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This being the last Kittery Trading Post Fishing R...

2008-11-20T20:21:00.000-08:00

This being the last Kittery Trading Post Fishing Report of the 2008 season, we’ll be concentrating on not so much what happened last week, but keying in on the opportunities for late season angling, in both the fresh and saltwater, inland and coastal areas. Because information is a bit sketchy as fishing pressure has dropped considerably, this report will be a bit more compact. In the spring, finding water temperatures a couple of degrees warmer than the rest of a lake’s water will often find you the fish, as baitfish and other organisms are very temperature oriented. In the fall, it’s just the same, as the lakes are cooling down and fish will again seek a warmer pool of water.
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(From Our website)Fishing the spring Alewives, Loo...

2007-05-28T12:46:00.000-07:00

(From Our website)

Fishing the spring Alewives, Look for man-made and natural structures that may slow the alewives' upstream movement – bridge abutments, rock ledges, small drops, i.e. lower falls on the Royal or Presumscot Rivers, and seams created by the tidal flow.

1. Mature Alewives are between 7"-11"long and while in the salt they are silver and purple iridescent in color. However they quickly take on a more yellow shade not long after moving into brackish water.

2. When fishing over an incoming tide into an outgoing, the water color may be off. It's important to remember that stripers are primarily nocturnal and as a result their lateral line is highly sensitive and can pick up vibrations for more than a 100 feet. It's best to use flies that move water and are tied with active materials.

3. When it comes to fly size and color, these are both vital although size seem to be the more important of the two. At times it's difficult to determine what size baitfish a striper or
4. bluefish may key into. Try starting out at the larger side and move to the smallest, then work back to the mid size and don't worry about using small patterns with stripers. As the saying goes, elephants still eat peanuts.

5. Remember that presentation with stripers is very important. Try different stripping techniques. Remember injured bait fish can't swim away and long pauses in your strip maybe the key.

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The first fish to the boat for me in May over 30 i...

2007-05-28T06:37:00.000-07:00

The first fish to the boat for me in May over 30 inch in Maine, was a very bright purple back striper caught by a client.
We were fishing a river near Portland that gets a good Alewife run, fishing a 350 gr tip a 12inch hollow fle with lots of flash tied in. Very slow strips and almost acting like a dying bait fish got the eat. Plenty of rats would follow the large fly and hit the tail. But my angler was willing to play around and try for larger fish and we got lucky, (note: there where lots of spin caster around not doing crap It was fun to see the Fly anglers with plenty of hook ups) must be the slower strips and active materials of flies that got the eat.