Stripers On the Jopa Flatts

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Dockside
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Stripers On the Jopa Flatts

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Freakin eels man! Get some eels!
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These fish are all caught on custom 7' light action rods.
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I cant wait! Its only a 3 hour drive from Burlington and you can use the beach as a reason to drag the whole family down :)
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Nice stripers.
Salt water fishing is always fun.
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wont be long before there here (in Maine)
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Lavman
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Ben those are dandies! Where are these Jopa Flatts of which you speak?
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drachma
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Ben,

When do you wanna go? I was raised fishing there and out of Portsmouth, NH as a kid.

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I want to go every day :D

I dont know all summer I am stuck in a little place called Dockside....
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I'm ready when you are! I fished there a lot as a kid.

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Post by Gray Ghost »

Lavman wrote:Ben those are dandies! Where are these Jopa Flatts of which you speak?
Fishing Joppa Flats can be very exciting fishing day and night times at high tide. When tides are outgoing, drift fishing live bait at the mouth of the Merrimack River is very productive. There is also fishing from shore and the jetty.

Some information to get one started.

Joppa Flats
http://ma.usharbors.com/explore/harbor- ... mack-river

Tides

http://ma.usharbors.com/monthly-tides/M ... ck%20River

Saltwater License

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/recreati ... htm#permit

Information and Bait and Tackle

Newbury
Surfland Bait and Tackle*
28 Plum Island Boulevard
978-462-4202

http://www.eregulations.com/massachuset ... kle-shops/

Salisbury State Park, for camping, tenting and RVing and boat launching

http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/salb.htm

There are several Striper fishing forums that cover the Merrimack River.
Gus
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