Cory reported a good day of fishing aboard the Gail Frances although again due to slower drifting conditions the fish were just not quite as spread out as we would have liked. Nevertheless two anglers caught ten keepers apiece(orl) and several others were limited out with a few more dangerously close. All or most of the higher scores were made using some form of buck tail jig set up. Troy’s younger brother was out today and had 7 jumbo fluke himself from 4 to 7 lbs!! Pool fish today was a solid ten pound fish and the runner up was 7 lbs with several others just shy of the 7 lb mark and at least 30 other fluke that met jumbo criteria ( 4 lbs or more). There were more short fluke in the mix today as well so sizes were split between small fish and extreme quality. Just a few handfuls of keeper sea bass, a few scup and one blue fish otherwise it was all fluke. A couple of pics appear courtesy deck hand Troy. Tomorrow looks like a more sustained breeze which should help push the Gail Frances along quite nicely and Capt. Rich will be set to sail at 7am.
Last night’s bass trip was slow. A few keepers and a few blue fish. The biggest bass was slightly bigger than the night before. Tonight’s trip is sold out and tomorrow night only has a few spots left to sell as of this writing.
Roger was out with his good friends Capt. Dan and former Frances Fleet deckhand Steven today and found the local cod fishing to be about as good as he had seen it since before the turn of the century for this time of year. It was all jigs and teasers on a very fast drift with frequent double headers and lots of throwbacks too. A mix of dark and lice covered green fish with most of the fish boxed in the 6 to 12 lb range with a few up to and just over 15 lbs. They were limited out in 2.5 hrs!! All cod except for one nice keeper Pollock. On a few drifts they just let things go and found pods of fish all along the way catching intermittently for over a mile at one point! In fact most of the fish over 10 lbs were taken when they were letting the drift go! We will be trying to make another go at a cod trip or two on Sundays in August. Exact dates will be determined by Frank and Cory very shortly. Last but not least Roger commented on never having seen so many whales and bait birds on the way out and back from the cod grounds.
Capt. Matt reported a very good morning of sea bass fishing with some nice fluke mixed in and great drifting conditions. The afternoon trip was plagued by slower drift conditions therefore only a few anglers did really well with the sea bass and there was little in the way of fluke in the afternoon. Only one half day trip tomorrow with the Lady Frances set to sail at 8am.
Today’s Whale Watch outing was another one for the books! Whales were spotted in good numbers (Finbacks) very close to home! Still room on tomorrow’s Whale Watch outing so if interested in booking a reservation please call the office.
Roger