Roger reported a good day of fishing on the Gail Frances today for a light load of anglers. The best bite was up until about noon and the tide changed and the fish just shut off, even the unmentionables which were only worth a modest mention today. A nice pick of sea bass including some real slammers with several fish in the 5 to 6 lb range today along with a pretty fair shot of cod fish, especially in the stern. A decent number of short cod too. Hi hook took home four nice cod to ten pounds, and a handful of other anglers had two keepers apiece today. Pool fish today was taken by Keith Mueller from Killington CT who had a fine green cod of at least 12 lbs. Some sea bass limits today as well. Some truly huge sea bass today as mentioned before, in fact in one of the pictures you will see a sea bass of at least six pounds dwarfing a just keeper cod fish held by regular customer Linda from Boston MA. Quite a few big ocean perch including a few slammer size ones to 1.5 lbs plus a half dozen big sea flounders to 4 lbs. No blue fish and only a couple of scup today. Nearly all of the cod fish were caught on very low hooks today, in fact down just at or below sinker level and most of the bigger sea bass (over 3 lbs) were taken the same way. Capt. Richie came down and fished for under an hour and quickly had a keeper cod, a big sea flounder and a handful of nice size sea bass and he also commented how all of the fish were caught with a belly in the line. A few big ling today as well. Friday looks great for fishing and who knows maybe we will be able to drift part of the day as well. Capt. Rich will be ready to set sail at 7 am aboard the Gail Frances. Remember that Friday is the LAST SAILING DAY AT 7 AM. Starting November 1st we sail the same calendar schedule but at 6 am. A mess of pics today showcasing some angler hi lights provided courtesy of Roger.
The report from the Lady Frances was of an excellent day of fishing with a full boat limit of sea bass along with a nice mess of tatoug to 9 lbs for a very light load of anglers. One cod mixed in too! Deckhand Cote on a busman’s holiday easily limited out and there were a few other limit catches as well with others who were right behind. Weather looks great for togging tomorrow and the Lady Frances will set sail at 6 am.
Roger