Striper Fishing In Maine?

[BigFish]

I know I read that the fishing in and around Damariscotta was good....both fresh water and salt for stripers in some of the estuaries! I gotta check my OTW back issues.

[tattoobob]

I fished up there last year in Welles we caught a bunch of schoolies on clams, I went up for my brothers sons B-day and it was at a inlaws beach house so I made the best of the day by going fishing with my brothers brother-in-law. Drakes Island jetty, it is an out flow

[Finaddict]

Maine has excellent striper fishing and a lot of big fish like the rest of the coast. I've caught fish over 40lbs on artificials there as well as big fish on live mackerel and pogies over the years. The season is not quite as long as we get, but they have great fishing along most of the coast, from York on up through the Kennebec River. As most of the spots that I fish are within an hour's drive from my house, it is an easy up and down anytime of the year. If you have questions, contact the guys up at Saco Bait and Tackle, they are straight shooters and good fishermen.

[stuck in ohio]

The only chance I have for stripers are in Maine. From reading your posts...........it seems you guys get bigger fish. I fish the Kennebec and Reid Park. Schoolies all day, very few big ones.

[kennebecstriper]

OK maybe a couple, as you can see by my handle we do have fish here. Last spring I lipped a 52" striper for an 8 year old from shore at the Kennebec. If anyone come up this way stop into our hardware store and I can be of some help. Harvey's Hardware in Gardiner. They usually show up around the 1st or second week in may.

[hulkyj61]

Try anywhere from Wells beach to the saco river. All along the coast there are a ton of big fish. If you don't have a boat tryu camp ellis, at the mouth of the saco or just surfcast off any of the beaches along the coast. There are a ton of islands and rocky areas that always have a ton of fish too.