Fishing Reports by Capt. Joel Koch

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - 2006 Season Begins Well the 2006 NH Striper season started off with a bang for Reel Ecstasy. Usually I begin on June 1 but this year I booked a trip a day early on May 31. The fishing started out slow with only one 29 inch fish and a couple of v more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Season has ended. The 2005 fishing season has ended for Reel Ecstasy and Capt. Joel. Fishing remained steady right through the end of September but all the rain and heavy winds in October eliminated any thoughts of late season striper fishing. S more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Striper fishing report for September. Fishing remains good with many stripers and a few blues still in the river. On most trips 20-40 fish are still being caught Not as many large fish as some years but as the weather has gotten cooler, a f more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report ending July 31 Fishing continues to be good with a large number of fish caught. Most days yield 30-50 stripers with plenty of action but the bigger fish seem to have taken a break with the warm weather setting in. Small blue fish h more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report week ending June 4, 2005 Fishing really picked up this week with the warmer temps and clearer water in the river. Still a lot of floating debris in all shapes and sizes so care is really needed navigating the waters. We averaged more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report May 28, 2005 Well finally got a break in the weather and some sun instead of rain. Headed out with Eric his buddy Peter and their sons. The water was brown and loaded with debris from days of hard rains. Water temp. had dropped more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report May, 19 2005 The Stripers have made it to NH. Took out the new boat and decided to give fishing a serious try. Caught a number of fish up to 26” in about 2 hours on cut bait and circle hooks. All the fish were healthy and fought more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Hi, Well another great fishing season has come to an end. It was a great year, many past customers came again and a lot of new faces got to sample the incredible New Hampshire Striped Bass fishery as well. The fantastic fishing really surprised more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report Week Ending 9/17/04 Fishing continues to be great in the River. We caught at least 50 fish each day and one day we boated over a hundred fish. Most days NH size keepers were caught (over 28inches). The most keepers caught for the more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report Week Ending 9/04/04 Dog Days of Summer, Not for us this week. Absolutely great fishing had by all. Best day of the week was Wednesday where Dave, by himself, caught over 50 fish. Dave was hot and his two buddies didn't count ho more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth