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By willy
Capt. Josh reports a good to very good 5-5 marathon trip on Thursday, a steady pick on cod and haddock with a few solid flurries thrown in. Cod made up the majority of the keeper catch, with market-sized fish and some steakers into the low 20s making a strong showing. Most haddock that came aboard were solid 5-plus-pounders, and there were some cusk and pollock in the mix as well. Blue sharks were a nuisance around the boat all day, claiming their fair share of keeper cod and haddock. High hooks had 20+ fish.
A few exotics came aboard today as well: a 40-pound torpedo ray, the second of the year, was caught and released, and a 100-pound BLUEFIN TUNA was captured as well after an hour-long battle. The fish struck a jig as it sank to the bottom, and was one of four or five hooked over the course of the day. After many hookups this year, the crew of the Yankee Clipper finally got a bluefin in the boat! Congrats to the lucky angler as well as Capt. Josh and the rest of the gang.
Friday and Saturday’s trips have been canceled, but Sunday should be a go. Call the office at 1-800-942-5464 for updates.
By Bill C
After a Marathon of rain and wind from Monday to Wednesday, we had no idea how the fishing would be affected. Turns out that if anything, it improved the fishing. A great day of 18 to 24lb cod. Some nice haddock with shoulders and the continued 20lb range pollock . Most of which were still being caught on bait.
1/2 day was a little slower than usual. A few cod were all we were able to muster onto the boat. We have room on our overnight fishing trip leaving on Sunday night. Give it a try !
By Bill C
Thursdays marathon put a bunch of fish on the boat. Fair mix of cod and haddock with a few pollock thrown in for good measure. Fridays trip wasn’t nearly as successful as thursday. It was a very slow day, The fish were there but they weren’t biting.
Half day fishing had a steady pick of haddock and redfish and avoided the dogfish.
By Bill C
A great day of fish was had by the all day boat and the half day boat. Capt. Kirk put the Yankee Clipper on top of the fish for most of the day . A steady bite was going all day. Good mix of cod haddock and pollock.
Capt. Dave put the Yankee Freedom on the fish as well. A couple big cod and even sone nice haddock. He managed to stay away from the dogfish too. Here is a photo of one of those nice cod caught on the half day trip 8/11/10
By Bill C
After a couple slow days of fishing, things picked up on the marathon. It wasn’t a blockbuster day but a good day of fishing. Some nice cod and pollock were caught, even a handful of some big hake. We haven’t seen many of those in a while.
Still some room for the weekend. Looks like a beautiful weather one too. Give us a call.
By Bill C
Great fishing this weekend on both all day boats and 1/2 day fishing. There was a steady bite of both cod and haddock. The Patriot saw a steady pick of fish both days. The Clipper pulling double duty on Saturday and Sunday had great fishing on the anchor. Alot of nice cod and haddock. Both afternoon 1/2 day trips were the best we have seen all season. Some nice size pollock were caught.
Sunday the Clipper boated a 41lb (Torpedo Nobiliana) Atlantic Torpedo Ray. No one here can ever remember seeing one before.
By Bill C
Fishing is back on track this week. Great fishing on both the all day trips and 1/2 day. Capt Josh had a great day on the marathon yesterday. Great mix of cod and haddock. we still have some room for the weekend. clipper leaves at 6 am and Patriot at 7am.
Half day fishing has landed some nice haddock this week. They have also avoided the green eyed dogfish. Come on up and fish with us!
By Bill C
After a slow week of fishing, things have picked up again. Tuesdays Limited Capacity trip was very successful. An even mix of cod and haddock with some cusk thrown in. Bait seems to be out fishing the jig, but some nice cod have been caught on jigs.
Fisn’n Chicks was a good trip again. Although a little shy of people, the Ladies had a great time. Some nice cod and haddock were caught. Quite a few cusk were caught as well.
We had a little lapse of reporting the last week or so. We will be back on track from here on out.
By willy
Capts. Josh and Kirk report a solid week of fishing, with cod and haddock making up the majority of the catch but with some pollock and cusk in the mix too. Dogs have become a bit more of an issue this week, but anglers fishing one baited hook close the sinker have been catching groundfish through the hounds. Two-hook bait rigs are a sure-fire way to spend the day dealing with doggies and tangles. Jigs, as per usual, have been taking most of the larger cod and pollock.
Two all-day boats are sailing both tomorrow and Sunday–join us!
By willy
Capts. Kirk and Josh report a great weekend of all-day fishing aboard the Yankee Patriot and Yankee Clipper, respectively. Nice clean market cod in the 6-10-pound range have been comprising most of the catch; they’ve been eating both bait and jigs, although jigs have been culling most of the bigger pool-winning fish, which have been in the low twenties.
Haddock have been the second most-caught species after cod, with most of them being taken on bait but with some mondo specimens like 
Linsel Clarke’s 10-pounder on Saturday succumbing to the jig. Some pollock have been around as well, not as many as there were in June but instead the more standard summer sprinkling on each trip with fish ranging from mediums to 20-plus-pound jammers. Some cusk, wolffish (released, of course), and a few white hake round out the take on what have been a very good couple of days of summertime fishing. Dogfish appear to have moved further inshore and haven’t been too much of an issue on the all-day boats–fingers crossed. Despite the steamy summertime weather, there’s still plenty of life out on the grounds, with birds, whales and tuna joining schools of groundfish in a collective assault on various baitfish, mainly spike mackerel and herring. We can only hope that the fishing stays as consistent as it’s been 
recently. (Photos courtesy of galley-man extraordinaire, Jay Benjamin)
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