Maine Striper Fishing With Capt George Harris &Super Fly Charters: June, 2011. Join Super Fly Charters on Maine’s legendary Kennebec River...A damp, foggy morning allowed us to have the river all to ourselves and we took advantage of it by putting on a Striped Bass slayfest...Jigging soft plastics through the tide rips is a deadly technique when done properly...a 6 1/2 to 7 foot med action rod with a 4000-6000 sized reel loaded with 30 pound super braid...20-25 pound test mono leader and an assortment of soft plastic lures fished off 1-3 oz jig heads with wide gap hooks will get you in the the slay zone...fish the jig slowly and erratically off the bottom and you will see results like ours EVERY TIME!!!
Super Fly Charters Super Fly Charters provides friendly, professional guided fly &light tackle fishing for Striped Bass, Bluefish &’Football’ Bluefin Tuna. Although we specialize in sight casting the flats, we also cast our flies, lures and live-bait into powerful tidal rips, eddies, and bold ocean washed ledges. We operate in the mid coast region of Maine from Eastern Casco Bay to Penobscot Bay including the mighty Kennebec River, an area covering an astonishing
Capt. George Harris Capt. George Harris, a native of midcoast, Maine, became a saltwater angler at a very young age, quickly becoming addicted to the sport. After many succesful years in Florida Capt. George migrated back to his home waters to guide for Stripers, Bluefish &Tuna off Capt. George is a Registered Maine Tidewater Guide, USCG 100 ton Master Capt, I.G.F.A. Certified Captain, Member of CCA Maine, Trout Unlimited,has a lifetime experience on the water.
Tackle and Equipment The ’Super Fly’ is a Yamaha powered 21’ Parker CC. After fishing many types of boats We think we’ve found the perfect boat for fly &light tackle fishing the rugged Maine coast. This boat is fully equipped with a fish-finder, GPS chart plotter, two VHF radios, cell phone, and all USCG required safety equipment. Super Fly Charters is well equipped with rods by Sage, G. Loomis, Lamiglas, TFO &St. Croix. Our reels are supplied by Tibor, TFO, Teton,
The Fishing
Where We Fish. We operate our fishing charters in the Mid-Coast region of Maine, from Casco Bay to Penobscot Bay. This area features an astonishing 1000 miles of jagged coastline including the mighty Kennebec River system. We focus our efforts on Muscongus Bay &the broad reach of the the St. George River with its countless thousands of acres of untouched saltwater flats, It’s a flats fishermans nirvana. On any given day we can be found fishing coastal tide marshes, shallow flats, sandy
The Season. Starting in late May, the coast of Maine is invaded by a ’thousand mile long convoy’ of ravenous Striped Bass that pour into the numerous coastal rivers and bays to feed on the vast schools of bait fish. June offers nearly non-stop action with ’schoolie’ Stripers in the 18-30 inch range. By July, Bluefish join the fray with amazing surface ’blitzes’ that churn the waters. Huge Striped Bass cruise the flats &lie in deep rips attacking any bait t
August sees the arrival of ’football’ Bluefin Tuna, in the 50 to 200 pound range that crash into hapless bait balls on the surface of near shore waters with action that lasts through the Fall. September - October offers unbelievable action on Striper, Bluefish, and ’Football’ Tuna as acres and acres of fish gorge themselves on Peanut Bunker, Herring, Sandeels and Atlantic Mackerel; to fatten-up as the first cold fronts of autumn send these game fish off on their southerly
’From the dock in Warren we boarded the 21’ Parker CC with Capt. George Harris of Super Fly Charters, we were off to find Striped Bass...Since sunrise was only an hour earlier, the morning sun and cool air were heavenly on the tranquil waters as Osprey &Kingfisher flew across the narrow stretch to beckoning Maples. Upstream in the brackish water of the marsh I cast an artificial herring on a light spinning rod and soon caught &released a feisty Striper’ Coral Gables Ga
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