Roger reported another great day of local cod fishing! Just as good as Wednesday if not a touch better. Hi hook caught 12 keepers (orl) while there were two other limit catches and several anglers who were in the 8-9 keeper per man range. The vast majority but not all had in the range of five to seven keepers apiece and EVERYONE left with at least two keepers apiece. Some slightly better size stuff today with the pool fish a solid 15 lbs and several others right behind it and a bunch more in the 8 to 10 lb range. Definitely more “gaffers” today and there were some bigger fish that were dropped as well. A lot and i mean a lot of the better size cod fish are coming up on pretty high hooks the past couple trips and frequently they have been bigger fish on the top hooks which is a sure sign that the cod are frequently off the bottom foraging for their food. A lot of short cod too today with some anglers catching upwards to a dozen shorts apiece. A slightly better showing of sea bass to 2 lbs and an excellent number of good size ocean perch spread around the boat. A few mackerel and super jumbo squid were also caught today. Tremendous amounts of bait on the grounds and inside of the grounds as well. The unmentionables were worthy of a mention today but when cod are coming up like this who cares!! Jigs and bait both produced equally well with excellent catches on both. The pool fish today was taken on a jig but the several right behind it were all on fresh shucked skimmer clams. Quite a few double headers today as well. Just another great day aboard the Gail Frances. The next three days the weather looks great for fishing and Capt. Rich will be set to sail aboard the Gail Frances all three days Sat through Monday at 6 am. The office will be open by 5 am if not a bit before should the need arise. A bunch of pics today courtesy of Roger.
As a side note we just received some back ordered tackle here in Capt. Tackle. Items such as barrel swivels and pre packaged cod fish rigs and even some gloves, all of which have been in high demand recently.
Roger