Fishing Reports by Capt. Joel Koch

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Week Ending 6/24/07 Wind was the buzz word this week, lots and lots of it. Made it hard to fish at times depending on which direction the wind was coming from vs the current. On each trip however we did manage to find a few spots holding numbers more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Week Ending 6/17/07 Nothing of great interest to report. The weather for most of the week was mixed, overcast and wind, midweek was cold 52 degrees. We got a lot of fish each trip at least over 30, but not a lot of action with big ones. If we ha more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Week Ending 6/10/07 First full week of fishing. Monday was raining the whole day but my hearty crew from Vt. was there to catch fish. Kevin and Casey got about 35 with the main struggle positioning the boat so we wouldn't drown in the rain. Monda more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - NH Striper fishing 2007 begins. Week Ending 6/3/07 The Striped Bass fishing in NH has begun. Over the last two weeks I was prefishing getting ready to begin charters and checking to see which spots were holding fish. With the first Charter on more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - End of 2006 fishing season. October, The season has ended for Capt. Joel and Reel Ecstasy, LLC charters. It was a great year and many, many Striped Bass were caught. Currently booking trips beginning June 2007. For now, see you on the ski slope more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - September 12 Fishing Report. Fishing remains great in the Piscataqua river. Not many blues in the river these days rumors are they have moved to the mouth and just offshore. Stripers are still around and will be here for the next few weeks. Catch more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - August 20th fishing report. WOW what a weird week. Started off the beginning of the week with a 6 hour 100+ fish trip. Nothing real big but we did manage one just over keeper in the mix. It was non stop action for most of the trip and I didn't more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - August fishing Report. 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 more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - NH Striped Bass Fishing Report. First week of July fishing report- Well the buzz word for the last few weeks for Reel Ecstasy has been plenty of fish. On most days we are getting over 50 fish. The action has been fast and furious with constant a more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - 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 more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth