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The Saltwater Fishing Report is below the chart.
Read below for fishing tips and insider information from Captain Greg!
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The Southern Maine Saltwater Fishing Report - Excellent Fall Fishing
by Captain Greg Metcalf
2021 has been an outstanding saltwater fishing season. Striped bass fishing has been fantastic. It has also been the best year for jumbo-sized stripers in many years with many fish over 40 and even 50 inches.
Another high point of this season was the return of bluefish. They were here in catchable numbers for several weeks in August and thrilled salt-water anglers during the hot mid-summer months.
Chris Henchey from Goose Rocks Beach caught this beautiful Atlantic cod aboard the Striper Swiper on September 25
September is a great time for fishing enthusiasts along the shoreline. Fishing has been excellent from York to Saco. Striped bass of all sizes have been on the move and eating everything in their path as they begin their annual southern voyage. Fishing should remain excellent into early October.
Kennebunkport: Anglers fishing between Cape Porpoise and Parsons Beach had a great week catching both mackerel and striped bass this week when the weather permitted. Stripers can be found lurking in the rocky shoreline boulder fields as well as on the sandy beaches and river mouths. The Kennebunk and Mousam Rivers were particularly hot this week. Mackerel are back in full force and very easy to locate and catch.
Anglers aboard the Striper Swiper even got in on the short one-month cod season with some great catches of Atlantic cod.
Wells, Ogunquit: Brandy from Webhannet River Tackle reported fantastic fishing for mackerel and striped bass all week long. She told me they weighed in several fish that measured over 40 inches this week, a few of them approaching 50 inches. Anglers fishing from shore or from boats close in tight to the beaches from Ogunquit to Parsons have enjoyed the most success.
Goose Rocks Beach and Biddeford Pool: Captain Steve Brettell told me it was another good week of fishing at Goose Rocks. Stripers of all size including some bigger fish were caught off of Goose Rocks Beach and Timber Island this past week. Mackerel are still plentiful and the stripers are hungry.
York: Captain Phil Breton from Breton Charters told me fishing has been picking up along the shoreline be-tween Ogunquit and York. There are plenty of nice fish being caught from Cliff House to Long Sands Beach and bigger fish with moving in and willing to bite.
Capt. Greg Metcalf's Striper Swiper
Most of the fish have been taking fresh chunks of mackerel. Bait fishing for mackerel has been very steady. There was a very hot bite of jumbo stripers off of Perkins Cove over the weekend.
Saco River and Saco Bay: Pete from Saco Bay Tackle reported fishing has been steady off the beaches of Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford Pool. Eels have been working using just a swivel on dead low tide near Goosefare Brook in Ocean Park and by University of New England.
Birds are still working the waters off Wood Island and Pete’s son caught a bluefish while they were out near the three-mile mark. Customers are still coming in mostly for bait and chunking off the shore, but some other lures that have been popular this week are the Atoms popper 1 1/4 ounce blue and white and the Bomber black and purple 7 inch. September has been a great month for fishing.
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Captain Greg Metcalf has been published in Sportfishing, The Salt Water Sportsman, Marlin Magazine,
TheFisherman and New England Game and Fish. He is currently the Northeast field editor for the Fisherman Magazine, and a regular contributor to Tourist & Town. He has produced and hosted two very successful fishing videos; Fishing for Giant Tuna, and Rigging Baits for Bluefin Tuna. He runs Atlantic Captain’s Academy which offers Coast Guard-approved courses to Captain’s License candidates. He also runs a charter fishing business aboard his boat, the Striper Swiper, in Kennebunkport. His charter business targets inshore species like striped and bluefish.
Photos courtesy Captain Greg Metcalf.
From June to October, fishing and sight-seeing is offered by Captain Greg Metcalfalong the Kennebunkport coastline aboard the custom 23-foot Striper Swiper.
Captain Greg has more than 30 years of experience sport-fishing in the Northeast.
Call Captain Greg year-round at 401-617-9265, email [email protected]
or visit www.captaingregmetcalf.com
