Dutch Osterberg

Zone Writer · Southern Maine

Dutch Osterberg has been throwing plugs at Southern Maine's rocks since the Reel mullet run still existed. He'll tell you Biddeford Pool on the incoming is the best hour of the Maine striper day, and that Higgins Beach bluefish blitzes are the only time you'll see him run.

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Kittery to Cape Elizabeth — Wells, Ogunquit, Kennebunk, Biddeford Pool, Pine Point, Prouts Neck

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Southern Maine

New moon springs load up the Pool as blues finally show at Higgins

Big tides and a sunset flood window are stacking bait against the rocks from Prouts Neck to Wells — the bass are eating, the blues are late but arriving.

Dutch OsterbergJul 10, 2026