thinking of doing some party boat slumming this weekend. the target is pollock and haddock. anyone interested in going? weather looks okay just a little cold.

Been thinking of the Helen H for cod, though probably not this weekend. Have you done any of their winter trips?

I can do.

hi numby, i did a marathon trip w/ them a few years back. it was late january out on georges bank, seas were ugly. jigged for about 12 hours and ended up catching 3 short cod. i thought my arm was going to fall off the next day. that's the only trip i've ever done on the h. i think it was just a bad day, i'd try them again

buzz - you need to get a job you bum. i'll let you know which day. they are watching the weather to see which day they are going

But my wife loves to eat cod/haddock/pollack, so got to get some. She wasn't crazy about the tog.

You said Sat/Sun so what does it matter whether I have a job. Got something in the works anyway which will definitely cut into fishing next year if it pans out.

buzz - you need to get a job you bum. i'll let you know which day. they are watching the weather to see which day they are going

i heard they did a trip that targeted just haddock,,,,,mmmmm !!
i might see if some of my friends are interested.

report from this last sunday on Helen H from another site:

Helen h sun report.



0200 departure for a limited wreck? trip? I really don't know but when I got the call for a 0200 not 0400 I was all IN! The mates said "a little farther south than usual and open bottom fishing." Started at first light and 1 keeper by 10 am,not me but on the boat[actually the mate threw a 23" in my cooler before I could say could you bleed him first?]. The seas were so confused it was senseless to fish. But I knew all that would change in any moment if I hang at the rail. Hit and run, hit and run, we must have hit 10 spots with the same ugly results in the first 3 hours. Wind against tide 20 oz plus catch and release 40 puppies, 8 doubles, and no doggies! Late day improvement in catch but wind came up to 30+ for the beating on the way in. Not the meat trip everyone expected including Capt Joe. Thanks for the hardest working Capt that day and the $40 voucher everyone got at the end of the trip. Merry Christmas to all and the rain and snow squalls on the way in.
Final tally- did not bring home any fish. If I have to measure them on my days off I shouldn't take them home. Pool fish didn't press teens and only other competition was a pollack. But still the catch rate was high and the Capt worked his butt off and went easily 120 miles chasin cod.

Tuna were sighted in the sand eel pods under birds, not only by yours truly but by many other fishermen on the bow.

thanks jeff, sounds like a tough day on the water. when i think cod i think the further north the better. judging from the comm landings there are alot of haddock coming in from boston and ports to the north. i don't know if those comms are fishing georges or not. there also seem to be plenty of pollock around. the pollock fishing should be getting better by the day. they sure are fun to catch but a bit of a pia on a party boat when 20 guys hookup at the same time and they go ballistic.:jump1: