hartattack
08-06-2018, 03:00 PM
Was joined by Duffman, Grateful Dad, Bigfishbob, MVP Alex, Tropics, Angina and 6 others on the our annual Captain's Special party boat trip to Georges Bank and Nantucket Shoals. Another awesome trip in the books, it's catching not fishing up there.
Trip started off with Striper after Striper caught from Stern before departure, on literally any bait/lure that touched the water. All shorts but we saw some bigger ones that missed the offerings - a good start. Captain announced we'd be hitting Georges Bank for Cod/Pollack on Saturday, then fluking on Nantucket Shoals on Sunday. That was a good call because the weather and westerly winds inshore were worse than what we had off-shore. Conditions were still difficult, we had to use 20 oz jigs all day. But the rewards were sweet - good sized Cod and Pollack and a nice surprise this year - a good number of keeper haddock. WE also had Mackerals hitting our teasers when deep-dropping and kept them swimming in hopes of a Halibut but no takers.
After anchoring near the fluke grounds Saturday night we started fishing Nantucket Shoals just after sunrise. That early start proved to be monumental : Duffman got 3 8+ pounders on his first 3 drops. Alex got a 9. Tropics got an 8.5 but it was Angina Brian who had the money fish - a 9.7 pounder that wound up taking the substantial pool :)
I'm just back and will add more later as others chime in, here's a few pix to start . . .
Trip started off with Striper after Striper caught from Stern before departure, on literally any bait/lure that touched the water. All shorts but we saw some bigger ones that missed the offerings - a good start. Captain announced we'd be hitting Georges Bank for Cod/Pollack on Saturday, then fluking on Nantucket Shoals on Sunday. That was a good call because the weather and westerly winds inshore were worse than what we had off-shore. Conditions were still difficult, we had to use 20 oz jigs all day. But the rewards were sweet - good sized Cod and Pollack and a nice surprise this year - a good number of keeper haddock. WE also had Mackerals hitting our teasers when deep-dropping and kept them swimming in hopes of a Halibut but no takers.
After anchoring near the fluke grounds Saturday night we started fishing Nantucket Shoals just after sunrise. That early start proved to be monumental : Duffman got 3 8+ pounders on his first 3 drops. Alex got a 9. Tropics got an 8.5 but it was Angina Brian who had the money fish - a 9.7 pounder that wound up taking the substantial pool :)
I'm just back and will add more later as others chime in, here's a few pix to start . . .