fishing report 6/22

       Today's fishing report tells the inshore fishing story in the region pretty well.  Our day began at 4:15am.  This particular client has been with me many many times and I know he loves fishing the early morning bite.  The game plan was to fish in Boothbay outside the restricted zones where we could fish with live bait before heading to the Kennebec River. 
       Macking in the Harbor was quick quick and no chumming was necessary.  So, after spending maybe 15 minutes getting Macs we started to Striper fish in and around the Boothbay Harbor Region.   We caught 3 fish 20-27" in 3 different spots before we decided to Nix the bait and head to the Kennebec. 
       In the river, we quickly found surface feeding fish.  We caught 4 more on the surface and 4 more on the bottom. After that bite seemed to die, the rest of the day was spent in one of my usual drifts fishing both the bottom and the top.  Which caught more is hard to say but in the end we boated another 15 Stripers ranging in size from about 20" to 27".

I also went out this week on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.  Both trips were excellent and the vast majority of the fish were caught on topwater.  The weather was calm and overcast which is,as you know, perfect.  The Wednesday morning trip boated approximately 50 Stripers and the Tuesday evening trip said they got around 30.  

So, clearly, things have changed since my last report.  I felt compelled today to write this blog post.  I did not want to leave anyone wondering whether or not its time to catch fish in the Kennebec Region.  It is time. 

Fishing Report 6/16

       

           Before my trip in the early morning(4:30 am) on Saturday I tried to Mackerel fish in Boothbay Harbor.  I covered some territory and spent about an hour and caught 2 Macs.  On Fathers Day my family humored me and went Mackerel fishing with me.  We spent another hour on Macs and caught 0.  I am sure there must be pockets of Macs in the Harbor but they seemed few and far in between.  

             At 7am on Saturday I took my clients over to the Kennebec River to fish for Stripers.  We had an incoming tide and special restrictions prohibiting the use of bait and lures with two treble hooks.   We had a really good time.  This trip was the clients' first guided experience and they were terrific and game for anything. The fish were caught pitching Albie Snax where Stripers lay in ambush positions.  Other Stripers were caught jigging the bottom.

             I would describe the Striper fishing in the Kennebec Region as meh. I spoke to a few other guides that day and they reported slow going.  It was a beautiful day and as all fisherman know those are sometimes not the fishiest days.  So hopefully the fishing will get better soon.  That said, I am optimistic about the upcoming outgoing tides I will get to fish midweek.   If you don't see a fishing report soon just feel free to reach out to me if you need information on the fishing.