Roger reported a good morning of half day fishing with quite a few keepers spread out amongst the anglers aboard but nothing huge. Good quality fish in the 3 lb range were not at all uncommon but nothing that would crack 4 lbs. Some shorts in the mix as well but not in huge numbers. Awesome drift conditions with bait rigs just edging out the buck tails today. Rental Rod set ups did very well this morning. Troy was hi hook once again with four fine keepers to 3.5 lbs today. A bunch of sea bass and sea robins of varying size as well in the catch and release department.
The report for the afternoon half day was of slower results than the morning trip. A rock star first drift with a nice bunch of keepers and shorts was soon tempered as each successive drift found less and less action and eventually the bite just about stopped altogether. Tomorrow is a new day and the Lady Frances will be set to sail at 8am and again at 1pm for the half days.
First mates Capt. Cory and Capt. Matt reported a great day of fishing on the Gail Frances with Capt. Rich. A modest crowd put more than 150 keepers into the their coolers and bags today aboard the Gail with optimum drift conditions. Biggest fish was 7.5 lbs with a half dozen others over 6 lbs according to Capt. Cory but most of the keepers were just that today. All terminal gear seemed to be effective today and there were lots of limits spread around the boat with hi hook catching 12 keepers (orl). Plenty of shorts and sea bass for catch and release. Remember Sunday is the day we get our three fish per man bag limit on sea bass 13 inches or greater in size. One blue fish and one porgy today as well. A well done to first mate Chris L’s daughter who managed to jig up and bring a fine 6 lb fluke to the safety of the net today! Great weather on tap again for tomorrow and Capt. Rich will be set to sail on the Gail Frances at 7 am.
Some news for cod enthusiasts!! Looks like we will be trying for Sunday July 13th as our first outing of the summer. The trip time is 6am to 4pm and the cost is $95. Last year did see some successful fishing and some hefty fish up to 35 lbs!! Reservations and pre payment required for this trip which can be booked online through the web site. Roger has been out a couple times recently with his friend Capt. Dan and they managed to jig up some nice fat market cod both very close to home, in between and a bit farther. On their last outing they discovered that the cod were gorging on sand eels which is always a good sign.
Roger