Roger reported it turned out to be a rather warm and sunny day weatherwise aboard the Gail Frances. A modest westerly breeze and a slowly building sprawling swell from the southeast did warrant the use of an anchor on both sets today but once anchored up it was quite pleasant with a great swing that some nice size, mostly green cod fish responded to on the first set. No bail job for sure but the anglers aboard did chip away at a few handfuls of cod with the biggest in the mid to upper teens and there were several others in the 10 lb range. Some slammer blue fish into the low to mid teens on that first set as well with even a few double headers on the choppers!! The next set saw up and down porgy fishing with sizes from just keeper to over 2 lbs along with a nice showing of those tasty black finned critters we can once again keep tomorrow but the cod kept a low profile for the second set of the day. Lou P from Niantic CT and one other angler were tied for 3 cod apiece for hi hook honors. Some good size ocean perch today and no unmentionables once again. A handful of pictures showcasing a handful of angler hi lights provided today courtesy Roger. Tomorrow Capt. Rich will set sail at 7 am for cod, sea bass and scup aboard the Gail Frances.
Capt. Mike will be setting sail for tatoug at 6 am tomorrow aboard the Lady Frances.
There is no specific porgy boat this weekend as plenty of porgies will likely be had on the cod sea bass porgy combo aboard the Gail Frances. If one wants to really target the porgies just use a slightly smaller hook and one pice of bait.
Roger