Cod and Pollock

RWilson2526 · #1 01-09-2010, 02:05 PM

Looks like the weather is going to cooperate and after two weekends in a row of cancellations we are going out on a head boat for an 18 hour Cod , pollock, hake trip. leaves 11:30 tonight and gets back 6:30 pm tomorrow evenening. Dont think they've been catching any cod but have been catching Pollock and jumbo porgies....

Wish me luck....I think I got the warm weather gear taken care of so I should at least be comfortable from the elements.

Will take some pics.

willy · #2 01-09-2010, 04:16 PM

good luck RW, stay warm, don't forget your hands

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS · #3 01-10-2010, 01:16 AM

Is that on the Big Jamaica boat?

RWilson2526 · #4 01-11-2010, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

Is that on the Big Jamaica boat?

Yup, that's the one....left Saturday night at 11:30 pm.....hit the first wreck about an hour before sun up...fished that wreck for about 5-6 hours where we caught most of our fish. moved about 1.5 hours to 2nd spot...nothing but dog fish, conger eels (ugly bastards) and silver eels...(Slimy bastards). Last stop which we figure was probably out at the mud hole was some ling and more dog fish. Headed in about 4:00 back at the dock at 6:30 PM

All in all a good trip. Between the four of us we had a decent mixed bag of pollock, cod, ling and porgies...and TONS OF MONSTER SEA BASS.....damn sea bass closure!....it actually got pretty frustating after a while of pulling up double fatty sea bass from 200' only to send the back. My friggin arms are numb this morning. Couldnt lift my left arm above my head last night.

Willy...you couldnt be more right...its all about the HANDS....based upon your comment I brought 3 pairs of gloves which was about 1 pair to few....took the first pair off to tie a rig, blew off the bench onto the deck conveniently right where the big ol water hose that runs constantly is....1 down, second pair I mistakenly left out on the bench while we moved which and hour and a half later were frozen rock hard with a 1/4" of ice on them . 2 down

The third pair which were just regular insulated gloves almost lasted me until the tips got soaked.....then it's all over...

Will post up a few pics tonight.

bsteckel · #5 01-11-2010, 05:28 PM

sounds like a good trip

... can't wait to see the pics ..

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS · #6 01-12-2010, 03:11 AM

I usualy go 3 or 4 times a year in February for those monster sea bass, this year i think i will go the electric reel way, much easier on my arms

Blue_Runner · #7 01-12-2010, 10:39 AM

Great report on a nice trip! The story behind the gloves is classic!

RWilson2526 · #8 01-12-2010, 05:39 PM

Was doing a little of the "hold it out more so it looks bigger" but it was a nice fish.

Only 20 fares on a 125' boat.....was like a private charter.

Thats how I found my tackle bag and gloves after a move.

RWilson2526 · #9 01-12-2010, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

I usualy go 3 or 4 times a year in February for those monster sea bass, this year i think i will go the electric reel way, much easier on my arms

Oh dont even get me started on those reels....My friend that was with us just got his and it was his first time with it....as we made fun of him all night about being a girl for using an electric reel it took about 10 minutes of listening to that reel humming before we were all ready to buy one....

willy · #10 01-12-2010, 08:26 PM

RW next time go into a hunting shop and pick up the finger tipless neoprene jobs, wear them all the time and get a heavy pair of insulated mittens or gloves to go over them. Duck hunters and trappers along with fisherman wear them all winter. They usually come in a camo color but thats ok.