VERY GOOD COD FISHING TODAY FRIDAY MAY 6TH 2011 ABOARD THE GAIL FRANCES!!

Capt. Rich was pleased to report both very good fishing and beautiful weather on today’s cod outing. A nice jig bite in the morning on the drift with a nice bunch of double headers and then the wind came up and we sat on the hook one stop for the rest of the day with a slow pick of nice size green cod and once we were on the anchor the bite was on bait. Just about everyone had fish today and the majoirty of anglers left with around or better than a half dozen nice green cod apiece. Nothing big but all beautiful fat healthy green fish with quite a few in the 8 to 10lb range and the best in the low teens. A few angler hi lights linclude the following: Ken from Norfolk Ct who had seven nice cod and a pollock while Don from Rocky Hill Ct took home 8 good size green cod while another duo of anglers teamed up for nearly a dozen nice cod. A few good size mackerel and a couple ocean pout and the one pollock rounded out a good catch of cod. An increase in the number of short cod as well today. Still a tremendous amount of bait on the grounds holding the cod fish in the area. Next cod trip is set to sail tomorrow morning at 6am by reservation on the Gail Frances.