Maine Striper Fishing Reports

****FAll Special**** After work Special, Stripers or Tidal Carp 300.00 for one or two anglers. Call 207-671-4330

The fall striper run has been the lore of anglers for years and for us in Maine it's been somewhat a miss the last few years, a active day here and there if you are out every day you might get into a good surface feed, but for the most part spotty. But there seems to be a few things in place this year, setting up for some strong fall fishing, first off there is a lot of Bass around right now and even with a crazy heat wave, we have had a good first light bite, It would slow quickly after the sun got high and or the tide swamped out, but a good short window. A black tabory snake style fly 4-5 inch long striped slow would pull them of the mud flats in the AM low light. But for me I have been really Lucky with my anglers the last few weeks from Keys guides of 30 plus years to Left Krey there has been some experience on the boat at with the bright sun and incoming tides on the sand flats why not go striper fishing 95 degree heat, we have been seeing fishing on the sand in very very large numbers mostly schooling up on the outer island beaches, your first few casts are key they don't really want you there and they are pretty well feed, some flash along the bottom rubbing sea lice but many are just playing follow the leader, food wise for us there was a pretty big sand shrimp hatch during the last full moon, there is pogies just off the flats for a low light feast there tinkers macs and juvies starting to fall out, But what did we get them to eat? a crab!!! I have a feeling this will be changing as the mind set of fall starts to finally make a presences here in New England,

Fall = Find the bait,Find the fish

Bait stages in coves during half and moves on full moons so look at points and bars on full and new moons and check holding coves during the quarter moons. this is a pretty basic formula but seems to hold pretty true here in Casco Bay if the winds are average but remember the schools of fish move move into the wind or tide witch ever is stronger so check your spots with that in mind, here in the bay it might be the next island over after a good breeze.

If the Idea of a striper moon holds true the first big push is on the first full moon of Sept This year that the 23 rd
and by what I'm seeing it's going to be worth the wait

Also We have been hitting the Carp on the flats with some pretty active fish tailing on the hot evening, I have some dates open in Sept for Both Stripers or Carp.
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