Fishing Reports Archives - Page 2 of 371

Nov 4th

The weather looks amazing for the upcoming weekend. We have plenty of room on both boats sailing at 6am and 7am. Reservations booked at Francesfleet.com

Captain Rich reported a very solid day on the cod grounds. We had an easy boat limit of sea bass to 6 pounds. Was lights out fishing from the first stop to the last 3 horns. Jigs and bait worked very well. Some really nice over slot cod fish were returned unharmed with a handful of keepers.

Nov 3rd

Sailing both boats tomorrow at 6am and 7am.

Captain Cole reported a good day on the grounds. Some anglers got dialed in right away and limited out in no time. High hooks left with fine limit catches to 8 pounds. some nice slot cod and sea bass on the grounds rounded out the catch. Sailing tomorrow at 6am with plenty of room

Nov 2nd

Good catch on the Lady Frances. Limit catches around the boat with a few anglers just shy of it . Biggest fish was 8 pounds. Sailing tomorrow morning at 6am and weather looks amazing . Reservations booked online at francesfleet.com

Weather for the next few days looks stunning!!

Don’t forget the jigs!!

November 1st

The Lady Frances will be sailing tomorrow morning at 6am for black. Captain Cole reported a good pick all day and ended just shy of a limit. The morning we were plagues with small tog and sea bass. We made a longer move and the last 2 drops produced well. Biggest fish on the day was over 10lb that was released. Some other fish in the 5-7lb range. Jigs and rigs worked well. If you have any questions about jigging the office is open and stocked up with jigs and jigging set ups.

Captain Rich reported a good day on the sea bass grounds. An easy limit of sea bass to 6 pounds with alot of catch and release. Jigs and bait worked very well. Some nice cod up 35″(released). Sailing everyday at 7am by reservation.

October 31st

Happy Halloween to everyone. The weather looks great for the upcoming week and we plan on sailing both boats every day. Reservations are required and booked online at Francesfleet.com. Tomorrow is forecasted for light winds and calm sea.

October 30th

Captain Rich reported another bang up day on the sea bass grounds. we had an easy boat limit of true bombers. We imposed an gentleman’s size limit of 20 inches and that was no problem. Some anglers were not keeping another unless it was over 23″. Bait and jigs worked very well. you could have thrown a spoon down and caught a double header. No trips tomorrow but Tuesday is looking great

October 29th

We would like to send out a big shout out for a happy 50th anniversary to Captain Frank Blount the founder and owner of the Frances Fleet. 50 years ago as a young teenager, riding his bike along the docks, he was offered a job on the first Gail Frances. He bought the boat when he was 19 and as they say the rest is history. It’s been many years of growth from that one boat to a fleet of now five boats with several boats come and go . There has been so many wonderful experiences and a heck of a lot of fish have been caught with the Frances Fleet with Frank and many fine Captains at the helm. Over the years, the trips have ranged from the popular 1/2 day for fluke and seabass to full day , extended day, marathon and over night trips from 1-3 days . Cod, fluke , black seabass, tuna, swordfish, scup, pollack, hake , blackfish and more have come over the rails. The fleet has endured all kinds of weather and overwhelming at times fishery regulations and rules. Frank served on the NE Fisheries Management Council for an amazing 18 years fighting to protect the fish stocks and our rights to catch them. It’s been quite an amazing journey for the fleet led by Frank at the helm . Thank you and
Happy 50th Anniversary Capt Frank!

October 26th

Pigs on jigs!!! Solid 27″ fish caught on a jig today by Mr. Yoo. Make reservations online at francesfleet.com

Captain Cole reported a very good day on the blackfish grounds. Many limits around the boat with great quality fish. Many fish in the 7-9lb range with lots of life to keep rods bent. both rigs and jigs worked well. Some spots were better then others but over all it was a solid day on the water.

October 25th

There will be one boat sailing at 6am on the Gail Frances for Blackfish.

Captain Cole reported an Decent day on the blackfish grounds. We had many limits around the boat but not a full limit. We had no wind to deal with all day. You could have fished a 1oz sinker for most of the day. Jigs worked well today with the nice conditions. Sailing tomorrow mornings at 6am on the Gail

We will have the full seabass/cod report up later

October 24th

Few photos from this weekends trip. Fishing has been very good. Reservations are booked online at francesfleet.com and we will be sailing tomorrow at 6am for blackfish and 7am for cod/sea bass.