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Fishing Report: NEW HAMPSHIRE: Jason MacKenzie at Suds-n-Soda in Greenland says that a
lady angler, Amanda Whitney of Kittery, has showed up some of her male
compatriots by taking second place in the store’s All Summer Long
Striper Tourney. Her huge striper was 47.5 inches, 37.5 pounds.
“There’s still a lot of stripers but not a lot of big ones. Bluefish of
all sizes have made it hard to fish, cutting off a lot of bait and even
lines. Catching mackerel or pollock for bait around here is just about
fruitless so you’d be smart to bring some frozen bait with you rather
than having to spend your whole day just trying to get bait.”
“The bluefish seem to be everywhere, but the larger ones are out along
the ocean front and the Isles of Shoals. There’s also some nice stripers
being caught at the Shoals, especially around White Island. The bluefish
are out deeper than the stripers. You’ve gotta get in real close to the
rocky shore for stripers out there or offshore doing some chumming, but
you’re going to probably have trouble with dogfish—they’ve been bad!”
“We had an incredible weekend here,” noted George Taylor at Taylor’s
Trading Post in Madbury. “Freshwater, saltwater—there was plenty of
action. Believe it or not, the striper fishing over in downtown Dover
off Henry Law Avenue is still producing, so apparently there are still a
few river herring attracting the fish. One of our customers caught a
36-inch striper on his first cast and watched a fish claimed to be 52
inches hauled in! Most of the fishermen there are using frozen herring
chunks for bait.”
“Flounder fishing really seems to have picked up this year with quite a
few being taken around the mouth of the Piscataqua and down at York
Harbor. There’s also a ton of bluefish in those same areas at times,” he
warned.
Alan Nute at AJ’s Bait and Tackle in Meredith says that the thermocline
in Lake Winnipesaukee has dropped to the 35 to 40 foot range, and the
salmon fishing has started to perk up for those people fishing
downriggers and leadcore line in those depths. “We’ve got a new bunch of
fishermen that are into drift jigging for lakers and they are doing
well. They are using Swedish Pimples, Castmasters, Deadly Dicks and
other jigs that work well for ice fishing for lakers. We’ve also noticed
that the stomach contents of trout and salmon are revealing that smaller
baitfish are predominant, so try downsizing your lures.”
“Under these conditions, we like to slow troll with a dodger/fly combo.
Keep the fly small. We make our own Mini Squids that are working very
well behind a dodger. DB Smelts, Top Guns, Mini Guns and Sutton spoons
have been the best lures for trout and salmon besides the dodger and fly
combo. Bass and white perch have moved out deeper.”
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