Still Good!

By willy

4/23:

Capt. Josh’s contented comment on Friday when he called during the ride in: “Things are well.” Friday’s charter enjoyed another bang-up day aboard the Yankee Clipper, with a good bite on haddock on the anchor in the morning followed by fast jig-fishing action on a mix of cod and pollock in the afternoon. A good number of cod were large markets/small large from 10-22 pounds; pollock were mostly small mediums in the 5-10-pound range.

Capt. Dave reports a tougher day on the open-boat trip aboard the Yankee Freedom. The jig bite on cod was good in the morning but it dropped right off after an hour or so. They spent the rest of the day looking for haddock, picking away at them with some cod and cusk mixed in. A chunky 18-pound cod took pool honors.

4/24:

Capt. Josh had yet another charter on the Yankee Clipper, and reports yet another great day. The morning jig bite was excellent, both for quantity and quality, with a number of fish in the high teens and low twenties coming aboard. At some points every member of the charter was tight to one or two keeper cod–doesn’t get much better than that. After the assault had gone on for a couple of hours, the charter decided to try for some haddock on the anchor, but found very limited success, with only a handful coming aboard. They finished up the day with another excellent series of drifts on market-sized codfish.

Capt. Dave reports a good day on the open-boat trip aboard the Yankee Freedom. It was pretty windy early on so they started out on the anchor in search of haddock, experiencing a steady pick on a mix of haddock and mostly-sublegal codfish. When the wind abated in the late morning, they began to drift and motor-fish, and did quite well on the cod for the remainder of the day. Lots of quality cod, with a pile on the mid- to high teens, a couple in the low 20s and a 26-pound pool winner caught by Dave Parsons.

4/25:
Capt. Josh ran today’s open-boat trip aboard the Yankee Clipper, reporting a good day overall. The fish were there, and some of them bit, but the action wasn’t quite as intense as it had been the day before or earlier in the week. They began the morning with a good pick of haddock before heading off in search of some cod. Breezy conditions made motor-fishing imperative, and while there was a good sign on the machine anglers experienced only a steady pick on cod and some pollock. The bite finally turned on late in the day–they ended up staying on the grounds almost two hours late in order to capitalize on the strong bite.

Plenty of fish around, and the action shows no signs of abating. If you like jig-fishing for cod, maybe catching some haddock and pollock in the process, now is your time! Give the office a call for reservations or book online.