing Report

Fishing Report Week Ending June 29, 2003

The Highlight of the week for me was taking out George and his wife on Thursday. George an avid fisherman was diagnosed with congenital heart failure a while back and only given a few more years. I knew it would be a special trip when on our intial conversation we based the length of our trip on the portable oxygen supply George could bring along. We decided on a real mellow 4 hour trip. Temps were hot but soon we were into fish and in the end we caught about 2 dozen with both George and his wife catching their limit of keepers. At this point they live for every day and what better way to live then fishing.

Small schoolie striped bass were busting baits all along the Piscataqua River this week. Large schools were plentiful around Fox Point, Goat Island the Shipyard and many other spots. Most of these fish were small but were a lot of fun on light spinning tackle or fly rods.

Catching live bait really hit of miss this week. Some days it was easy but most days they were hard to come by. Most boats fished 2KR and Little Sisters had some luck with persistence. At times more baits were picked up doing a slow troll then chumming and jigging. Hopefully the live baits will be more cooperative in coming weeks.

Good Fishing.

Capt Joel.

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