Maine Striper Fishing Charters & Reports Hotline 207-691-0745: Maine Striper Fishing 2012

Maine Saltwater Fishing Reports Blog

Welcome to the Fish Blog & saltwater fishing reports page of TIDE CHASER GUIDE SERVICE & Capt. George Harris. We're looking forward to providing you with the most up to date inshore saltwater fishing reports on the Maine coast as the Maine Striper Fishing season goes forward into 2019!!! You wont find any generic"cut & paste" reports or info here...Just pure fishing!!!

TIDE CHASER provides friendly, professional guided fly & light tackle fishing trips.We operate our fishing TRIPS in the Mid-Coast region of Maine, from Casco Bay to Penobscot Bay. This area features an astonishing 1000 miles of jagged, pristine coastline. We focus our efforts on the broad reach of the lower Kennebec river estuary & the outer boundaries of Casco Bay...with its countless thousands of acres of untouched saltwater flats, gnarly tides that rip over rocky structure and an intricate maze of backcountry channels, It's a fly & light tackle fishermans nirvana. On any given day we can be found fishing sandy beaches, ocean front ledges, coastal tide marshes or shallow hard bottom flats. Wherever the fish are!!! Whether it's on the fly...pitching plugs or live lining frisky live baits we've got you covered check out our website for all of our trip offerings...and stay tuned for some new trips options for 2019

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Maine Striper Fishing 2012

Join Super Fly Charters on Maine's legendary Kennebec River system & Eastern Casco Bay..Jeremiah Jewell took advantage of a rainy,foggy day late last June (2011) by putting on a Striped Bass slayfest...Jigging soft plastics through the tide rips is a deadly technique when done properly...a 6 1/2 to 7 foot med action rod with a 4000-6000 sized reel loaded with 30 pound super braid...20-25 pound test mono leader and an assortment of soft plastic lures fished off 1-3 oz jig heads with wide gap hooks will get you in the the slay zone...fish the jig slowly and erratically off the bottom and you will see results like ours EVERY TIME!!! Skipping jigs off bottom through rips is just one of dozens of techniques that we employ during the course our season...Maine offers an incredibly diverse array of prime Striped Bass habitat types and during our season we fish them all...Everything from fly fishing to light tackle, flats to rips, artificial lures to live bait...We have you covered!!!