Things are really kicking off now that winter seems to have finally left. Reports are that most waters cooled with the most recent snowstorm, slowing things down a bit, but multiple 60-degree days helped things considerably.

It was another week of great fishing with more haddock, trout, and salmon catches reported, and even some flounder reports around the Boston area. Our Fish! Paddle! Hunt! Event Kicks off this Thursday, April 25.

Great, phenomenal, amazing, consistent. Those are all words used to describe the fishing lately.

Haddock and Acadian redfish are on fire right now, as is salmon and lake trout fishing. Smallmouth bass are beginning to bite better, but no reports of them moving shallow yet. There is a lot of trout stocking going on lately.

It was opening day for a lot of fisheries at the time this info was gathered, and many were waiting to get reports from those who headed out. Most reports were of salmon and lake trout fishing on Winnipesaukee and Sebago, but we did hear of good trout fishing in southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

The fishing has really turned on. Better weather and additional opportunities have really kicked things into high gear on almost all fronts.

The fishing has gone from good to great. The big news is that the stripers are here! We have heard reports all up and down the coast of fresh stripers being caught.