Certainly was a remarkably better day for cod aboard the Gail Frances today. Miles ahead of the past two trips and more reminiscent of last weekend. Great news!! The cod were not big but there were lots of them with well over 100 keepers boated for a relatively modest crowd. The cod seemed to bite best in the morning but a pick was available all day long. Plenty of short cod as well. Numbers on the cod varied from fisher to fisher but needless to say the majority went home with fresh cod for dinner and a good number of the folks aboard had three to six keepers apiece with a handful doing even a bit better. Nothing big but nice fat market cod with the best of the lot around 10 lbs. One big blue fish and plenty of good size porgies mixed in with a few anglers having upwards to a couple dozen nice size porgies apiece. Some of these porgies were platter size scup approaching or just exceeding the 2lb mark. A few good size sea flounders mixed in as well. It was one stop shopping today with only a couple of times where the mates dropped back on the anchor but the boat never relocated to a new area. How nice is that!! Certainly refreshing for all aboard and maximizes angler soak time. Most of the cod were caught on fresh shucked skimmer clams today although a few were jigged up. Any additional details will be posted as they become available. Picture courtesy of Roger and that impressive bag of fillets was amassed by three young fishers using rental rods. Next cod trip sets sail tomorrow morning at 7am aboard the Gail Frances with Capt. Rich.
The porgy boat WILL be sailing tomorrow morning at 7am aboard the Admiral Frances with Capt. Ray at the helm.
Roger
