Coastal New Hampshire and Maine Fishing Report- May 25, 2023
Stripers are everywhere with migrating bass continuing to filter in, and groundfishing remains great as well with a dizzying variety of willing species cooperating.
Stripers are everywhere with migrating bass continuing to filter in, and groundfishing remains great as well with a dizzying variety of willing species cooperating.
Mackerel and squid are attracting hungry bluefish and migrating stripers.
Stripers up to 50-inches are being found gorging on herring around tributaries and herring runs.
The arrival of sea herring and mackerel is spreading out the striped bass bite, haddock are in close and big blues are bingeing on bunker.
Unusually early, fresh striped bass schools, with many slots in the mix, have moved into rivers, marshes, harbors and beaches.
Striper fishing continues to ramp-up with bigger bass blasting herring on the surface early in the morning.
The first wave of the spring striper run has swept into New Hampshire and Maine, while offshore, groundfishing for haddock is excellent.
Stripers are in with fast-moving schools of slot-sized bass hitting paddletails and topwater plugs.
While news of stripers in MA has many getting excited for what looks like an early season, the sweetwater bite and groundfish are keeping anglers happy.
The first wave of the spring striper run has arrived with slot-sized bass being caught from the Cape through Boston.