5/19-5/20

By Tom O

5/19: Capt. Josh had the limited trip on the Yankee Clipper and reports a good to very good day on mostly cod, ranging from scrod to nice markets. The fish were concentrated on small pieces of bottom, and they got ‘em by repeatedly making short drifts over those spots. Jig guys who knew how to cast and keep contact with the bottom did quite well today, catching lots of keeper cod including many markets in the 8-14-pound range. A few dozen haddock were mixed in too. Keith Kranick of Buffalo, NY won the pool with a 15-pound cod.

5/20: Capt. Kirk took the Yankee Patriot today and also reports a very good day. The morning found lots of action on barely-short cod in the 22-23.5-inch range. Frustrated, Kirk elected to make a shift to a deeper area of hard bottom, where he found good action on better quality fish, including a number of large markets from 16 to 20 pounds. Lots of fish in the 10-12-pound range too, as well as some haddock. Mostly drifting today with some motor fishing mixed in. Like yesterday, jigs had the edge on these actively feeding fish. Dave Sullivan, animal that he is, once again took the pool with a 24-pound wolffish that smacked his jig. Strong work!

Capt. Kirk has the Super Thursday trip today–look for a report in the evening.

Willy