This months adventure...begins Tuesday

[shresearchdude]

Not much in variety where we have been. Catches include winter and little skates, winter flounder, yellowtail flounder, windowpane flounder, longhorn sculpin, small cods, some red hake, just one or two dogfish, a couple of misc crabs and a 400+ lb rock.

[shresearchdude]

Forecast did call for 20 something knot winds, it got to at least 32 in my bunk(recorded was 55). Everything not bungied down flew across the room at various points during the time I was trying to get some sleep. There was rain and fog that I heard and lots of spray hitting the deck that my window is on and I'm on the 3rd floor above the waterline?
I still know that the "other" boat and it's crew has it much worse. I'm guessing that the boats had stopped working at some point during the day since it was so rough.

[shrimpman steve]

love the reports, keep em comming.

thanks for your time and effort.

the shrimpman

[jmurr711]

yellowtail flounder, are they strictly a deep water flounder? i've heard of them but never heard of any ever being caught. just curious. love these posts as well keep them coming

[shresearchdude]

I believe yellowtail flounder are a north and deep species. They are more like winter flounder than anything else, no teeth. I'll check on the distribution.
Still rockin' out here but the wind has let up a little and work has resumed.
Catch of my shift so far 40 lb halibut.

[CaptTB]

Originally Posted by shresearchdude

.....just one or two dogfish.....

C'mon back down here, we've got plenty of them for you!!!

[shresearchdude]

The rest of the shift was uneventful.
Winter Flounder
Yellowtail flounder
winter skates
little skates
lobsters
atlantic herring
small red hake
small silver hake
longhorn sculpin
sea ravens
windowpane flounder
a tiny wolf fish?(ID at another time)

Yellowtail flounder are caught along NJ coast(not in the fall) their diet must not be fish since they only have really small teeth. Biggest one I've ever seen was about 2 lbs. Their mouths are much different than winter flounder and yes they do have yellow on them, much more brown than yellow though...

Foggy out here all night and all day(so far). Seas calming down with a forecast for 10-15knot winds through tuesday(for now)

[Reelron]

Yellow Tail Flounder a would be a rare catch on hook & line. I have seen a few caught while on bottom fishing trips over the years. Used to see one occasionaly on a Quincy flounder trip yeasr ago. Not many though.

Do you guys throw back everything that isn't saved for research or do some things become dinner?

[shresearchdude]

It's Saturday?
Out East of Cape Cod in 530 ft.
Catch included:
Red Hake
Silver hake
white hake
some spiny dogfish
arcadian redfish?
2 spoonfooted octopus(tiny)
witch flounder
american?
plaice(flounder)
1 cod(10lbs)
blueback herring
alewife
lobsters
skates(of course)
and some misc stuff...

[shresearchdude]

560 ft off of Cape Cod and headed north.

Plaice have replaced winter flounder as the most abundant flounder.
skates: little, winter and now smooth.
More red hake and getting bigger.
silver hakes
a couple of haddock
blueback herring
alewife
some spiny dogs