Fishing Reports by Capt. Joel Koch

Season has ended for Reel Ecstasy - Due to the slow down of Striped Bass fishing in the Piscatatqua river and the slow down of clients for the season I have decided to end the season for 2011. Best Regards, Joel more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Fishing after the hurricane - Week Ending 9/3/2011 Sunday and Monday were tropical storm days but by Tuesday the weather had cleared out and we were off fishing. The water was muddy brown, but I was able to get customers on a few fish. We caught 8-10 stripers with one keeper i more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Last 2 weeks in August. - Last 2 weeks of August Report. Fishing was just ok these last two weeks. I did not do any live bait trips as baits have been spotty at best. All of the trips I ran the last two weeks were with cut bait. On almost every trip we caught Stripers a more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

NH stripers August - Week ending 8/14/11 Except for Monday which sucked, fishing was successful this week. Monday, we just couldn't seem to get the stripers to eat. They were there we could tell but the bite was off, way off. Not sure but mid way through the trip we more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

striped bass fishing in NH - Week ending 8/7/11 Striped bass fishing had its ups and downs this week. Some trips went really well with 4 or 5 keepers and a bunch of smaller fish. Some trip yielded only a few stripers and one trip we only caught one striper OUCH!!. The trip w more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Great week - Fishing report week ending 7/31/11 Fishing ended with a bang this week. For most of the trips this week we caught 2 keepers. It seemed like we were stuck with that number for a while. I did a number of 4 hour trips with chunk bait this week so 2 more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Temps soar, fishing still good - Fishing Report Week Ending 7/24/11 It was good fishing this week. Live bait was still plentiful and my one chunking trip this week worked out ok as well. Trips this week yielded 2 to 5 keepers. A 35 inch striper was our big fish for the week. Bl more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Striped bass 7/17/2011 aboard Reel Ecstasy - Fishing report week ending 7/17/2011 Middle of the week was best this week. Took long time customers Dave and Bruce out for a 6 hour trip on Thursday. Macs were easy to get and we were rewarded with 9 keepers, only keeping our limit. The a more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

NH striper report 7/11/11 - Fishing Report Week Ending 7/10/11 This weeks report is similar to last weeks, we had some great days and some ok days. The bookends of the week were the best. On monday, I did a 4 hour trip using dead bait and chunks, we were rewarded with 8 more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

NH Striper report 7/3/11 - Fishing Report Week Ending 7/3/11 The fishing was a mixed bag this week. We caught at least one keeper striper (over 28) on each trip. On Monday my trip included a group from Wyoming here for a business meeting. They were happy just catchin more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth