Easter Weekend: Mixed Results

By willy

4/3:
Capt. Josh reports a good day of fishing aboard the Yankee Clipper on Saturday. It was essentially a one-stop day. They had a good flurry right after anchoring up, and a good pick of haddies continued for an hour or so before slowing a bit. But there were still some fish coming up and Josh didn’t want to abandon the established clam slick so they stuck with it. It was a good move–they had a few more decent blasts of haddock before the bite tapered off around 1PM. They tried one more stop with only minor success, and headed for the barn. Some anglers kicked butt, tallying over 20 haddock, whereas others only had a few fish to show for their efforts. Again, the boat set up on the anchor in such a way that the anglers on the stern did substantially better than those further forward. It would have been nice to see the bite spread more evenly around the boat. Plenty of keeper cod too, as Dave mentioned.

Capt. Kirk, working deck for Capt. Ray on the Yankee Patriot, reports a much slower day. They fished near the Clipper all day but could never get the bite to materialize, with only a slow pick of haddock and short and keeper cod.

4/4:
Capt. Tom reports a slow day aboard the Yankee Clipper, with only a handful of haddock coming aboard, plus a bunch of keeper cod that were released. He fished the same area as Josh did yesterday, but there wasn’t much going on.

No trips today or tomorrow, but the Yankee Clipper and the Patriot, if need be, will be sailing Wednesday-Sunday, weather permitting.