Captain Satch with his grand- cousins Triva and Marina, little McCarey enjoying a lobster in background

Another great season comes to an end! After twenty- three years or so you'd think I'd get used to our "charter fishing" seasons coming to an end in the fall. But every year they seem to fly by faster and faster and I never seem ready for it to be over. Thank you so much for making India's and Gath's 2010 season one of our very best ever. Captain Whit's guests landed our two largest stripers ever, they both were over 50 pounds. Rob "Bear" Both (NY) landed our largest hake ever aboard "India" a 42 pounder. June, July and August were a sunny and calm as it ever gets in New England, folks from all over the country enjoyed some great days aboard the boats. As many of our fall anglers know, September and October's weather wasn't so nice. The wind and waves that missed us this summer, came back with a vengeance this fall, causing us to cancel many of our favorite fall trips and causing many seasoned anglers to spend a little time on their knees...ouch! Oh well a great time was had by all, especially me and my illustrious crew. Thank you all so much!




Ensign Ed and his wife Jodi enjoy a moment of peace and relaxation at my birthday party one beautiful evening in August.




Kissin cousin's...Cousins Mark, Meagan, Marina, Triva and McCarey meet up to enjoy a special family trip aboard the Gath IV this September. Our family got together for a wonderful family reunion the week after labor day. The kids got to meet and play together for the very first time. It was really a very special treat for me. Iloved all the kids but especially hit it off with my little cousinTriva whose beauty and personality reminded me so much of my mom. Thank you all for coming to visit this summer.


Most of the action, pictures, and videos from this season will be posted on our Captain Satch and Son's facebook page. I find it easier to load video's there and so many more folks can respond and comment.

Best Satch

Good friends of many years!

Amber Lamb (NY) with her pool winning 15 pound Monkfish. Ambers family spent this week with us as they do every year. This year, Ambers oldest sister Tara brought both her children on a four hour inshore trip. I first met Tara when she was just eight years old herself. Her 3 year old daughter Terri is the spitting image of Tara, she had just as much fun as her Mama always has playing jokes on poor old Satchie. Little William was the yougest fishermen ever to board the Gath IV, he signed aboard and made his first trip at te ripe old age of eight months. As always the whole crew had a wonderful time with all the "little Lambs" .




Al Maynes grandson, 11 year old Caleb with a nice 8 pound pollock. It was Caleb's first day offshore aboard the "India Marie". He had a blast helping Keith work the deck, while playing tricks on all our other guests. His Grandpa Al is our longest running guest having sailed with Captain Bobby Coombs aboard the Gath III over twenty years ago. It's always a great honor to have him and his family aboard.




Bill Pohl (CT) shown with his double keeper pollock catch. These 13 and 15 pounders were caught on the same line at the same time. Bill is the loving husband of my childhood friend and neighbor Mary Bellow Pohl. We have been friend for over 53 years.. I guess time really does fly!




John Orosz (NY) has been bring his wonderful family for the last four years. It always a treat to have his lovely wife Maria' and children spend a few days with us. The weather was on our side this year so we took advantage and spent a few hours chasing giant blue fin offshore. John is shown with his "Maine State Trophy cusk". John's 16 pound cusk is the largest landed on India in over two years and probably the largest landed in Maine this year. Special thanks to all our special friends that stuck by us all these years, you mean a great deal to all our crew!

Best Satch

A few of Captain Whit's crew and their stripers...

Captain Whit asked me to post of few of these photo's taken of his guests on the Gath IV over the last few weeks. Pictured first is Aaron Mayden (Vt) On his maiden voyage aboard Gath, Aaron landed a matched pair of twenty five pound plus Maine State trophy stripers. This was the first time that one of Whit's guest s has boarded two trophies on a single four hour trip. Aaron was kind enough to release both these fish shortly after his pictures were taken. Hopefully these photo's will entice George to come out of his Florida retirement community to wet a line in Maine.





Daryl Anderson (MA) and his 8 Year old daughter Deanna pose with her first striper. Deanna also landed a 20 inch cod fish which she happy released released.




Steve Anderson (NH) "No Relation to Daryl...I don't believe" helps his friend Steve Schronberg (FL) hold up his 52 pound Maine State Trophy striper. Steve's fish was the largest striper we've ever landed on any of our boats. Steve was foresighted enough to release his fish shorly after this picture was taken Female stripers of this size produce over 3 million eggs each season. It's folks like Steve that insure that our grandchildren will be able to enjoy this sport as much as we do. The Steve's have been a loyal guests of the Ole' Gath magic for over thirteen years. Thanks so much you for sticking with us guys.



Frank Fazio (NH)another good friend of many years, brought his family on their annual trip aboard the Gath IV yesterday with Captain Whit. A great time was had by all Frank is pictured below with his pool winning striper.We'll have to ask Whit how big it really was but I know he knocked his son in law out of first place just a few moments before the bell rang to leave for home. Thanks Frank

What a week!

We sure are having fun on the boats. The weather continues to be the very best its been in many years and the fishing is about as good as it can get. We've enjoyed taking so many of our good friends that come with us every year. On Thursday we celebrated "Fred Burketts annual Memorial birthday trip. Pictured is Fred's daughter Jeanette (center) with Ms. Linda Paul (ME) left and my wife Gloria (right).Quite a fishing trio. We all had a wonderful and special day. Jeanette won the pool with a 20 plus pound pollock. Linda landed at least one triple keeper catch, and a video of Gloria with her double keeper catch can be seen on my facebook page. If you haven't checked out our facebook page, you really should you'll see the cool new videos I post every few days. I'm pretty sure you don't have to sign up or give any personal information to view the page. Just click on my "become a fan logo" on the left side of this blog.

I started an additional open boat trip this week at the request of a good friend. As of this morning there is still room for 3 guests on this Thursday's 10 hr offshore trip aboard India.

There's a video of twelve seconds of Ansel Quinton (VT) trying to tame a 300 plus pound shark on Tuesday's trip. Pictured top of post is John Hayes (NY), Tom Fox (VT), with a few of their nice fish, Greg Brown (VT) is on left doing his best to reel up and catch up with his buddies. A really great time was had by all.

Inshore Captain Whit and his illustrious crew are enjoying very good striper fishing. Whit's developed quite a compliment of great returning guests that love to fish with him every season. I often hear. "Gee Satch ,we really like to fish with you, but do you mind if we go with Whit just this one this time. Sure makes a dad proud!

Some of his returning families this week included The John Gralia's (MA), the O'Brien's (MA), the O' Malley's (VT). "Thanks for the special cigars Joe". and the O'Conners (VT). I don't know all the specifics, but I do know that quite a few nice stripers were landed on most every trip, and that most of them were too big to keep . Hopefully, Captain Whit or our guests will post some of their pictures on my facebook site as well.

Thanks so much to all our returning guests. Can't wait for the rest of you to arrive.. Best, Captain Satch

Happy 4th folks.. A special holiday for me and dad!

My wonderful dad Frank McMahon passed on July 4th 2000, ten years ago this morning. He was a real American patriot, a fine gentlemen and the guy that taught me what love is really all about. Anyways the 4th was one of our favorite holidays "as some of you will remember", we always had the biggest fireworks display in the neighborhood. "Independence Day" is by far my favorite holiday with the exception of Easter. I fully expect this evening will find us aboard the Gath IV with a few good friends viewing the fireworks show off Kennebunkport.

The weather in Maine has been the best it's been in over twenty years, and we've taken more old friends fishing than ever before. Now thats saying somethin! Our fine crew is stronger than it's ever been and I'm very, very proud of the fine job their doing pleasing our guests.. This week Captain Whit landed the largest striper we've ever caught. An old friend Steve Schonberg (FL) who has fished with us from day one, fought, landed and released a Maine State trophy that was heavier than Whit's 50 pound scale could weigh. He called it at 52 pounds, but it could just as well have been 58 pounds. Steve was thoughtful and kind enough to release it shortly after it was caught so we will never know for certain. Fish of this size span over 2 million eggs each season.

The kids have been having a blast. In the picture"top of post 16" year old Mickey Badger (NY) shows off his 13 pound pool winning pollock, his largest fish ever. Below Whit's trusty mate Eric Sprague (ME) with the a nice 12.5 pound cod he landed thanks to the generosity of Ron Koshorick(MI). Next to Eric is Vic Brazen's good friend 13 year old Alex (PA) with his 10 plus pound striper caught on a 2 hour family evening trip.



Last night we enjoyed our 2nd of the season Saturday night Sea Shanty sing along with one of New England's finest Guitar pickers "Sir Ernie Pigeon". Ernie entertained at least 20 of my guests and friends from "Ocean View Campsite" with sea stories and songs of a almost forgotten era. I can tell from the caring expressions that his fine work was appreciated and real authentic enjoyment was had by all.



It was a little rough and too adventurous for our evening crew outside in the bay, so we swung around returned to a beautiful sunset anchored in the harbor. The young folks fished for the giant stripers that were splashing all around us. Ernie played and the rest of the crew sang along and had a wonderful time. The no- see ums had us for dinner as we topped off the evening with some of Gloria's grandmas famous haddock chowder. Sure glad"Mackerel Bob left his "Jungle bug spray" behind from the overnight trip.

Ernie's next appearance is on Sunday Evening July 11th @6 15 PM. You should call ahead early for reservations. It's a great family value at just $25 dollors per person. That's how we started the business.... by giving our guests more than their money's worth and as long as I'm the CEO I plan on continuing the practice........ Best to all and see you soon......... Satchie

Season in full swing!

Wow! What a great busy week. The best thing that happened was that Ron Koshorok (MI) landed the largest cod of the year so far. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. As usual he was kind enough to return his 37.5 pound Me. State trophy cod to the ocean unharmed shortly after Capt Whit took his picture. I'll post the picture next time as it's on Whit's camera, not mine. Here's a nice picture of his wife Marilyn with her 10 plus pounder caught on India's birthday yesterday.



We have room for two anglers, both on this Thursday and on this Friday's offshore trips aboard the "India Marie". So please call (207) 337-0800 if you've been looking for a chance to join us offshore. We've experienced the thrill of breaking off a few more Blue fin Tuna this week as well.

On Thursday we lost our Cummin's supplied factory rebuilt fuel oil supply pump for the final time. Captain Whit was kind enough to ride out the 18 miles and give us a tow in with the new Gath IV (picture below). Little Dennis Keith, Nick, Eric, Christian and I worked late into the evening. With the help of Mark at Con El diesel (Portland) we were able to air freight and install a brand spanking new injector pump so that we didn't have to disappoint any of our guests by canceling any of this weekends trips. Thanks so much guys. I"m absolutely convinced that we have the best organization of any charter boat company plying New England waters.



Top of post is a nice picture of 9.75 year old Duncan Caring (VT) with his biggest cod of the day. Doesn't he look like my grandson Joey at his age. What a great fisherman and super kid, just having him aboard for the day made the whole week worthwhile. Inshore fishing for stripers remains remains strong tons of bait are in the area and our inshore kids are catching their fair share as well . I'll post more pic's as soon as I get a chance. The old and the new. This morning I noticed this nice shot of Bob Frechette (MA) a great friend and guest of over13 years with a original classic Gath III T, and our newest mate Nick with the new Gath IV "Catch the magic T".....



See you soon Satch

Good Times..Summer Fun aboard "Indi and Gath".

Let the good times roll. Good fishing and great guests have given us another memorable and enjoyable week on the boats. We had perfect weather and and some of the most compatible guests ever on our overnight adventure to the Isle of Shoals (NH) this weekend. In the picture below Keith, Bob Posner (NH) and Wayne Guyette (NH) settle in to enjoy some of Ms. Jeanette Mom's honey roasted chicken as the sun sets in the background.




My campsite neighbor Bob Conner(MA) was high hook on Friday afternoon, but another neighbor and friend Greg Brown (NH) cleaned every bodies clock on Saturday catching the most fish, cumulating with this beautiful 27.5 Maine State trophy cod. Greg was kind enough to release this beauty shortly after this picture was taken ( top of post).

To top off a great weekend, Captain Whit bested our offshore trophy cod, on a weekend inshore trip with this 44 pound trophy striper landed by Ms. Jamie Frank (Ma) . Jamie was also kind enough to release her beautiful fish back to the ocean alive. Fish of this size have over 2 million eggs that they can span annually. Foresighted anglers like Jamie and Greg help insure the future of our fishery for all our grandchildren. Provided we don't let blatant greed like that displayed in the gulf off my old home in New Orleans destroy our whole planet.






The children also had a super time on our 2 hr family trips this week. Sister's Julian and Megan Laurie (MA) shown below having fun catching a few macs on Monday's trip. My cousin Julian (right) looks a bit like ol' Captain Satch did when I was her age at Hammanesset Beach many years ago.. Cousin Megan looks a bit more like the McMahon Family elders. I know our grandma would be very proud of our families successes.

"Gath IV" and "India Marie" both enjoy a great weekend!

Captain Whit, Nick and Eric plied the inshore waters for Mac's and stripers this weekend, as Keith and I headed offshore in search of cod and pollock. We were rewarded with many special returning guests on all of our trips. Seth, and Todd, (Oceanview Campsite) ,Vic Brazen ( Wheels and Waves Surf Shop),good ol' Joel (Fiele' Irish Pub) and the Breeze, joined us for their first offshore trip of the season. Todd managed to outshine everyone and win the pool again with a nice 13.5 pound cod.

On Friday, we were honored with some of the best ground fishermen in New England, Less and Linda , Jeanette and Jacky and even with these all stars we had our slowest bite of the weekend. They were joined by Jeff and Dean Lewis (PA) on their first ocean offshore. Dean a great young stream fisherman caught on fast and did very well keeping up with the experts as we still managed a good assortment of cod, pollock and haddock.

Frank Hughes and his son Conner, joined Greg Gallagher and his son Brenden, Chris and a tardy Russ Jeffries enjoyed a great day on the water Saturday. Russ was high hook as usual, but Brenden was fisherman of the day following closely behind Russ in numbers of fish. Brenden landed this super double keeper pollock catch, both fish landed on one line at the same time! ( picture top of post). The largest fish weighed in at 23.5 pounds and its mate at 12.5 pounds.





On Sunday, we enjoyed the fastest bite of the week with the Sikorsky Helicoptor boys (CT). Both Jim Delvitt and Larry Dube landed Maine State trophy haddock of over 7 pounds. Larry's is pictured here. Don's friend John, the Russian Guy! was high hook landing a cod on almost every drop. John's 20 plus pound cod won the pool for the largest fish of the day. I believe Marty Stewig (CT) enjoyed his most active day ever landing the more fish he ever has in over six years aboard the "India Marie".


I noticed that Captain Whit who left for his Saturday morning inshore trip at about the same time I did, was joined by Al Timms (MA), John Brandts( MA), Carmen(ME) and Matt Rich (VT) . It's very special to have these folks still fishing with us after all these years. A west wind slowed the striper bite on Saturday, but Sundays trip produced two nice stripers as the wind shifted to the east. A slew of Mac's and herring were caught on both trips and Whit's says all had a bang up time.

This weekend marks our tenth annual overnight trip aboard the "India Marie". We'll be leaving Friday afternoon with a great crew. I had hoped to take both boats for the first time, but a few folks canceled at the last minute and we were forced to limit our number of guests to six maximum. Sorry Eric and Brian...Whit's Gath IV will now be running it's usual half day striper trips on Saturday and I'm trying to put together our 2nd special "two hour family sing along" for Saturday evening June 20th if their is enough interest ,call for reservations (207) 337-0800.
Best Captain Satch

Maine voters repeal the new 7% sales tax on labor and service!

Thanks so much to all those who took the time to vote to repeal the new 7% tax all our guests would have had to pay to enjoy a day aboard the boats with us. You folks always manage to come through in the end and keep us afloat.

Inshore stripers and mackerel have arrived in very good numbers and Captain Whit and his crew have the new Gath IV ready to rock and roll. Gath's looking better than the 1st day she was launched. This week he and Eric took the Russ Starkey family (NH) on a great two hour family adventure. The kids had a blast landing over 50 mackerel. Picture top of post.

Wendsday Nick and I hosted the Lenny and Sasha Charter (MA) on a ver enjoyable half day trip aboard the "India Marie". Ms. Sasha landed the lagest striper of the day and the largest of her life a nice 30.5 incher shown left. Her 10 year nephew Jon also landed the largest fish of his life a 29 incher. The kids had a great time helping me steer the boat on the ride home.



We just opened up Saturday June 19th for inshore trips aboard the Gath IV. We originally had set aside the day so that Capt Whit and Eric, could join Capt Satch and Kieth on their trip to Isle of Shoals on that weekend. Change of plans, so if your going to be up on the 19th and would like to fish inshore with Whit and enjoy catching a few stripers give us a call (207) 337-0800

Great crew's,nice fish,and a lot of fun!

Whit's newest mate Nick Boudreau (ME) with a nice 15 pound cod

Great offshore fishing continues with our special returning guests. Had a blast this week with Brian Pinger (NY) and his friends from upstate NY. We're very lucky to have folks of this caliber that appreciate what it takes to put it all together. Pictured below left to right are Brian, Chris, Gary and Ray with a few of their spring "white belly cod". Kieth is helping Jim on the background land one of his double keeper catches. Jim (right) won the pool with a big fat 25 pound Me. State Trophy cod, his biggest ever!





Please go out of your way to vote this Tuesday June 8th to help yourself and us keep our taxes down. Another 7 percent tax on top of our fares could very well force us to lay off most of our crew cut back to just one boat next season.

A yes vote on next Tuesday, June 8th will stop the new regressive sales tax on labor and services in the State of Maine. With working folks losing their jobs State income tax revenues are down sharply. To benefit a few top executives and increase revenue, the legislator has passed a bill to institute a new 7 % sales tax on any service middle class families might require. You must vote to stop this new tax or it will take effect this year.Must do's like labor to fix your car, repairs to your home or appliances, property maintenance labor, plus any recreational activity you choose to take in, like fishing on our boats, playing golf, going to a ball game, the theater or movies to name just are few will be subject to a new 7 percent tax. Please take the time to vote yes to stop this new tax and help save a few small business and my crews jobs!. Thanks so much Satch..

Your input is again needed to save our family business!

A yes vote on next Tuesday, June 8th will stop the new regressive sales tax on labor and services in the State of Maine. With working folks losing their jobs State income tax revenues are down sharply. To benefit a few top executives and increase revenue, the legislator has passed a bill to institute a new 7 % sales tax on any service middle class families might require. You must vote to stop this new tax or it will take effect this year.Must do's like labor to fix your car, repairs to your home or appliances, property maintenance labor, plus any recreational activity you choose to take in, like fishing on our boats, playing golf, going to a ball game, the theater or movies to name just are few will be subject to a new 7 percent tax. Please take the time to vote yes to stop this new tax and help save a few small business and my crews jobs!. Thanks so much Satch..

Now the important stuff.

We had a wonderful start to the new season and a great Memorial day weekend. The mackerel arrived in large numbers on Friday and the neighborhood kids had a bang up time catching literally hundreds of them on the new Gath IV. Offshore cod fishing remains excellent as well. Stripers finally arrived hot on the tale of the mac's Pictured top of post is 10 year old Max Wilusz
with the largest striper of the weekend a nice 28 inch, 9 pounder.

We dedicated the Gath IV's 2010 season to my mom Carolyn, and we got it off to a bang Sunday evening with flowers for the ladies, and a spectacular performance by Sir Ernie Pigeon one of our areas best guitar players and seas shanties enthusiasts. "Sir Ernie" is pictured below on the fantail of "India" with Gath's guests enjoying and signing along.





We had such a good time that we hope we can do it again on the weekend of June 12th. Please let me know if you'd like a repeat performance. We also landed a few mackerel on the trip, and then were treated to some homemade cod chowder from Gloria's gram's old receipt. My buddy Franklin Davis is seen dipping into the pot for his 2nd helping.


Thanks for your support, and looking forward to another good weekend ahead. Best Satch

Another great day of fishing!

The summer season is starting off with a bang and everything seems to be happening at once this Memorial Day weekend.What else is new? Captain Den was on hand to launch Captain Whit's Gath IV yesterday,and just in time as the Mackerel have arrived in great numbers on this mornings low tide. Now's the time to bring the kids for the time of their life. Pictured is Captain Whit and his mate Nick preparing poles for this weekends inshore trips. Gath looks like a new boat on her 1st day after the 2010 season launch.



Kieth and I were treated to a great day of offshore fishing this week and were honored to have some of New England's best ground fisherman aboard the India Marie. The Spring cod fishing continues to be the best its been in many years. Les and Linda Paul (ME)had a great time landing many beautiful cod. Linda is pictured with her largest cod of the day a 19 pounder. Re- Pete Cacciapaglia (MA) was a bit tired upon reaching the dock. He was high hook landing nice fish steadily throughout the day My old friend Dennis Cassidy (VT) won the pool and landed the largest fish of his life. Pictured top of post is Den with his Maine Maine State trophy 27.5 pounder. Jeanette Deblois (Me) landed nice double keeper cod, a nice haddock and managd to ride her new cooler to a strong 3rd place finish.


Sunday evening,Memorial Day eve's Family trip features Sir Ernie Pigeon. He will be featured playing and singing a few sea shanties on his guitar. This will be a first aboard the boats. I'm not sure how much room is left, but I may take both boats if enough of you show up for the festivities. This will be authentic family fun and you should try to attend if you possible can. Best Satch

Memorial Day Weekend !

Captain Whit's Gath IV will be launching Thursday afternoon and will officially start the inshore striper bass fishing season this weekend. Not sure of the exact time of her launch, but feel free to call and check Thursday morning if you'd like to be there.There is currently room on Sunday mornings four hr inshore striper trip, 8 to noon... Remember Gath's two hour family trip on Sunday evening Memorial Day Eve will feature" Sir Ernie Pigeon" one of New England's finest guitar pickers playing a few sea shanties for you to sign along to as we troll the beaches. The weather is predicted to be perfect. This trip will be one to be remembered for years to come, and there is still a few spots available. Call Ensign Ed (207) 337 0800 or 339- 3951.

Offshore ....Keith and I hosted the annual Dave Williams Green Mountain boy's charter on India this week.The cod fishing was quite a bit slower than last weeks all out rout. But a nice assortment of cod, haddock, pollock and cusk were landed. Mike Yandow (VT) was high hook catching fish fairly steadily amongst a lot of throw backs was our largest haddock of the season a 6.5 pounder. Steve Donovan (VT) won the pool with an 8 pound cod. Dave Williams a great guy made the day alot of fun, entertaining Keith and I with some great tales of past conquests.

This Friday's open boat 10 hr Fair Weather fisherman's trip is now full, with a very exciting and experienced crew. Can't Wait and the weather is looking good. I told Ensign Ed to open up Sunday May 30th as a 10 hour open boat trip on India, since we did not have a charter that day. So if you are in town, don't have enough folks for a charter and want to check out some good spring fishing offshore with the crew of the "India Marie". This is a very good and unusual opportunity. See you this weekend..... Best Satch

Fabulous Fishing !

The "India Marie" began her offshore fishing season in earnest this week.The weather has been perfect, a 180 degree change from last season. Large schools of herring are moving into are area, and nice schools of spring cod are hot on their tail. Our illustrious crew caught a real great assortment of fine fish throughout the day. It was great fun. There are definitely more herring than in the last few years, maybe the little moratorium on their overfishing is starting to pay dividends. Large schools of fin back whales were swimming around "India" most of the day making the trip that much more enjoyable. Randy Jewett (Me) was fisherman of the day. Randy landed the largest pollack I've ever seen in the spring, his 29 pound 46 inch trophy is seen (left). Shortly after landing this fish Randy's drag started streaming out again and after at least a 9 minute battle a 30 plus pound trophy cod broke the surface. Randy was considerate enough to allow us to release this beautiful cod back to the sea alive after I took this quick picture of him. (right) Kieth did his revival work on this beautiful big breeder, and after about four minutes she happily swam back down to her school. Fish of this size produce well over 2 million eggs each season,while it is certainly legal for our guests to keep them, we try to convince folks to consider releasing them to build up the stocks for our grandchildren. We were happy to award Randy a Captain Satch and Sons.. Catch and Release tee shirt for his quick, cool thinking. Thanks Randy! Gus Elliot (Me) fishing n the pulpit landed the third largest fish of the day a nice 21.5 pound cod."Shown top of post" A rookie on the boat Nick Sawyer (VT) was high hook landing double keeper catches fairly consistently. A fine assortment of fish was landed by all, and it looks very promising for a good week f fishing with good weather predicted for at least the next few days.





Inshore we made two family trips this week. Naomi and Tom Masterson (NY) are shown on their two hour evening trip.They spent their honeymoon in Bar Harbor and enjoyed an evening with Christin and I on their return home. It was Naomi's first trip on the ocean and although we didn't land any stripers a great time was had by all. My old mate Quintin Gallucia and I also enjoyed taking our neighbors Joanne and Charlie Anderson (Me) on a tour of the Kennebunk coast. We worked their son Neil's friends from Florida and Georgia hard trying about everything in the book to land at least a mackerel to no avail.But we all had a great time. The good news is that the bait has just arrived in good numbers inshore as well. Stripers are chasing small fish into the local rivers as I right this column. Christin landed some nice stripers in the Saco River the last few days and I beliee he and Captain Whit will land our first ones aboard India this afternoon.

As of this morning we still had room for two guests on next Friday's May 28ths 10 hour offshore trip. Don't forget the Captain Whit's Gath IV debuts her 2010 season next weekend Memorial Day. Sir Ernie Pigeon "one of Maine greatest guitar pickers" will be aboard on Sunday evening's 2 hr family trip to start the season off right with a sea shantie's . This will be one of those trips talked about for years to come. Give Ensign Ed a call @ 207 339-9531 or 337 -0800 to make your reservations while we still have room. Best Satch

First striper trip of 2010 last evening!

We all took a moment off from our hectic work schedules and went on our 1st unscheduled inshore evening trip last night. India ran perfectly!Pictured above is Capt Den's dog "Fisher". It was his first trip on board away from the dock. He gained his seas legs right away, and even shared a can of Sardines in Louisiana hot sauce with his grampy Satch. I guess he's aptly named.We searched for Mackerel and tried a troll or two for schoolie stripers with no success. Capt Whit, little Dennis, Sarah, their friend Andrea and our friend "Todd Trafton of Ocean View fame" enjoyed a nice evening on the water. We still have room for 3 guests on our 1st official four hour inshore striper trip tomorrow Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 pm. The best number for reservations..call Ensign Ed 207 339-9531.

"India Marie" officially starts her "Specialty 10 hour offshore trips" this week. With the spring weather and fishing as good as it's been, I believe Keith and I are going to be very busy. Hope I can get these old bones back in shape quickly after the long winter lay over. We are open for charter every day and we have room weekdays next week. I believe our open boat Friday trips are full for the next two weeks. If you're party is planning an early season charter, I feel pretty confident that there are enough cod and haddock in the area to make it a worth while venture.



We also still have room for our Memorial day eve, Sunday May 29th.. 2 hr evening fish and sea chanty sing along with renowned guitarist Sir Ernie Pigeon. Reservations are required, we can only take 11 guests total.You shouldn't miss out on this one.. Best Satch

"India Marie" at sunset .Primed and ready for her next offshore trip!

F/V "India Marie" May 10th 2010 on her mooring as the sun sets over Wells Harbor Me.

Quite a busy weekend. After our first successful offshore trip with the NH boys on Friday,we spent the weekend working at the dock waiting out the weekends breezy spring weather.

Captain Whit is pictured salting and sealing some of his bait drums for a little spring lobster run.





He and Eric painted and launched the skiff Sunday so we could get back and forth to our mooring. Keith is shown making a final door repair for India's head. And little Dennis and his wife Sarah are shown as Den climes out of the engine room after making final adjustments to India's fuel injector systems.




I'm really excited about how ready Indi feels..... like a race horse ready to jump out of the gate. I think she looks prettier than she ever has, What do you think? As of this morning it appears we still have may have room for one or two guests on Friday May 14th's offshore trip, please call Ensign Ed @ 339-9531 to insure yourself a spot.

Captain Den held his first annual McMahon Construction Co, Cinco de Maya Fiesta on Saturday evening. He treated Gloria and I to a night on the town with a few members of his construction crew and their lovely wifes. We were treated to great food at the "New Litchfields" then danced into the midnight hour to live music at Bentley's Cafe'. Jen, Den, Gloria, Dawn and Mike shown having a great time.