After some very slow fishing last week due to the tropic like heat...the Striped Bass fishing here in Maine has gotten back on track. We had been catching some nice stripers even through the "heat wave" but now we're catching good numbers as well.
We've been finding fish on a variety of habitat, varying from shallow water sand flats to current seams coming off shoreline structure however the bulk of the fish that we've been find have been holding over deeper structure where the water is cooler and the bait source is abundant...It just make sense for stripers to feed this way...high calorie yield with a minimum of energy expended.
Yesterday we had the pleasure of witnessing a school of stripers, up in 1-2 feet of water, in a daisy chain formation...i was able to beach the boat on a sand bar and have my angler stealthily wade within casting range...the fish seemed to have something else on their minds other than feeding but it was very cool to see such behavior...watching three foot long stripers rolling like tarpon is quite a sight!!!
Early morning or under the cover of fog can provide some outstanding surface activity for our fly and light tackle anglers....there is something special about watching a group of stripers stalk the popper and blast it repeatedly...the super strike little neck popper has been a killer. As we move forward with the rest of our season I anticipate that the striper bite will remain consistent...Offshore giant Bluefin tuna have been a regular catch...The Cod bite will remain consistent as always and We should start to see the shark fishing get better & better as the gulf of maine water temps warm up.
We still have some great tides available for all of the trips that we offer...so please give us a call if you'd like to get out on the water to enjoy some of the great saltwater fishing that mid coast Maine has to offer.
Maine Striper Fishing Guide
Capt. George Harris
207-691-0745
www.superfly-charters.com
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