Roger reported a good day aboard the Gail Frances. Despite a somewhat ominous forecast it really wasn’t bad at all and was quite nice by days end. Very comfortable on the anchor as a matter of fact. A good amount of cod and sea bass were taken today with very few scup. Some big ocean perch as well. Two biggest cod fish on the boat were both fat green white bellied fish in the mid teens. Walter Falls was hi hook with six nice cod to 15 lbs and tied one other fisher for hi hook honors. A number of other fishers had three to five keeper cod apiece and the boat was easily limited out on good size sea bass. The sea bass were not monsters but they were all nice keepers with a good handful of jumbos in the mix. Bait was the way to go today. A lot of tide today so some heavier sinkers were needed to tend bottom and most of the cod and sea bass seemed to be hard down. Two stops found the unmentionables but the were largely avoidable by using one hook down low near the sinker on a shorter dropper loop. The Atlantic style cod rigs however did catch well again today so the unmentionables that go along with were just part of the cost of doing business. Weather looks popcorn for Wednesday and Capt. Rich will be set to sail aboard the Gail Frances at 6 am. Pictures today courtesy of Roger.
Capt. Mike reported a full boat limit of tog aboard the Lady Frances today. Nothing enormous with the best of the lot around 7-8 lbs and also plenty of shorts to keep things busy and a handful of keeper cod fish. Great weather tomorrow with Capt. Mike ready to set sail at 6 am aboard the Lady Frances.
Roger
