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The Hampton, NH marsh seems to be back to normal, with large numbers of striped bass moving along down river on the ebbing tide. Low tide is very productive, poppers and swimbaits in the evening are a favorite. Also may be some snapper bluefish in the mix. 

Reports from the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth area are good, with lots of stripers & bluefish to chase. The blues have invaded the mouths of various rivers along the NH shore. Check out a report on our forum here: Piscataqua River stripers and bluefish and Yellow Eyes: Portsmouth, NH area bluefish

One night live eel fishing with Roccus netted us both numerous stripers between 10 and 35 pounds. This was an "all-nighter", so fishing from 9pm to 6am was extremely productive. The last batch of fish were all over 35 pounds. After hooking up with a 36 pounder that was on its way upriver, I turned around to see Roc hook up with an even larger striper. Turned out be "# 10", his 10th 50+. You can read more about this slammer night of striper fishing at the link below...

Slammer Striped Bass All-Nighter

The local reports of mackerel and pogies are excellent! Mackerel are in thick as a brick all over the NH coast, but the Piscataqua River area and off the coast of Hampton & Seabrook have been the real hot spots. Some reports claim more mackerel than ever before, or at least in recent memory. Mackerel are also being had from shoreline spots, so get out there! So it sounds like a good season for live lining those bait fish for some larger class striped bass. 

The POGIES have also arrived in New Hampshire waters! Pogies aka Menhaden or Bunker, have been spotted and landed up inside local rivers. You can read a report on our forum about NH pogies at the link below...

Pogies, Menhaden, Bunker in Hew Hampshire 2008

I personally caught & landed my first Striped Bass of 2008 last evening, May 14th. Caught using a 4" Tsunami split-tail minnow during the top of the flooding tide. A seal was also spotted during last nights outing. I never seen a seal this far upriver feasting on Striped Bass, so it was a quite a sight. To read more on the May 14th outing, you can click the link below to check out the report thread that I posted on our forum...

First schoolie New Hampshire Striped Bass of 2008

Please be sure to check out our new Fishing Reports sub-forums located directly under the Castin' N Blastin' forum. There are now seperate sections for New Hampshire fishing reports, Maine fishing reports, and Massachusetts fishing reports. There is also an extra sub-forum dedicated to fishing reports from other areas outside of NH, MA and ME. These new sub-forums will help everyone find local fishing reports much more easily, as well as help us to better archive the local fishing reports for future reference and study.

If you're looking for local New Hampshire striped bass fishing reports, here is where you will find them!

For local NH area striped bass tactics, and the hows, whens and whys of kicking off the New Hampshire area striper fishing season, go to our local HOW-TO's / TACTICS page for a rundown on stripers in NH, Southern Maine and Northeastern Massachussets.

May means New Hampshire striper fishing!

Looking for New Hampshire saltwater fishing reports? NH striped bass reports? NH freshwater fishing reports? How about New Hampshire ice fishing? Check out our local NH fishing forum.......registration is free, and fishing reports & logs are updated almost daily by local area anglers. Included are also striper fishing reports from northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern Maine.

The State of New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States named after the southern English county of Hampshire. The state ranks 44th in land area, 46th in total area of the 50 states, and 41st in population. It was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and became the ninth state to ratify the United States Constitution. New Hampshire was the first U.S. state to have its own state constitution, and is one of the few states without a general sales tax and income tax. Its license plates carry the state motto: "Live Free or Die." The state nickname is "The Granite State", in reference both to its geology and to its tradition of self-sufficiency.

New Hampshire's recreational attractions include skiing and other winter sports, observing the spectacular fall foliage, summer cottages along many lakes, motor sports at the New Hampshire International Speedway, home of NASCAR events and the Loudon Classic, and Bike Week, a popular motorcycle rally associated with the Loudon Classic, held in Laconia in June. - Excerpts taken from Wikipedia.com

But most importantly to us....FISHING & HUNTING! New Hampshire may have the shortest length of coastline of any  U.S. state, at 18 miles, but our 18 miles are vastly overlooked and underrated. From rocky cliffs to sandy beaches, estuaries to bays, NH has it all! Our coastline is a Striped Bass paradise, and that's just the saltwater...

The Piscataqua River and its several tributaries form the state's only significant ocean port where they flow into the Atlantic at Portsmouth. The Salmon Falls River and the Piscataqua define the southern portion of the border with Maine. The state has an ongoing boundary dispute with Maine in the area of Portsmouth Harbor, with New Hampshire claiming dominion over several islands (now known as Seavey Island) that include the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard as well as to the Maine towns of Kittery and Berwick. - Excerpts taken from Wikipedia.com

And ofcourse, our beloved Hampton Beach is a famous summertime hot spot & resort destination. With plenty of charters for fishing, whale watching, and cruises.

NH record Striped Bass:

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Bookmark the following pages for the latest on fishing New Hampshire and surround areas including southern Maine and northeastern Massachusetts.

New Hampshire striper fishing forums and NH fishing reports:

http://forums.marshmarauders.org

More coming soon.....

Rugged NH coastline:

Striped Bass fishing in New Hampshire is somewhat underrated, but we wouldn't have it any other way! :)

For New Hampshire Striped Bass fishing reports, freshwater fishing reports, and NH fishing logs etc., you may visit our online NH sportsmen community forum located HERE.

 * (Excerpt from Saltwater Sportsman magazine) - Biologists at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science have determined that striped bass can transmit what is known as (fish handler's disease) to humans. Called mycobacteriosis and caused by a type of bacteria, the disease is often seen in populations of aquacultured fish, but is also being found in wild fish. In many cases, only the fish's internal organs are initially affected, producing no outward sign, although lesions and sores on the fish's skin are sometimes evident. The affliction is slow growing and chronic, and the fish may continue to live for several years, deteriorating over time. Mycobacteriosis can be contracted through handling an infected fish, particularly if a person has a scratch or cut on the hand where the bacteria can enter the system. Symptoms include swelling and pain in the fingers and hand. The best advice is to simply avoid handling, cleaning, or eating any striper that appears to have sores on it's body. If you do come in contact with a suspected infected fish immediately and thoroughly wash the hands with an antibacterial soap.

New Hampshire saltwater fishing & freshwater fishing site

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