You'll see distinctly different stages of the tide and fish several kinds of water. If conditions line up, we're on the flats, hunting and stalking.
$650Check dates
Soul Fly Outfitters
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Guided striperson the fly.
Southern Maine and the New Hampshire Seacoast
Home water
Sight fishing stripers in skinny water.
Southern Maine and the New Hampshire Seacoast. We hunt fish we can see, from the poling platform of a Maverick 18, and I'll teach you to see them too.
8–12 ft
Tides every six hours. The water never fishes the same way twice.
Mud flats
Where it started for me. Stripers cruise the flats in skinny water, feeding on shrimp and crabs, and we pole along in 18 inches of water looking for them. Challenging, and very rewarding when it comes together.
Rocky coast
We drop the trolling motor and work the granite coast pocket by pocket. Every pocket of wash can hold a fish, and the bass that live there run darker, adapted to the rocks.
Rivers & estuaries
In spring, stripers follow river herring and eels up into the headwaters of the Piscataqua to feed after their long migration up the coast. Beaches and marsh round out the season.
Since 2007Guiding
USCG captainLicensed, and a certified Maine guide
Poling skiffMaverick 18Kittery PointHome port, Maine
Trips & rates
Pick your day on the water.
Start early and finish late for a full day on the water. Can be split into a morning and evening session.
$800Check dates
Casting instruction, the mental game, and shallow water sight fishing tactics. Teaching is one of my favorite ways to spend time in this sport.
$100/hrAsk about it
Every trip
Maverick 18 poling skiff
Water and an iced YETI cooler
Good boat snacks
No deposit, cash or Venmo
The season
When to book, and when to come.
Most of my summer books in January and February. Stripers are here from mid-May through October, and June into early July is my favorite stretch: new fish showing up every week, and a great time for big ones in shallow water.
A year on the Maine coastSouthern Maine & the NH Seacoast
JanJFebFMarMAprAMayMJunJJulJAugASepSOctONovNDecD
Book your datesJan to Feb
Stripers in residenceMid-May to Oct
Guiding with meJun to Aug, approx.
Peak seasonJun to early Jul
Beyond Maine
Fish with me somewhere else.
Berry Islands, BahamasSoul Fly LodgeBonefish and permit with our Bahamian guide team, October through June.
Gaspé Peninsula, QuebecGaspé CoastalSwing for Atlantic salmon on the Grand Cascapedia and sight fish stripers on the flats, sometimes in the same day.
Can't make it out? Learn onlineIntro to Saltwater Flats on Fish Camp
Summer books early.
Most of my summer books in January and February. Tell me when you're thinking and what you want out of the day.