cod in boston
 

fished on thursday april 21 at entrance of harbor ad caught whitebelly cod average 24 inches used chico rig with seaworm and drfted in 40 to 60 feet of water. Cod will increase in size some up to 15 lbs use light tackle and have fun with them. good luck pete santini

Whats a chico rig?

a chico rig is a bottom rig with 2 hooks with spinners bucktail and beads with a round colored weight in different flo colors they work on flounder fluke seabass and especially cod.

Good Job!

I was going out to the Isle of Shoals off NH and catching Nothing.

I was using just standard Cod Rig with 2 hooks.
Tried Clam/Shrimp/Fish chunks/Jig's

few small 18"

Next weekend will be another try.

Legal Size this year???
 

Where can I find info for this year on limits for groundfish, both size and numbers kept? I keep my boat at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and head out just short of Jaffery's Ledge. The boat goes in this Friday and looking forward to bringing in a few fish this weekend.

This year the cod have to be 23 inches long and the limit is 10 per person per day. haddock is I believe 21 inches but there is no limit on how many you can keep. Hope this helps!!

Here's Mass Regs

MASS REGS

Geez I couldn't find any on NH??? I would assume they are similar but.....

NH is 22" for cod and 19" for haddock. Rec limit is 10 cod but not sure on haddock.

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fish..._Digest_04.pdf

So everyone likes to go to Jefferys Ledge. Were are the good spots? or any spots? I have not ventured out that far yet this year. I have came up empty handed the last 2 times out.

Any good places to start?

-AM

I have not been out there at all but I'll tell ya, people will be reluctant to give out any spots. I will fish there this year and it'll be alot of trial and error. Also do a search on google for "fishing Jefferies" or similar and you should get a fair amount of returns. You may not get exact locations but more of general area's ie. "southeast corner" type of stuff. Keep fishin around it and you'll find some honey spots for sure. I would also try and find a good chart and look it over......

Angler, yes #'s are hard to come by, but you never know unless you ask, so here goes,

Try Petes bait and tackle.com

The articles are really good and they give some excellent #'s for Jeffries. One article is "jigging on jeffries". I took down all the numbers and did real well with them. I think I did the best at the 150' hole. Give it a shot.

Because you are coming out of Portsmouth there are better and closer spots for you, I don't know them yet, but I'm learning. Each trip out is a new challenge for these fish.

Good luck, If you get into them, send me a pm and maybe we can trade #'s for #'s. B

:) Cod fish are taking clams more so then hitting the jig lately!!!

I would take along some clams also!!!!

Fish have been taken within 12 miles of shore off of Cape Ann!!!

Hit the humps and the wrecks!!!!

fishing has been good since the gill nets have been out of the water!!!;) :cool:

When fishing clams on the bottom do you need to be anchored up? I can't imagine how much line I would need for that!

Vector,

drifting is the best for both jigs and clams (cover more ground), but conditions dictate if drifting is possible. If wind/current strong you will have to anchor. I would say you need 400 feet of line minimum for around that way, more is better.

If you can drift, mark the spots on your GPS that you get fish and then run up current/wind and drift over those spots repeatedly.

Good luck!

:) Also take along some 20oz. sinkers!!!

And it doesn't hurt to have a couple of old window weights!!!

Take a hammer and try to break in half, they come in handy for a sinker!!!

if it is real windy you can use a "droan" [sea anchor] or a 5gal. bucket. Don't let the bucket out to far, it could be labor intensive bringing it back to the boat!!!;) :cool: