Roger reported great mixed bag fishing again today on the Gail Frances. It was a bit sporty today so there was quite a swing on the anchor but the scup and sea bass were chewing once again with wild abandon! There were many scup limits around the boat today and same for the sea bass. Not as many big sea bass today but plenty of fine keepers and enough jumbos up to over 4lbs to keep enthusiasm high. The scup were generally in the one to two pound range with a couple slightly larger ones recorded. Double headers all day long for those who were fishing two hook rigs. A few handfuls of nice cod today but not as many as we had been catching, perhaps the scup were just too thick today! The cod came in mostly one burst and favored one small section of the boat where as yesterday they were much more spread out. The cod fish caught were all nice green fish, even the throwbacks. Every day is different. Hi hook was longtime regular Norm from northern RI who boxed three nice cod and the pool fish in the mid to high teens. Longtime regular Kumio from West Hartford CT filled his cooler to the brim as well and boxed two nice green cod to ten pounds and the a nice Pollock in the low teens. Longtime regular Sean from CT took a fine cod in the low to mid teens, a limit of big scup and a limit of jumbo sea bass and so on. Other species today included good size ocean perch, blue fish, sculpin, a few handfuls of the unmentionables, and even an ocean pout. All protected species considered to be endangered were released unharmed of course. Everything today was taken on bait. Due to gale force winds and arctic temperatures there will be no cod/mixed bag trip tomorrow and Monday right now is also highly unlikely. Stay tuned to the web site for when we are planning the next cod/mixed bag trip once the weather settles down. Some pics today provided courtesy Roger.
Capt. Mike reported a good day of togging. A half dozen or so limit catches and quite a few other anglers who were very close today and the big fish of the day was around ten pounds with at least six other nice tog in the 7 to 9 lb range so some real quality to be sure. Plenty of short tog keeping things busy as well and a couple of short cod. There is no tog trip tomorrow due to the gale warnings and arctic temperatures. Please give a call tomorrow afternoon in regards to a possible tatoug outing on Monday. A few pics today provided courtesy of Capt. Cory.