Fishing Charter (Portland, Brunswick, Scarborough: schools, live, beach)

[bbb3601]

Finally talked Mom and Pop into making a trip in June, and would like to take my father out on a fishing trip. I know this may be a silly question to pose, but do any of you have a charter you could recommend? Location is not that important as we will drive anywhere, but let's say from Rockland to Portland. Fish of choice Stripers.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

June is too early for stripers or blues in Maine. July and August are better, but you can still have an enjoyable charter going for groundfish.

[bbb3601]

thank you for that important info!!!!

[bigchuckie]

For stripers and blues Look at the Mid coast Bath Boothbay etc Great fishing in the mouth of the Kennebec.

[Maineac]

Yeah, you want stripers, east of Seguin Island, west of Thomaston river fishing. Spotty over the past few years. There's guys in the Boothbay area with boats that'll provide everything and put you on fish. I've seen them as early as May. Talk to the guides before you book.

[gf2020]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

June is too early for stripers or blues in Maine. July and August are better, but you can still have an enjoyable charter going for groundfish.

Tell that to the 100s of stripers I have caught in Southern Maine waters from Scarborough to York during the month of June over the past decade.

However, you are probably right that July is better for mid-Coast Maine.

Contact one of these guides and they will fill you in...

Mike Andreotti in Brunswick: Maine Sea Duck Hunting Guide.: Thornehead Guide Service Co

Doug Jowett in Brunswick: Home

Robin Thayer in Richmond: Kennebec_tidewater_charters_FishingHome

Barry Gibson in Boothbay Harbor: http://www.saltwatermaine.com/

[Maineac]

We get them on the Penobscot and I've caught them on the Bay as well, but I figured they wanted to boat rather than surf cast, which you wouldn't need a guide for. Otherwise, a lawn chair on Popham Beach suffices. Live eels, baby.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Many years they don't get as far north as the Penobscot. In 1974 we had a striper blitz in the Penobscot and it was. Circus. The blues came up river too. Few people had the proper lures I had a "striper sniper" top water plug colored like. Mackerel and caught stripers til my arms were too tired to fish. No limit back then.

[mainebrokerman]

in the early 80,s we use to use bloodworms and fish for them(stripers) behind statler tissue in the Kennebec river in augusta

when the alewives started to come in full force, the bluefish use to chase them,,,,we use to fish for bluefish in bath and popham beach offshore with chunk mackerel and fish off the bottom,,,
we also surface cast for blues,,,
we did very well,,,

there use to be a bluefish tournament/derby in the late 80's/'90's but the alewives schools diminished thru time and so did the blues


one year there were soooo many alewives (baitfish) that they depleted the oxygen in the new meadows river and they died,,,,,,it stunk real bad

when I was 12 yrs old,,i when on a charter boat called the INDIAN out of Kennebunkport, they supplied the poles,,
we caught many good size fish it was a great time

[bbb3601]

thanks to you all for sharing. I will be sure to post pics when we go!