# 48958: Subject: Piscataqua River, New Hampshire

Submitted by Joel Koch (ip 216.195.132.101)

• Fished on 5/28/2003

• Report received: 5/28/03

Water Temperature: 50
Water Clarity: .
Seas: calm
Weather: overcast changing to sunny
Fishing_for: Striped Bass
Boat: Reel Ecstasy
captain: Joel Koch

Report:
Fishing report May 27, 2003 Looked like we were finally going to get a break in the weather, on Tuesday so I decided it was time to venture out. I was surprised that there was no surface activity as the sky was overcast when I got out around 10 A.M. I spent some time casting spoons and light jigs and was rewarded with only 1 small schoolie. I decided to head to the mouth of the Piscataqua River as I had heard reports of Mackeral starting to show their presence. I did not find any fish, but only spent a short time jigging around 2KR as the fog started to roll in and I was really targeting stripers anyway. Headed back up river, as the tide was starting to turn. Started chunking herring as soon as the tide started to run out and was almost immediately rewarded with a nice Striper about 26”, In about 3 hours I caught and released 10 fish up to 27” and broke one off on a lobster trap that was even bigger. Just as the fish started to turn on, the sun came out, a sight that had not been seen for a week or so. Just great, fishing on a sunny day in May. Spring as it was always supposed to be. It only gets better from here on out. Good Fishing

Capt. Joel Koch/ Reel Ecstasy

www.nhsaltwaterfishing.com

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