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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Capt. Joel Koch
September 30, 2002
Portsmouth - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing week ending Sept 29th.
On Wed. and Thursday the Blues were all over Piscataqua river busting baits on the surface. Casting Plugs, spoons, rubber shad imitations or flies all produced 3-4 lb Blue fish with an occasional small Striper mixed in.
Friday’s heavy rain and colder temps seemed to eliminate the surface activity for the weekend. However the Stripers were still in the river and both Saturday and Sunday yielded a good catch of Stripers on chunk bait for us. We fished both incoming and outgoing tides and caught fish on both tides with good consistency. The cold snap on Saturday night did not seem to affect the fishing at all.
Dan caught the big fish of the weekend on Sunday, I real healthy 34inch Striper and as luck for him would have it his next fish went 32 inches. Dan wasn’t real familiar with catching larger fish but with a little guidance he did a great job landing those two on 15lb tackle.
The big fish for the week was caught by Scott on Tuesday. A real fat 39inch fish.
Heard some mixed reports regarding Mackerel starting to show up at the Isle.
Keep on fishing, it is not over yet.
Capt. Joel
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