![]() One plug which is putting a hurt on the bass is the Lonely Angler line of topwaters, especially those peppered with red or pink. Other places to target, especially at the turn-of-the-tide, are the Spurwink River as well as the Scarborough Marsh. The modus operandi remains the same with mackerel chunks and clams heaved out into the horizon any time of the day and shore, kayak and boat guys slithering eels among irregular bottom come dark. Another good option has been Old Orchard Beach. Pine Point has been pretty fishy according to Ben from Saco Bay Tackle Company. Southern Maine Fishing Report Captain Donnell Sayward put his client on this beauty 45-inch, 30-pound striper this week. Another option is the tube-and-worm throughout the bays and harbors with red and orange working best. Jigs work well just be sure to sweeten them with a sliver of squid. There’s been a boom in black sea bass numbers throughout the Piscatagua River as well as Little Bay and Little Harbor. Oftentimes the linesiders are lurking just out of view. Above all don’t overly concern yourself with marking bass just look for the bait on your electronics or visually spot the shimmer near the shoreline. Vertical jigging with a Deadly Dick or Daddy Mac Elite is working well as is casting the metal up against shoreline rocks which hold silversides. Not surprisingly stripers are best found by the Coast Guard Station, Pierce Island and the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Jason from Suds ‘N Soda said that recent rains have flushed much of the bay bait toward the ocean. Bone Zara Spooks have been catching the schoolies but bigger are falling for mackerel which are no problem to catch with some even in the river. Most are struggling for stripers but the more consistent catchers are targeting the myriad of rips in the Piscatagua River. Obviously squid works for the black sea bass but they relish artificials such as a Spro Jig, Shimano Lucanus and Luhr Jensen Crippled Herring. Another place where you can find the calamari as well as the black sea bass is on the New Hampshire side of the Portsmouth Shipyard. ![]() Chad suggests that you target the black bass among nearby structure such as pilings with 45’ of water being the magic depth. A neat surprise is that there are fairly good numbers of black sea bass lurking below the squid. New Hampshire Fishing ReportĬhad from Dover Marine told me that squid numbers remain fairly consistent by the PSH Plant as well as by the Rte. ![]() The Mousam has been impressive for mid-30-inch stripers with mackerel making for the perfect bait for bass as well as offshore for porbeagle sharks. And there is sea bass scuttlebutt where the squid are. Squid still cooperate most anywhere there is access to a lit pier among that same watershed at night. Recent rains turned Great Bay and much of the Piscataqua River into a muddy mess, which if anything concentrated striped bass toward the mouth of the river.
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