Roger reported a good day of togging with Capt. Mike with several limit catches such as longtime regular John Wills and others who were not far behind. Happy Birthday to Nicky Blount who had five nice tog today and countless shorts staying very busy at the rail! Well done Nicky!! A good many anglers had six to ten keeper sea bass apiece to go along with their tog. Biggest tog was taken by John Wills who took the prize money with a fine fish of nearly 11lbs according to first mate Capt. Chris. A few other good fish in the six to eight pound range but John’s fish was the clear winner. Both crabs and clams caught good tog today although crabs had the edge for tog while those who employed the mollusks racked up the biggest numbers of sea bass. One just short cod for Roger made him smile from ear to ear, some small porgies and plenty of short sea bass kept the anglers busy in between all the keeper tog and keeper sea bass today. Weather looks outstanding for fishing tomorrow and Capt. Mike will be ready to set sail at 6am aboard the Lady Frances. A handful of pics provided courtesy of Roger to showcase some angler hi lights today.
Capt. Rich will be ready to set sail tomorrow morning at 7am on the Gail Frances for cod and tomorrow looks like an outstanding day weather wise to go out in search of the brown bombers. Yesterday’s big fish was in the high 30’s and several other fish between 25 and 40lbs have been taken over the past week or so therefore the chances of a big one are on the radar. Remember that the biggest cod often bite the softest so do not be afraid to set the hook HARD on anything that feels just a bit off. More and more sea bass and some big porgies and other bottom dwellers make the fall cod fishing tough to beat.
Capt. Ray will be ready to set sail on the Admiral Frances at 7am for scup. The last couple trips featured numerous limits of jumbo porgies to well over 2lbs plus increasing numbers of sea bass to 4lbs and as we have now moved a bit farther south of the island for the jumbo porgies the chances of a cod or two are ever increasing. Scup fishing this week is set to sail tomorrow, Friday and the weekend again at 7am.