Different Days...Different Results
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 11:16 am
I had charters on Saturday and Sunday this past weekend. On Saturday the bite was a slow pick at best. I had to go south of the BE to finally get on a halfway respectable bite and even then I was not happy with the catch rate. The NW wind started to pick up around 1000 and by 1230 being 28 miles from home we decided to pull the plug. A long slow ride home but we made it safe and sound. Ended the day with 20 pollack and 18 cod...at least it wasn't a skunk.
Sunday, we headed to the south again. First stop we marked huge amount of fish but couldn't get a bite. After 20 minutes we steamed south. Machine lites up in the middle of nowhere and we get on a great bite of market cod with no other boats in site. Bite lasts for about an hour and we put 20 cod and 15 pollack in the box.
Radio chatter indicated a decent bite starting to the east around 1000 so we decided to take a look. Great cod and pollack bite. Pollack on top and cod on the bottom. We filled out our cod limit and chased pollack around to finish the day. Ended up cutting 160 lbs of fillet for the 3 guys. This is more like it!!
I really didnt want to run this charter in the morning because of the previous day's poor fishing and the pending forecast of strong NW winds again. I have learned though that every day the fishing is is different and the weatherman can be wrong ( it was perfect day on the water as the NW didnt start until 1530 and when we were on the dock). It looks like a new slug of fish has come on the bank so the games continue!
A full report may be read HERE
Sunday, we headed to the south again. First stop we marked huge amount of fish but couldn't get a bite. After 20 minutes we steamed south. Machine lites up in the middle of nowhere and we get on a great bite of market cod with no other boats in site. Bite lasts for about an hour and we put 20 cod and 15 pollack in the box.
Radio chatter indicated a decent bite starting to the east around 1000 so we decided to take a look. Great cod and pollack bite. Pollack on top and cod on the bottom. We filled out our cod limit and chased pollack around to finish the day. Ended up cutting 160 lbs of fillet for the 3 guys. This is more like it!!
I really didnt want to run this charter in the morning because of the previous day's poor fishing and the pending forecast of strong NW winds again. I have learned though that every day the fishing is is different and the weatherman can be wrong ( it was perfect day on the water as the NW didnt start until 1530 and when we were on the dock). It looks like a new slug of fish has come on the bank so the games continue!
A full report may be read HERE