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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Capt. Joel Koch
September 4, 2002
Portsmouth - Saltwater Fishing Report
Week ending August 29th.
Fishing in the Piscataqua River is really starting to heat up.
On trips this past week, we caught on average 30-40 stripers on each trip with a few large fish mixed in over 32" and a couple in the 38"+ range.
Most trips also saw smaller bluefish brought to the boat, and on one trip we caught over 10 river run blues. Although I don't specifically target them in the river they sure are a lot of fun when they jump clear out of the water on the lighter tackle we use.
Chunking baits on both the incoming and outgoing tide produced well and accept for Saturday the river was very quiet with few fisherman out.
Surface activity has picked up as well and on many mornings surface feeding fish are up and busting baits in the back bays and shallow flats.
Off shore fishing reports remain good as well with numbers of bigger blues being caught on the offshore humps and at the Isle of Shoals.
I had some real personal highlights this week when I got to take George who has his own boat but due to illness and his age (79) was no longer fishing on his own and his male family members out for a fishing trip. They were a great bunch of guys and really just wanted this to be a trip to get George back into fishing. In the end with over a dozen stripers to his credit George left with a big smile on his face.
I also got to take John and his two sons 8 and 11 on a trip and as John wrote in a thank you email, “the men in his family are already planning their next fishing trip”. With 8 year old Jay landing a 33” Striper and 11 year old Jack with 2 over 30” this trip will remain in the minds of these young people for many years to come.
Some of the best fishing of the season is available through the month of September. Don’t miss out on this last opportunity to enjoy fishing before it is just a memory, as we shovel out our driveways.
Regards, Capt. Joel
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