I live in Old Orchard Beach and while I do know of a few guys still clinging to the season's end, I'd say leave the pole at home. You can use the extra space in your car for stocking beer and/or liquor, an insta-cure when dealing with in-laws. LOL, Just kidding man, but even the fella's at Saco Bay B&T have been reporting no fish in the last 3 weeks to a month.....and believe me, if any of them so much as sniffed a fish they'd tell ya to try and get ya to buy something. Just my .2 cents man, get in touch if you're up this way next summer, I can show ya a few spots
StriperHyper ~ Will