Seacoast New Hampshire Sportfishing

Family obligations kept me shoreside this week, but family is core and so was not TOO much of a hardship. Heard thru a colleague the fishing was staying steady (a good thing…) and on two short trips on Sunday for a boat inspection and son’s buddy’s trip saw that was true. Early on we struggled [...]

What to say, except we’re very thankful to share another nice week of fishing with nice folks.  Once again, the pics probably say it all – my clients like to catch nice fish on light tackle, and we’ve been doing a lot of that lately!
Mackerel are still available inshore, although at times maddeningly hard to [...]

This week’s report is a pleasure to write. Consistent fishing, increased true trophies among them, and only one weather-related reschedule required. One heartbreaking ‘couldn’t stop her’ reinforced the fact that the bigger fish are here, and hungry.
The pictures probably tell much of the story. Big smiles and big fish. Know what happens when two clients [...]

Picture this: after dodging thunder cells (and catching stripers all the while) we finished last nite’s charter under the halo of Live Free or Die fireworks launched from a local beach – while hooked up just offshore using lighted bobbers and mackerel. The adventures of Capt. Bob…
The fishing has been pretty darn good. Settled weather [...]

The fishing is holding up well, albeit still with the need to accommodate the weather variables. Bait is readily available inshore – good thing as on one trip this week we had to reload due to first half multiple hookup mayhem!
We’re now commonly seeing fish in the 30+ inch range, and expect to see some [...]

We’re enjoying pretty consistent fishing, albeit with a weekend cold front interruption. Nice trend is that we’re starting to mix in larger fish, particularly as dark approaches.
Sorry for partial pics; a combination of failure to pack and inability to get flash to work. Will get my 10 yr old son on the latter right away…
If [...]

As mentioned, steady weather is equating to steady fishing again this season. Volatile weather, not so much…
We were blessed with cool sea breezes most of the week, wishing they could carry further inland to our sweltering comrades. Along with those light breezes we enjoyed calm, warm water, ample bait, and hungry stripers!
Still no true trophies, [...]

Seems like only last season we were seeing that our fishing shut right down as a frontal passage chilled the inshore water temps – sometimes as much as ten degrees overnight. Sorry to say Mother Nature is playing that trick again, most recently late last week. With that front we lost our steady action, and [...]

We had loads of fun on a short Memorial Day trip. Several double headers, including the one that has me hogtied in the photo below!
Keeping up our Bonus tradition, we hauled several lobster traps post fishing. One contained an approx 8 lb brute shown below. Unfortunately it exceeded the inshore Max size limit by a [...]

After a VERY long winter it’s finally striper time!
Going solo to both set lobster traps and scout for trophies (did I mention the new Shimano outfit aboard?), I needed a photographer and companion. Went 5 for 8, and then home for a striper finger dinner.
It’s been a long winter and a gloomy spring,soooooo –
C’mon [...]