bunker dunker
05-29-2018, 08:54 AM
spent the long weekend up north chasing ground fish and man did we find them.
saturday we fished wrecks.it started out a little slow but it kept getting better as the day went on.i was jigging and doing well with pollock & cod to 20 plus ponds.the guys bait fishing did a little better but i think the jig fish were bigger.
the were some nice size hake caught as well.during the night the capt steamed
into some shallower water in search of haddock.they anchored up late while everyone was sleeping.i wake up at 3am and decide to go out and give it a try.
no one else is up and i have the whole stern to myself.first cast the jig hits the bottom and bang,game on.it was a nice haddock and i had them to myself for
an hour and a half.around 5am peeps started coming out and saw me catching
and before you know it the whole boat is catching haddock non stop.i guess it lasted till 8am before the current was just to much,ya need 2lbs to hold.so the capt say we are going to make a few drifts and see what happens.our first drift was 5 miles long and we were catching the entire time.we made 2 drifts and everyone on board had what the wanted and we headed in.there was a 40 or so pound halibut caught and we missed several big fish also.the weather was a bit sporty but the fishing was great.
saturday we fished wrecks.it started out a little slow but it kept getting better as the day went on.i was jigging and doing well with pollock & cod to 20 plus ponds.the guys bait fishing did a little better but i think the jig fish were bigger.
the were some nice size hake caught as well.during the night the capt steamed
into some shallower water in search of haddock.they anchored up late while everyone was sleeping.i wake up at 3am and decide to go out and give it a try.
no one else is up and i have the whole stern to myself.first cast the jig hits the bottom and bang,game on.it was a nice haddock and i had them to myself for
an hour and a half.around 5am peeps started coming out and saw me catching
and before you know it the whole boat is catching haddock non stop.i guess it lasted till 8am before the current was just to much,ya need 2lbs to hold.so the capt say we are going to make a few drifts and see what happens.our first drift was 5 miles long and we were catching the entire time.we made 2 drifts and everyone on board had what the wanted and we headed in.there was a 40 or so pound halibut caught and we missed several big fish also.the weather was a bit sporty but the fishing was great.