Coastal New Hampshire and Maine Fishing Report- August 31, 2023
Recent rainfalls have pushed bait and bass out onto beaches and rocky points.
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Recent rainfalls have pushed bait and bass out onto beaches and rocky points.
Roving packs of bass are moving along area beaches picking off mackerel chunks as well as clams on the bottom.
Anglers are landing big blues on topwater plugs, bigger bass remain by the Isles of Shoals as well as off Kennebunkport, while offshore, pollock numbers are good along Northern Jeffrey’s Ledge and Tantas.
Striper anglers chasing bunker schools and slinging eels at night to find bigger bass, while offshore, pollock fishing has been very good out on Jeffrey’s Ledge.
Despite pogies moving offshore, anglers are still finding plenty of striped bass chasing mackerel schools.