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Old 12-06-2014, 05:02 PM
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Default Eastmans Pollock - Food Bank - Outstanding

On Friday, December 6 a group of about 30 anglers sailed on Fishark charter on one of Eastman's fine boats. The goal was to catch a lot of Pollock for the New Hampshire Food Bank. The trip was a huge success in every respect. The food bank received 700 pounds of pristine fillets. A custom rod was donated and raffled off. The raffle raised over $3,000 for the food bank. Everybody brought food to share with their fellow anglers and it was a feast (see picture).

We left at 5 AM and steamed for 2.5 hours. At our first stop it took about 8 minutes to get the bite started. Then fish started coming over the rail. More throwbacks than keepers but plenty of keepers to keep folks interested. The second stop was similar. The third and last stop of the day was unbelievable. For over and hour and half you could not get your jig to the bottom. Double headers ruled the day. Many of us removed our teasers in order to get our jigs to the bigger fish on the bottom. If you left your teaser on, normally you would be loaded up 100' off the bottom. Teaser colors that worked particularly well were green and purple.

The crew did a fine job of dealing with the inevitable tangles and cleaning fish. They started cutting at 9 am and were still at it when we hit the dock.

All the anglers really worked well together to maximize the catch and to minimize the time the crew had to take away from cutting. A lot of fish were swung that normally would have been gaffed.

A few ling and whiting rounded out the catch.
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Old 12-06-2014, 06:03 PM
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Great job Bill for and excellent cause.
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Old 12-06-2014, 07:47 PM
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Very nice catch & done for a good cause was it all pollock or was there any other by way catch?
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Old 12-06-2014, 10:02 PM
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A few ling and some very big whiting (see the two on the table).
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Old 12-06-2014, 11:49 PM
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Nice pics and fishing for a great cause...nice job fellas!
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Old 12-07-2014, 12:06 AM
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great job in helping those in need
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Old 12-07-2014, 06:58 AM
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Way to put the effort into a good cause. I am glad that you were rewarded with good fishing.
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Old 12-07-2014, 08:28 AM
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Nice trip Marc!

You do a fantastic job for the food bank.
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Old 12-07-2014, 08:47 PM
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It was a SPECTACULAR even and several NJ Fisherman came out to support the cause. I have well over 100 Pictures and when I get a chance I will post some here. Our goal was to catch Pollack. No one used Bait. All Jigs and there were a few 4 Lb Class Whiting on the Jigs
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