4/27-4/28

By tomconley

4/27:
Capt. Josh had a charter on the Clipper, and reports a slow day overall. They had a pretty good shot of cod on the anchor around the tide change, putting a few dozen nice fish from 12-23lbs in the boat, but other than that there wasn’t a whole lot of activity. Most keepers today were cod, a change from the last week or so when haddock have been dominating the catch. The pool was a nice 23-pound cod, with a handful of other fish in the high teens coming aboard as well.

Capt. Dave also had a charter aboard the Freedom, and informed me that the haddock made a disappearing act today. The area that had been producing good numbers of haddock with some cod mixed in was pretty much devoid of life today. Dave shifted into some deeper water and had a slow pick all day on the anchor. Pool was a 10-pound codfish.

The open boat today was the Patriot, and Capt. Smitty also reports a slow day. A slow to steady pick on the anchor was the order of the day, and cod comprised most of keeper catch, with a handful of haddock and a few dozen redfish thrown in. Gus Bender won the pool with an 8-pound cod.

4/28:
Capt. Josh reports more of the same today aboard the Clipper. Even slower than yesterday, in fact. He managed to scrape a day together, and stayed out an hour and a half late to try to put a few additional fish in the boat. Unfortunately, the bite just wasn’t happening today. Mark Tolpin won the pool with a 16lb cod that took a jig.

Hopefully another shot of fish will move into the area that had been so productive over the past few weeks. The bait and life (whales, gannets, etc) are still there, and I’m confident that the fish will show up again soon. The gang might do a bit of scouting tomorrow and try to catch up with the market cod and haddock that appear to have pulled a David Copperfield. Stay tuned!

Willy G.