Shore fishing for Stripers

[munoz6]

Can anyone give me some good locations to fish from shore? I am new to the area and I just bought the gear to do some Striper fishing. Any help would be appreciated.

[s2ary]

Hey Munoz,

The entire state of NH has a great striper fishery. What is unique about NH is that packed within the 19 miles of shoreline is a nice balance of rocky shores beaches and estuaries. Within walking distance of each other.

You can go to a beach or rocky shore or eastuary in other states as well, but you really need to drive from spot to spot.


The best advice I can say is to pick a home range and fish it hard. At this time of year I start at river mouths with jetties. That way if the fish are on the beach, I'm there. Or along the jetty or in the marsh within a 5 minute walk your into fish.

[Steve H.]

When I'm not fly fishing Plum Island I often fish around Portsmouth where I live. My favorite place is off Four Tree Island which is near Prescott Park and Strawberry Bank. When the stripers are in the Piscataqua I like to go there when high tide coincides with first light in the morning. Pretty much guaranteed to get topwater action on poppers around the many lobster pots on the river side and inside the cove by the commercial dock. Outgoing tide is good too with deceivers and clousers in the rips that form off the point. The banks are steep and rocky on the river side so it can be tough to land a large fish. It's wadeable on the inside of the point, however. Another good spot in Portsmouth is near the bridges that connect to New Castle. South of Portsmouth I would recommend off the rocks at Rye Beach (high tide) or the outlet of the Hampton River by the bridge.

[Steve H.]

When I'm not fly fishing Plum Island I often fish around Portsmouth where I live. My favorite place is off Four Tree Island which is near Prescott Park and Strawberry Bank. When the stripers are in the Piscataqua I like to go there when high tide coincides with first light in the morning. Pretty much guaranteed to get topwater action on poppers around the many lobster pots on the river side and inside the cove by the commercial dock. Outgoing tide is good too with deceivers and clousers in the rips that form off the point. The banks are steep and rocky on the river side so it can be tough to land a large fish. It's wadeable on the inside of the point, however. Another good spot in Portsmouth is near the bridges that connect to New Castle. South of Portsmouth I would recommend off the rocks at Rye Beach (high tide) or the outlet of the Hampton River by the bridge.