New Regulations for Stripers and a New Season

Chuck participating in the Snap a Striper program with his keeper

Eric caught this keep on one of those tough days.  You can kind of see the brownish river.

Marshall and Peter slayed em.  This is the one they brought home.

The one thing I know for certain about the fishing in 2015 is that the rules have changed.  Now, to bring a Striper home you need to catch a fish 28" and over.  The pics here are of fish that have made it back to the dock in the last few days.

The Stripers have been pretty darn consistent in the Kennebec River. We have been catching them on live and chunked mackerel, live pollock, with jigs, and on top water artificials. We have caught some fish off Popham Beach and some larger fish have been landed out there.  However, the recent blow seems to have slowed that action.  It could change tomorrow.

As mentioned above, the Kennebec River has been good, however, there have been pulses of muddy water that follow big rains. The muddy water makes fishing in the river slower and if it is unfishable on the beach you can end up with a difficult day.

Right now conditions seem good.  The bite is real strong on the outgoing tide in the morning in the Kennebec and the Sasonoa.  I expect Popham Beach to turn back on any day now.  The bait situation is improving and filling livewells is taking less time.  Most of the fish caught in the river seem to be running between 25" and 30".  Overall, we are having an excellent year.