Aug 30 Tuna and Cod Report
Aug 29 2009
While tropical storm Danny is putting a dampener on weekend fisherman, weekday clients have enjoyed great weather as well as fishing.
The Tuna bite continues as the water cooled this week and seemed to turn on the bite. Stand-up gear is taken a beating with some of the strongest fish you could ever fight are roaming the waters of Gloucester looking for prey. These fish are spooling 50 series reels with one quick mistake and breaking rods and harness set-ups with the wrong pressure applied! The local tackle shops love it!
The offshore Haddock bite was spectacular this week with some non stop action on bait. Average Haddock was 6 lbs with a few 9-10 lbers mixed in. A few Cod to 20lbs also spiced up the mix. The cooler water temp usually means the fish will move back into the shoals for our great jigging trips in 100 ft of water. Late Sept – Oct is a great time to stock the freezer with nice fillets.