5/16-5/18

By Tom O

Sorry for the recent lag in reports–exams and papers have got me down!

No time for a very detailed report, but here’s the gist of what’s been going on–I’ll fill in some more details when I get a chance:

5/16: Sounds like it was a fair to good day overall. All three boats were out, and had a pick of mostly haddock for the day with a couple of fast-paced flurries. Jigs outproduced bait today, even with the haddock.

5/17: Today was slow to fair, for both the Patriot and the Clipper, the latter having a charter. Everyone was moving around a lot today looking for the action, but the bite proved elusive for all. A slow pick, with mostly haddock again, was the order of the day.

5/18: Fishing today was much better! Capts. Josh and Kirk on the Clipper and Patriot respectively both report good to very good days of fishing, with some excellent flurries mixed in. About 2/3 of the keepers caught today on both boats were haddock. High hooks had 15-17 fish. The average size of the keeper cod was quite good today, in the 7-10-pound range. Maybe it has something to do with the arrival of the mackerel? We’ll see!

Pool fish have been cod in the 12-15-pound range, with lots of small market cod in the 8-10-pound range coming aboard.

I’ll give some more details later, but sounds like the fishing is picking back up again! We’ll see what tomorrow brings.

This post edited by Codfisha15 10:30 PM 05/18/2009