First mates Troy and Chris L reported an all out sea bass crush and full boat limit on fish to at least five pounds. Some cod in the mix as well and it sounds like there was a good late bite on the cod fish at the last spot. Largest cod sounds like it was in the ten pound range. A handful of ocean perch, some good size scup, a few blue fish and a half dozen or so good size sea flounders rounded out the day’s catch. The unmentionables were worthy of a mention but no big deal in the grand scheme of things. Some beautiful pictures today were sent in courtesy Ginny Reed. Next cod/sea bass trip will set sail tomorrow aboard the Gail Frances at 6am with Capt. Rich at the helm.
Capt. Matt reported an EXCELLENT day of tog fishing aboard the Lady Frances. At least ONE THIRD of the fishers aboard were limited out. Now there were two anchor drops which favored a certain portion of the boat but that is part of the game in party boat fishing and has NOTHING to do with the how the Captain positions the boat or anything of the sort!! In fact, considering the weather that we had earlier in the week we were extremely happy with the results. Tatoug were caught on every single anchor set and there were at least a half dozen areas sampled today. Those who fished with crabs by far did the best today as compared to squid/and or clams. Crabs are generally the way to go for tog in the fall. Biggest tog estimated at ten pounds was not in the pool but the pool winner was still a fine 8 lb specimen. Plenty of short tog as well to keep anglers amused. Just a couple of short cod today and only a handful of keeper sea bass. We look forward to more tog fishing tomorrow and the Lady Frances will be set to sail at 6 am.
Roger
