Count me in. My freezer likes cod...a lot.

Im ready !
 

the COD flies are DONE.:happy: :happy: :happy:
"GOOD LUCK GOOD FISHIN"

SSSSHHHHWWWWEEEEEEET!!!! :D:D


...nice lookin fly ya got there saltydog...:eek:

Christian
sorry not the same guy.

Ok folks we all want to do this lets pick a Boat and a day:eek:

anyone have a dart:D

The Hellen H is a BIG boat less chance of another boat ride like last year:laughs:

Frank C.

after the holidays would be alot easier for me, but a saltwater turkey for christmas would be nice. who said it has to be easy. again i could only make it on a sunday.

Passed-up a day at the ditch to go Cod fishing. Plenty of fish along an area known as "Stone Ledge" about 8 miles east of Scituate, MA. We arrived early and caught cod and haddock to 15 lbs. We stayed there until Capt John boats showed up. Went east a few miles and started again. Fished until 1400. The three of us each brought home our 10 fish limit.

We did see three diffferent schools of "footballs" come sweeping by.

Better check the new regs, from what I heard last
night at our fishing club meeting, the limit is now 5 fish. (total of cod and/or haddock).

I think they said it went into affect in late Sept. or early Oct.

Kind of a bummer when the cod fishing gets good, we can't take as many.

CAN ANYONE CONFIRM THIS NEW LIMIT ????

Hey, wouldn't mind comming if someone could email me the details

Van - those regs are correct...

OK, let's try this again - boats near Plymouth ;) : ??????? While I would love to go north of Bahstin, many are coming from Rhody & CT which makes for an even tougher haul for a 6am sail...

Thanks :D

John:

Should we do a poll thingy??

I vote for Cpt. John, problem is schedule.....

John.......just choose a time and place!! HA!HA!...seroiusly...I bet many are waiting to find out...to determine whether they can make it or not......

.......if you make it, They will come......;)

I sent an e-mail to Capt. John asking what the december/january schedule is (their website didn't say), and if there is a discount for 20 or more people. They do have a deal where you get one free person for every 5 paying.

I'll post when they reply.

i'll take the free spot! :D

Capt John's was quick to respond, here's what they said:

Hello-Our last trip is on Dec 1st from 7am-3pm.We will start up again in
April Thank you

They didn't bite on the discount, but there website does have $1 coupons.

The Pats play on Turkey day, so Sunday December 1st is a good for me.

I'm also all for a biggest fish pool, say $10 a head????

Fishsmith - sounds very, very interesting. I'll need to check with thebetterhalf and make sure that's not a previously scheduled event... but very interesting...

Who would be interested in that?

I would love to go on a Cod trip! Sounds like fun, although December 1st is probably a bad day since holiday traffic is going to really suck. Isn't Thanksgiving the worst holiday for travel? I know I will be hating life driving back from Philly in traffic on that Sunday. Just a thought.

i heard of the 5 fish limit at last night's mass bass meeting.
$10 each for the pool, sounds good, real good. anybody here ver caught a pool fish before? just want to know my chances.

Wait, hold everything. Has anything changed since the begining of the post other then a lot of people saying that they want to go? Is there any info (Who, What, When, Where, Why :smash: , and How)

:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

S.O.t.B - Howya doing? It's funny that you mention that, 10-12 years ago on a Sunday after T-giving, I spent 14 hours traveling from the Key Bridge just outside of Balt'more to just over the Tappan Zee Bridge into NY. Only took 3 hours to get from there to Boston... That sucked...

Checked the schedule and I'm in!

Anyone know how many they fit on these boats? I know they are bigger than the A.L...

OK - I got a question for all you interested in the trip - if we go, it's $35 per head. For every 5 people that go, the 6th one is for "free". Would it be ok to dontate the "free" to the site for the bills? So if we get a bunch of people going, it would raise a couple bucks for the site costs too...

Thanks...

BTW - Fishsmith, thanks for the legwork on this - I'm going to call them today to confirm a couple more things...

No sweat John, I talked to the warden and she gave me Dec. 1st off to go fishing, so I'm in.

To raise some $$ for the site, if everyone attending brought in some fishing gear with a value of at least $5, we could have a raffle at $5 a ticket to win the all the booty. Just a thought.

So...I take it that you guys are talking about the Dec. 1st trip on the Capt. John boat out of Plymouth? If that's the case, I'm into it. What does the thirty-five bones get ya? Do I need to bring my own gear? Boat rods and cue sticks aren't just lying around my place. What about bait/lures? Again, 8 oz. jigs aren't just hanging around my place. Let me know.

On another note, I will be taking $8 buy outs on the biggest cod action. You can save yourself two bucks, and still see a cod the size of small child come over the rail.

Looks that way....

You can rent gear on the boat for 5$ - they'll usually set you up for clams... I think 8oz cod jigs are too small - needing 12-18ounce and maybe more :eek5: ...

Canalratt made some real sweet ones for last year... :D

I'll bet the rods Capt John provides have very heavy mono, which will require very heavy jigs. I use 30lb spider wire, and 8oz jigs drops like a rock, plus Capt John boats usually anchor, so a fast drift shouldn't be a problem.

I'm going to have to do some scrambling but may work out. I think you will need at least 12 oz. jigs up to maybe 21 depending on the tides and wind. This is anchor fishing and they supply bait. I may have a supply of jigs for sale but have to see and I have a large spool of Dacron for any body that needs a fill.

C-Ratt - I spooled my 113 last year with your Dacron (I remember actually starting to feel a little green looking filling the spool in those 12 footers :yak: and I've never been seasick before), I was wondering how well that get's to the bottom compared to braid or mono -

Thanks,

John

John that stuff works fine. The best line to use is a superbraid like Power Pro, Whiplash etc. then regular braid. Mono is the worst especially for jigging there is too much stretch when your down 200+ feet. Its OK when bait fishing. Hopefully I can go but it may be a last minute decision.

some boats dont allow power pro because the mates can cut their hands on it.

Soooo??
 

What happened, did you guys go?
Did i miss the trip??
I've been on vacation, what did I miss??

BIG cod??
Little Cod??
Any Cod??

Details......

trip got cancelled. gale winds, big waves.

Yea, i saw it in another thread, after I posted here.

Well i hope it does happen, no more vacations planned for me
so I would like to go.