Casco Bay

I landed four new species on an amazing trip to coastal Maine! I gave myself a goal of catching four species for this trip, those being striped bass, pollock, mackerel, and cunner. I managed to check off three of these species and a bonus Atlantic herring! Majority of my time spent fishing was for stripers, however, I couldn’t manage to get a bite. I even ran into two guys that gifted me nearly $30 in striper lures. They were die hard striper anglers that must have had some sort of sponsorship because they pulled out a huge unopened box full of hundreds of z-man products. My only real success came right at the end of my trip, where I found a pier in downtown Portland that was loaded with fish. I knew sabiki rigs would work well and I spent hours the previous day looking for a place to get some. Thankfully the effort paid off because the pollock loved them. I was catching 6 fish at a time nearly every cast. I also got a few small cunner mixed in with the pollock. For the mackerel, I used pieces of mackerel after catching one on a diamond jig. In total I caught about a dozen mackerel, and too many pollock to count.

Beautiful day out for fishing over cast with some fog that is clearing and it’s super calm. Just got to wait for the tide to come up to at least the dock.

8 mackerel

First catch and cook

Lost a good fight to a biggin right at the boat 15 min before I caught this decent lil guy. 🎣🤙

I'd say my first saltwater trip with my boat was a success. 2 new PBs back to back. 1st pic was just over 40" without the tail pinched. 2nd was a FAT 38" definitely weighed more than the other 1. The 40" was SUCH a fight an incredible experience!! Ended up with 3 last guy was in the keeper slot but all were released alive 🤙🎣🎣

I'd say my 1st attempt saltwater fishing from my yak was a success. After a 3+min fight in some crazy current from the recent storm I finally landed a striper from my kayak!! It was the only 1 but it wasn't a lil schoolie! ABSOLUTE BEST fight on the water yet for me!! 🤩🎣🎣