"rb608" wrote in news:1142016564.569689.6600
@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

As my summer vacation plans near solidification, it's looking
increasingly likely I'll be spending a week on the coast in the
Harpswell, ME area. In the event I'd take a fly rod along, what should
I start thinking about fly- & quarry-wise? I sorta know what to expect
topography wise with the rocky coast, tidal currents, etc.; and I have
to think there would be fish there just waiting for the right offering.
Given the added accessibility and mobility afforded by a sea kayak,
anybody care to give me a little encouragement or food for thought?

FWIW, I have never fished the salt before. I have both an 8 wt. & a 9
wt. at my disposal, but a sinking line for only the 9 wt. I can, if
pressed, churn out a respectable Clouser Minnow.

Happy to have an on-topic question for a change,
Joe F.



There are stripers among the rocks all summer long. I caught my first
striper on a sweltering Labor Day in the Phippsburg area (next peninusla
east). Clousers and decievers in baitfish colors, or chartruse, or all
white, or all black (at night). They'll also smash a popper from time to
time. I've had good service at Kennebec Angler in Bath.

Being shore bound on that shore is no picnic. You should do very well
with the kayak, if you can find a decent launch. There was a boat launch
a few hundred yards from where we stayed, and I would have never known if
someone point it out to me. Ask the locals.

You may want to check out Popham Beach State Park (an actual sandy beach
in Maine) and nearby Fort Popham. It fishes very well as it has a
phenominal tidal current on the outgoing. Not sure about yakking there.
There is also a Reid State Park nearby, never been there. I hear people
have trouble keeping their feet under them at Reid State Park.

I've got a bunch of stuff to sal****er flies. If you need anything, just
let me know.

Good Luck!

Sam Stump