http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:08:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...was a good one! Capt. Josh took the Yankee Freedom out on Saturday, December 19 for the Yankee Fleet's final fishing trip of 2009. He reports a good day overall for the 30 anglers on board, most of whom were regulars willing to brave the chill for one last shot ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/12/last-trip-of-2009/ The Yankee Freedom is scheduled to head out on both Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting, from 7AM-4PM, targeting haddock and pollock. At least 17 people need to book to make it a go--be sure to call the office by 4PM at the latest the day before each trip to make ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/12/saturday-1219-and-sunday-1220/ The weather's washed out the last couple of days, but the Yankee Freedom is planning to head out Sunday. Give the office a call to get out there! Large heated cabin and galley to ward off the winter chill. Willy http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/12/going-out-on-sunday-1213/ Sorry for the recent delay in updates! Capt. Josh took the Yankee Freedom out last Friday, December 4 and reports a fair to good day overall. The pollock were on the move, and it was hard to effectively anchor on top of them, making their successful capture a function of Josh's ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/12/124-report-and-fishing-this-thurs-sunday/ Sunday's report on the Yankee Freedom: Get anything half-resembling a jig within 80 feet of the bottom, and congratulations: you've caught yourself a pollock. Absolute silliness on Sunday, with 7-15-pounders committing suicide until anglers had had enough and Capt. Josh moved off 'em. Want to fill your and your neighbors' ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/11/pollock-pollock-everywhere/ Just talked to Capt. Josh, who ran today's (11/21) trip aboard the Yankee Freedom. The first anchor stop produced a true pollock slam for almost two hours--fish-a-cast doubles on jigs and teasers before hitting bottom...although many anglers who used leader material of less than 80lb test broke off a number ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/11/large-pollock/ I had the opportunity to jump aboard the Yankee Freedom yesterday to help film a fishing show for On The Water Television. A full load of eager anglers joined Kevin (editor/host), Matt (cameraman) and I as Capt. Tom took us out in search of pollock and maybe some haddock as ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/11/1119-report-on-the-water/ With the closing of cod season, the Yankee Fleet has switched gears, targeting primarily pollock and haddock. Capt. Josh has typically begun the day in search of pollock, and depending on the action, sometimes switches over to haddock toward the end of the day. But the latter might become more ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/11/1030-118-reports-pollock-time/ When the weather allows the boats to make it out to the grounds, the fishing over the past week or so has been really solid, with cod and haddock making up the bulk of the landings but with more and more pollock showing up all the time. Dogfish have been ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/10/reports-1021-1027/ Bill at Yankee Fleet only has a few trips to report this week. Once again the weather has kept us tight to the dock. The few days we were able to get out, the fishing was very good. Mostly Haddock and Pollock, A few nice Cod were caught and most of ... http://www.yankeefishing.com/captains-blog/deep-sea-fishing/2009/10/october-24-2009/