Merrimack River Report #18 September 6, 2007

Merrimack River Report #18 September 6, 2007

The fall fishing is here. This morning my clients and I found hordes of busting stripers in the river near the Route 1 Bridge. The fish were smashing what looked to be baby bunker minnows. The guys caught a few on flies and then switched to 6-inch Sluggos. The action was pretty steady for well over an hour just before the morning high tide. Most of the fish were about twenty inches. As the tide slacked the fast action stopped. We found more stripers near half tide rocks and couple inside the north jetty. It was a good morning of fishing.

There are still plenty of bluefish around. Many fishermen are taking them by trolling umbrella rigs ( that is not a method of fishing that I like, however ).

There was a fishing tournament over the long weekend and the winning stripers for boat and shore categories were in the 50 pound range. One was weighed in at Surfland on Plum Island.

I know people get busy with other activities in September but, if you can get out for some fishing you could have some great fishing trips.