Fishing Reports by Capt. Joel Koch

2009 Season Ended - With the poor fishing this past week, and worse short and long term weather forecasts, I have decided to end the 2009 season. It was a great year and I thank my many new and returning customers. Looking forward to an even better 2010. Good luck. more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Striped Bass fishing slowing down. - Week Ending 9/20/09 Fishing really slowed down this week. In the morning the temps were in the 50's and every day was very windy. The wind and current rarely were in the same direction making it a struggle to catch just a few fish each day. I more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

NH Striped Bass fishing - Week Ending 9/5/09 The last week has brought fantastic weather to the NH Seacoast. Cool mornings with warmer temps as the day progresses has made for some great fishing weather. The beginning of the last week of August had some slower days fishi more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Week Ending 8/23/09 - Fishing Report Week Ending 8/23/09 What a difference a day makes! From the worst day of the season to the best! The last two weeks have been average striped bass fishing times for Reel Ecstasy. Fifteen to twenty striped bass was the typical c more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

NH Striped Bass report 8/8/09 - Fishing Report Week Ending 8/8/09 The fishing was good this week with a few great days and then WOW!!.. Monday and Tuesday were really good fishing days with 20-30 fish each day. In addition we caught a couple of bigger fish with the biggest on more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Week Ending 8/2/09 - Finally, some nice weather for a change. No rain on any trip this week and lots of sun. Fishing was consistent with 15 –25 fish on each trip. We had a couple of fish this week in the 30+ range with most fish between 24-27. It is truly amazing more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

NH Striped Bass Report Week Ending 7/26/09 - Lot of good fishing trips this week. Caught 15-20 fish on all trips with most trips yielding at least one keeper. The weather for the most part was cooperative however it rained a bit on Tuesday and Connie, Charlie, Chuck, and Caitlin were ready to more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Week Ending 7/19/09 - Well it has been two week since my last report. Finally the weather has cleared and we have had some hot sunny summer days. The fishing has been mainly good with 15-25 fish caught on most trips, every so often though we get a slower trip with only more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Week Ending July 5, 2009. - What a week, once again a lot of rain and really cold temps in the beginning of the week. Thankfully the bimini top and some rain gear keep everyone dry for the most part. Fishing had it ups and downs, this week. Monday morning was a bit slow wi more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Fishing Report Week Ending 6.28.09 - Another week of mostly bad weather. Monday it poured, we stayed dry under the bimini top and we caught a bunch of stripers but sun would have been nice. Tuesday I took off and guess what it didn't rain. Wed. I went out with long time customers Har more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth