Fishing Reports by Capt. Joel Koch

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report week ending June 4, 2005 Fishing really picked up this week with the warmer temps and clearer water in the river. Still a lot of floating debris in all shapes and sizes so care is really needed navigating the waters. We averaged more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report May 28, 2005 Well finally got a break in the weather and some sun instead of rain. Headed out with Eric his buddy Peter and their sons. The water was brown and loaded with debris from days of hard rains. Water temp. had dropped more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report May, 19 2005 The Stripers have made it to NH. Took out the new boat and decided to give fishing a serious try. Caught a number of fish up to 26” in about 2 hours on cut bait and circle hooks. All the fish were healthy and fought more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Hi, Well another great fishing season has come to an end. It was a great year, many past customers came again and a lot of new faces got to sample the incredible New Hampshire Striped Bass fishery as well. The fantastic fishing really surprised more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report Week Ending 9/17/04 Fishing continues to be great in the River. We caught at least 50 fish each day and one day we boated over a hundred fish. Most days NH size keepers were caught (over 28inches). The most keepers caught for the more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report Week Ending 9/04/04 Dog Days of Summer, Not for us this week. Absolutely great fishing had by all. Best day of the week was Wednesday where Dave, by himself, caught over 50 fish. Dave was hot and his two buddies didn't count ho more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report Week Ending 8/21/04 This was the week for the largest number of Stripers caught per trip. On most days we caught upwards of 40 Stripers per trip with a few Bluefish mixed in. Most of the fish were in the 23-27 inch range,but, except more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report Week Ending August 7, 2004 The Bluefish have entered the river in large numbers and award us each day with their acrobatics and great fight. Most fish are in the 3-5lb range but every so often we get a larger one in the river like t more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report week ending 7/24/04 Striper activity continues to be great with catches each day between 20-40 fish. Blues have moved into the river as well and each day we hook up on a few in the 3-8lb range. Blues are great fighters on light tac more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Fishing Report Week Ending 7/10/04 Fishing remains great with a large population of Stripers having moved into the rivers and bays of NH. On most days we caught upwards of 30 fish of mixed sizes from 20inches up to 33 inches. We caught keepers eve more...
Capt. Joel Koch - Portsmouth