Maine Striper Fishing, Charters and reports

2008-09-08T10:36:00.000-07:00

Maine Striper Fishing reports

2008-07-15T13:44:00.001-07:00

Maine Striper Fishing Reports

2008-06-30T14:09:00.000-07:00

Aug-1

Open dates Booked for Aug
Call for Sept openings

Striper fishing report

2008-06-28T13:03:00.000-07:00

Maine Striper Fishing reports

2008-06-20T11:19:00.000-07:00

Maine Striper Fishing ReportAs of June, 2008 I'll be joining forces with Lateral-line and Fly Fishing in Saltwaters, Contributing Editor, Capt. John Mc Murray
to bring you a weekly updated report on Maine's Striper and Tuna fishing. Ive teamed up with the top guides, shop owners and fishy locals to cover Maine's Saltwater Fishery. (please See Lateral-line in our links) These guys are stepping it up on many issues that effect our striper fishing while offering some Bad-Ass clothing.

Maine Striper fishing blog, will remain, but the reports will be focused on fishing the flats of Casco Bay.

Maine Striper Fishing

2008-06-03T12:10:00.000-07:00

Capt. Eric Wallace: Open Dates 2008

2008-05-27T18:33:00.000-07:00

July------12 and 26
Aug------23,24 and 25 Call about Labor day weekend! and September Dates
Above are AM trips, there are a few PM half day tides still open!!!

I'll update September Soon!!
Tournament's
Kennebec River Pro AM=Booked
Royal River Striper Tourament=Booked

Maine stripers

2008-05-23T18:50:00.000-07:00

A large school of Pogies is sitting just South of Portland and mixed in are some horse Macs, plenty of smaller stripers are in the Casco Bay area many are holdovers. The pogies to the south are in good numbers for the first time in years,it may take a few more days of light S west winds and a stable weather pattern. For the most part the word on the water from Boston north is it seems a week to 10 days off, we had 5 days of N East winds that killed the water temp. Combine that with lots of bait to the south, the fish are happy where they are. Once the fish do push up to Portland Casco Bay area, there is no need for them to move north for a few weeks!!
The holdovers and schoollies have been active when the tides right and the sun has had a chance to warm the flats in Casco Bay. but not gangbusters yet, give it a week or so.

Maine Striper Fishing : Capt Eric Wallace

2008-05-19T12:46:00.000-07:00

(Overview)

Large Bait is moving into the rivers of Casco Bay, the Presumpscot,Royal, Cousins and New Meadows all have large bait runs of river herring and alewives. These big bait bring some big stripers, big flies and sink tips fished in the river channels over structure are the norm. If you are like many of the flats anglers I fish and would rather watch paint dry then fish a 375 gr sink tip all day. The estuaries and flats of Casco Bay come alive with smaller bait and active striper feeds, much early then most other area's on Maine's coast. With flats that are measured in miles warming the water, and moving the Bass onto them and out of the rivers in search of the Tidewater Silversides, Juvie Herring and large Grass shrimp hatch all add to the early season attractions of lower Casco Bay.

As we move deeper into June a New or full moon brings the worm hatches of Casco Bay. These hatches or worm swarms bring good size happy stripers onto the flats, and there here to eat! The right tide and sun angle this can be some of the most exciting shallow water fishing there is on the striper coast. Remember to check out my web blog for other reports and to give some feed back on the fishing your finding. www.mainestriperfishing.blogspot.com

Mid Summer (overview)

Plying the shallows on a sunny day is another game entirely. This is as close as you’ll get to bonefishing north of Biscayne Bay and a big bruiser-cruiser can be just as tough to fool as any double-digit downtown Islamorada bone. These fish are stalking the flats in search of crabs, baby flounders and sand shrimp and the ‘ole white and chartreuse Clouser Minnow approach usually doesn’t cut it. A stealthy approach, a long lead with a drab, nondescript fly “It could be a delicious crab or flounder or shrimp” pattern and the ability to read and feed the fish will result in a tight line. This isn’t a numbers game, and for my anglers this could be the pinnacle of the striper fishing experience, with every fish caught sight-casting worth ten taken on the blind.

Fall (overview)
There resaons why Saltwater Sportsman Magazine 2005-2007 has called Casco Bay the best bet for action packed striper fishing in the month of September. As the dog days of summer slide into autumn, striper fishing north of Cape Cod usually means three things: baby bunker blitzes, sight-casting the skinny or hunting for Momma with flies the size of your average Maine brook trout. Come mid-August it’s common to see large schools of stripers (and blues, and occasional bluefin tuna) pinning nervous mossy-brown balls of immature menhaden against the shoreline or up to the top offshore, wedged by a crowd of cormorants. Wildly wheeling terns and gulls add to the carnage to the point where the whole scene is so dense it’s more likely you’ll hook a bird than a bass. Small (two to four inch) wide-bodied streamers, as well as surface offerings Making September fishing in Maine one of the truly must do for the traveling saltwater fly angler

Feel free to call or email with any questions:
Capt Eric Wallace
207-671-4330
eric@coastalflyangler.com

Maine Striper fishing on the flats!!!

2008-05-07T09:21:00.000-07:00

Casco Bay, Maine's Striped Bass fishing!!!!!!

2007-05-28T05:55:00.000-07:00

Casco Bay

Maine's Casco Bay sits near the northern terminus of the legendary annual migration of striped bass along the Atlantic coast. It is the last, most consistent fishery for striped bass and bluefish on their journey north and arguably the best kept secret in East Coast saltwater fly and light tackle fishing. Known as the Calendar Islands, it is reputed to have 365 unique islands within its 20 mile span and remains largely undeveloped and undiscovered by fishermen. You'll share the water with lobster boats and bountiful wildlife -- seals, eider ducks, snowy egrets, osprey, eagles and porpoises — but almost no other anglers.

By virtue of sheer numbers of fish, variety of structure and natural beauty, the fishing is considered world class. Local rivers harbor huge runs of baitfish, providing abundant feed for striped bass and bluefish. As summer heats up and the baitfish runs have slowed, the action moves away from the rivers and onto the countless acres of mud and sand flats. For the skinny water fly and light tackle fisherman, ideal water temperatures keep an active bite in shallow water even during warmest of days, Casco Bay is host one of the largest flats systems on the east coast, and truly is a Premier skinny water fishery! where flat's skiffs and floating lines bring a wecolme change to big heavy boats and sink tips.For the angler looking to fish the rocks or for Tuna offshore once again this is a fishery with few peers and lead buy some outstanding guides, who spend there winters guideing in other area's, from the Lower Fl Keys to hosting travel trips to the Bahamas, Belize or Coasta Rica the full time guides of the Casco Bay area are some of the most hard working in the industry! Please feel free to contact Capt. Eric Wallace for more info on Maine Striper fishing.

2007-05-28T05:54:00.001-07:00

Maine Striper fishing / Spring Alewives

2007-05-19T18:39:00.000-07:00

(From Our website An old report from 2003)

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.

Check out coastal fly anglers website
Feel free to call or email with any questions:
Capt Eric Wallace
207-671-4330

Casco Bay and Kennebec River: fishing reports

2007-05-18T14:34:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Maine Striper Fishing. Check back soon for fishing reports from Capt. Eric Wallace of Coastal Fly Angler at http://www.coastalflyangler.com.