Roger reported an outstanding day of fishing aboard the Gail Frances. We had the second best showing of cod this season and plenty of big sea bass to boot. A nice turnout of cod and sea bass enthusiasts aboard the Gail Frances today to take advantage of this nice Halloween weather day before the big blow this weekend. There were many sea bass limits and many of the sea bass were over 3 lbs, and we also had a better showing of nice size scup today with sizes to well over 2 lbs. A few blue fish, lots of short cod and a handful of big sea flounders, good numbers of big ocean perch and a few spirited blue fish made the day one to remember for sure. Hi hook on the cod had at least six keepers although it was rumored the gentleman may have had a one or two more. Longtime regulars Norm from Cumberland RI, Rick from Belchertown MA, and Lou from Niantic CT all tied for second place hi hook honors with four nice keepers apiece. A few anglers had three cod apiece to take home with quite a few others with at least one or two. There were a handful of anglers who did not get a cod to take home today but as stated before it was the second best trip of the year for cod. Norm also took the pool with one of the biggest cod we have seen in a while with a fine fat green fish of at least 15 lbs. Well done Norm! The squid bonanza also continued off the Galilee Docks again this morning and Norm jigged up 230 of those tasty mollusks before he went cod fishing! Cod were taken on both bait and jigs but bait was the way to go. Sizes on the sea bass up to nearly 6 lbs. Just about everyone on board left with a nice bag of fish today. The weekend will not feature any cod fishing and Monday is cancelled as well but hopefully by Wednesday we will be back at it. Stay tuned for updates. Just a few pics today courtesy of Roger.
First mate Troy reported red hot tatoug fishing today for a pleasant turnout of tatoug enthusiasts. Best day of the season so far according to Troy and Capt. Mike and there was lots of action with short tog as well. There were many limit catches noted around the Lady Frances today. A lot of big tog with the pool winner once again around ten pounds. A decent number of sea bass as well. Tatoug fishing is also cancelled this weekend but we are keeping the door open for Monday when the weather should allow us to break away from the slip.
Roger