Hot weather is upon us and many fish will be sliding into their summer patterns. Many deem July to be a lull month for fishing, but anglers willing to adjust how they fish, and follow fish as they move deeper, will do well. Striper fishing is still hot, with late spring-like weather pushing the striper patterns a little later. Haddock fishing has picked up off of Jeffrey’s Ledge and Stellwagen Bank. Trout fishing has slowed down for most southern waters, but smallmouth and largemouth bass …

Summer is officially here and the fish are mostly behaving predictably. Striped bass are seemingly everywhere and sometimes seem to bite almost anything. We are hearing of some great nighttime fishing on live eels, which we just got restocked on. Flounder are still biting, but they are beginning to move out a bit deeper. Trolling for trout and salmon is still good, but smaller southern ponds are warming up. Anglers might want to head to larger deep lakes for better fishing. Largemouth and smallm …

Ground fishing for haddock and redfish is still good, but striped bass are the talk of the town. June is highly regarded as the best month of the year by most striper anglers. Stop in to see our fishing department staff to get rigged up and don’t forget that we carry live eels! On the freshwater side, New Hampshire’s catch-and-release artificial lure-only season ended on the 15th, so anglers can now switch to popular live crawfish for bait. Salmon and lake trout reports are good from …

Stripers have made their way up into the Saco River area. Outside Portsmouth and Hampton Harbors, the Merrimack River, and Boston Harbor are all loaded with Stripers. Salmon and lake trout fishing has slowed a bit over the past week, likely weather related. There are still some trout being caught in cooler rivers and deeper lakes and ponds in central and northern New England. Mountain rivers are your best bet right now. Flounder are biting well and should stay in shallow for another week or two …

Stripers, flounder, and salmon made up the bulk of this week’s reporting, with a bit of bass fishing mixed in. Everyone is reporting lots of big stripers around, despite recent storms over the last weekend. Reports of flounder, tautog, and big stripers in and around Boston Harbor dominated reports. Plum Island and the Merrimack River are still producing big stripers, but freshwater in the river has slowed some areas and techniques down a bit. Salmon fishing on Sebago, Winnipesaukee, and Wi …