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Striped Bass report 6/26/11
Capt. Joel Koch
June 26, 2011
Portsmouth - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing report week ending 6/26/11
Half a week in rain and cold, great weather for March but not for June 23.
The first half of this week was great. Plenty of baits to be had and plenty
of Striped Bass to enjoy the little fellows. Thursday the weather changed,
rainy and cold. Too cold and wet to head to get baits as I was with long
time customer Allan and his 89 yr old father Bill. I decided to stay in the river and
use chunk bait. We did get a couple of hits but never landed a fish. Honestly
the first time in over 11 years as a full time charter captain without a fish. Good to
my word, the trip was on me, as I didn't ask them to pay for the trip. They were good
about it and did give me some money for gas and time as they realized how hard I
worked to make it right.
I was not looking to have that experience again so I was determined to use live baits for
rest of the trips this week. On Friday, through the rain and cold we tried to head out for
bait but the seas were rough my friends. We had 6 to 8 foot seas, right outside the mouth
of the river. I had a couple of hunches where I could find mackerel in protected waters,
and even though we didn't load up we caught enough baits to get us into a few stripers
with a good one for the dinner table.
Saturday, once again rainy, cold and rough at the mouth but it was a special trip for my
group and they wanted to stay out and fish. We headed to the spot in the river holding
mackerel the day before and sure enough we found them again. We caught a bunch this
time and used them to get two nice dinner fish to the boat with a few others just a little
smaller.
The sun finally came out at the end of the trip and it was deemed a successful adventure..
Tight lines,
Capt. Joel
www.nhsaltwaterfishing.com
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