Striper Fishing Popham Beach Maine

Seguin Island located two miles off the mouth of the Kennebec has more fog than any other place in Maine. Frequently that fog adventures up into the mouth of the river, making navigation perilous at times. A knowledgeable guide is compulsory the 1st time out on the river. Experienced boaters use LoranC or GPS to map a safe course through the channel. Deep water of 30 feet is frequently just some yards away from sloping mud flats, so watch your sounder closely, in good weather. (nesportsman.com)

The best number of trophy fish congregate near the river mouth. The waters off Popham Beach and Fort Popham have made some big fish up to 40 pounds in past years, however again, not so many in the last 4 seasons. Fishing live mackerel or mackerel chunks may be the ticket to success along the beaches. Working upriver, stripers may be taken by casting poppers, swimming plugs and flies alongside shoreline structure and in the rips. Fiddler Reach, a bit below Bath, may be a productive area, as are the 2 bridges and many docks and pilings along the Bath shoreline. Note: don’t fish inside 400 of the Bath Iron Works. (newenglandboating.com)

MD s try to increase their harvest from what was established through last fall coast-large reduction has be indefinitely tabled. In reality it was tabled till the 2016 stock evaluation update was finished by the technical board. A good thing for us in the Northeast. MD charterboats are struggling with the reductions because the fish in Chesapeake Bay are usually smaller than the size bound they fish under.   There were a couple technical issues address by the Board in the Bay to bring VA & MD rules in line with each other.  . (obsessioncharters.com)

The optimum strength and kind of line to use depends on water conditions, bottom structure, tempt type, and fish behavior, however here are some basicguidelines. In regions with a sand or pebble bottom, you may be able to go as light as10-pound-test when you have to cast small lures to go with the bait, although20-pound-test is a safer bet. Rocky regions demand heavier line to guard againstcutoffs. Many anglers now go with braided line because it is much thinner thanmono of the same pound-test, which means that they can use a heavier linewithout sacrificing spool capacity. The superthin braid also casts farther thanmono of the same strength. (fieldandstream.com)

Told me of a 42 bass which belted a Yo-Zuri 3D Crystal Minnow. Scarborough Marsh isn’t disappointing either. Other good catches are coming from the Mousam River and Kennebunkport looks to be the place if you want to jig up some mackerel. Anglers spiking their rods and fishing clams and seaworms are scoring short fish off Pine Point Beach also as Biddeford Pool. Groundfishing now is erratic with your best chance of putting fish in your cooler coming courtesy of 170 of water in Jeffrey s Ledge. Haddock was the hottest fish with clams/shrimp left resting on the bottom the best offering. (onthewater.com)

Steve Vose AKA The Rabid Outdoorsman is a Registered Maine Guide, outdoor writer, blogger, photographer and lover of Maine's woods and waters. Through his writing, he shares hunting, fishing & general sporting info with others passionate about the great outdoors. When able to find time in his hectic schedule, he manages to do a bit of guiding, where he takes great pride in introducing others to the rugged beauty of the Maine wilderness. (themaineoutdoorsman.com)

In high season, the tidal flow of water between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound makes all the holes between the Elizabeth Islands prime fishing water for all the Cape’s summer species, of which stripers and blues are the most common targets. The northeasterly and by far most dramatic of these passages is Woods Hole, where ferry traffic, fishing trawlers, and recreational boats make any foray into the powerful current an adventure. But the speed of the water, with its eddies spinning out along the shore on either side, make this prime for fishing, like a giant trout stream where fish feed and rest in the deep holes out of the rapids. (boston.com)

The Popham Colony was one of the 1st colonial settlements established in the New World, and what remains is preserved in Phippsburg s Popham Beach State Park. The beach, the biggest in the midcoast region, changes every year caused by the gradually migrating path of the Morse River. At high tide, the waves break near the dune grass, however when the water recedes kids play in the tidal pools that stripe the large beach. (themainemag.com)

Great Gadzooks Maine Striped Bass and Tidewater Fishing invites you to experience Maine striper fishing on the beautiful Maine Coast. Captain Johan Brouwer, a Registered Maine Guide, has fished Maine waters for Striped Bass, Bluefish and other native species since he was a young man. He’s added to this experience fishing in many places during the world. The ship is established out of Bath Maine on the famous Kennebec River. Maine’s Kennebec River has one of New England’s few native Striped Bass populations. The lower Kennebec River is a tidal river that has many bays, estuaries, and adjoining rivers. (greatgadzooks.com)

These scenarios play out in the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, around the tip of Cape May and past the Barnegat inlets in New Jersey. Also attempt the big fish waters of Montauk Point on Long Island, past Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay and Nauset Beach on Cape Cod, or venture northward to Plum Island, New Hampshire’s Great Bay and up the Down East coast of Maine to Popham Beach. Stripers are being landed in Boston Harbor now. Wherever the waters are right and the feed abundant you will find anglers galore, typically catching fish. An excellent guide to the best shore fishing from New Jersey to Maine is Frank Daignault’s Striper Hot Spots 1994, Globe Pequot Press . (outdoorlife.com)