I would highly recommend using captain John,  he is very knowledgeable and good natured with a lot of patience with novice fisherman.

My wife and I both enjoyed the fishing and the scenery.  5 stripers each, the biggest was 38”!

We booked a 4 hour fishing charter with Captain John but did not anticipate it to be as successful as it was. We set out in hopes of catching a striper for dinner and ended up with even more than that. Captain Johns boat was spacious & comfortable, allowing us out-of-staters to truly enjoy the scenery of ME. We had a toddler in tow who loved every second and Captain John encouraged her involvement. Not only did we fish for stripers but we had the privilege to fish for the bait as well. Captain John chartered us to where he knew we would be successful and guided us through the entire fishing experience. On our way back, he slowed the boat and let us enjoy watching seals! Truly a great experience and worth booking, we took home 3 slot stripers and caught 8 total, awesome day trip & looking forward to booking with him again.

We had a great time with captain John. He was very knowledgeable about the fish, bait to use and where to catch them. We had a party of 4 and caught a total of 5 fish. Johns also cleaned the one keeper we had caught which was great. My only ask would have been to try maybe one or two more spots to catch a few more fish. The charter was for 4 hours and we finished in about 3 hours 45 minutes. I understand that sometimes captains may have another charter to get to but it would have been nice to spend a bit more time to try and catch more than one fish each. Overall great trip and I would highly recommend!