Roger reported an outstanding day of fishing on the sea bass/cod combination today! The best showing of cod in two weeks and pretty close to a full boat limit of big sea bass. Some big ocean perch, a 15 lb Pollock , one nice blue fish, a handful of baseball bat size red hake, and even a small fluke today mixed in with the cod and sea bass. Lots and lots of big sea bass in the 2 to 3.5 lb range with some bigger ones to just under 5lbs mixed in. Lots of double headers as well. Best of all today there were few of the unmentionables so anglers were able to fish unabashedly with two hook rigs and much higher hooks which both the cod and sea bass jumped all over today! Even a few really classy double headers of cod on one hook and big sea bass on the other! How cool is that!!! The cod were generally market size fish with a handful of fish in the low to mid teens. Quite a few anglers today had two or three cod apiece and this is the FIRST TIME we have been able to say this in TOO LONG!! Both bait and the metal produced today. The biggest fish of the day was taken on the metal and Chris K who also jigged all day today had two nice market cod, a 15 lb Pollock, and a short cod on the iron clam. Both anglers easily limited out on big sea bass on jig/teaser combos as well. A respectable showing of short cod as well and the majority of the cod taken were on the green to very green side with just a few darker fish although there were a couple really beautiful red ones in the mix. There seems to be quite the sign the bait on the grounds as evidenced by the herring being spit up and all the gannets and sheer waters. The weather was picture perfect allowing the Lady Frances to drift all day. Weather looks questionable for Friday but the weekend looks much better. Remember as of November 1st the cod/sea bass boat will set sail at 6am on it’s five day per week sailing schedule. Some pictures today showcasing some angler hi lights are provided courtesy of Roger.
Capt. Mike reported another very strong day of togging on the Admiral Frances today. Not quite the slaughter of yesterday but very good nonetheless. There were quite a few angler limits and many anglers who went home with several nice tog apiece. Biggest fish of the day was around 9 lbs but unlike yesterday that size fish was not nearly as common with most fish under six pounds. One keeper cod and a few keeper sea bass topped off a great catch of tog. Plenty of short tog in between kept things quite busy as well. Next tog trip sets sail tomorrow morning at 6am aboard the Lady Frances with Capt. Mike.
