Roger from the Frances Fleet reported an amazing day of fishing with Capt. Rich on the Gail Frances. The cod themselves were not the big story today although there were certainly enough of them to make things quite interesting with a number of anglers having two and a couple getting three nice cod apiece to go along with the massive assortment of other great eating bottom dwellers today. Eben York took the pool today a fourth straight time in a row today with a pool fish in the low to mid teens. A great showing of slammer sea bass today in the two to four pound range with a few threatening the five pound mark and a super size slaughter on some of the biggest kind of scup with many fish in the 2 to 2.5lb range with a few threatening legit 3lb status. Anglers generally had anywhere from a few to a dozen of the big sea bass apiece with a few guys very close to limit catches and most getting a good half dozen while 10 to 30 of the hubcap porgies per person was the range on the platter size pan fish. Throw in a cod or tow and blue fish or two and what a day some anglers had with huge bulging burlap bags and coolers filled to the brim with Capt. Ted and Capt. Matt starting cutting duties early and cutting long after the boat was back to the dock!! Some big ocean perch, one nice keeper fluke, plenty of blue fish from mid size to mid teens( several double headers!!), several gargantuan winter flounder which were quickly released and also in the released column were two slammer Stripers estimated at over 20 and over 30lbs with the biggest one being carefully steered to the net by Carol from Atlantic City NJ. Carol and her husband also smoked the big sea bass today and put a couple of nice size cod in their cooler along with plenty hubcap size scup. Last but certainly not least was longtime regular Cin from NYC who had a double header of a 4lb sea bass and 6lb tatoug!! Well done Cin!! One cod on the iron clam today but the rest were all taken on bait despite some valiant jigging effort. Again today the unmentionables were not only hardly worth a mention they were pretty much non-existent!! A huge bonus any day during fall cod season. A pile of pics today showcasing some angler hi lights posted courtesy of Roger. Next cod and mixed bag fishing trip is set to sail Wednesday morning at 7am with Capt. Rich aboard the Gail Frances.
Capt. Chris reported awesome porgy fishing today again with a full boat limit and a bunch of nice keeper sea bass and some blue fish as well thrown in for a bit of variety. Next porgy trip sets sail tomorrow at 7am aboard the Admiral Frances with Capt. Ray.
