[niko]

it's nice to stink like fish again, it's been too long. first off- we pushed off the dock around 11:30 to find the elusive "night bite". i've never fished for cod at night before and hopefully won't be doing it alot in the future. we hit the first drop and nada, tried reancoring and still nothing. made a move to the bumper boat area and got into a slow pick with alot of time between bites. we power drifted around for a bit and as false dawn was approaching i had a few fish in the bag but it was pretty lame. then the capt made the move to the spot. as the sun was rising the rods started doubling over and we got into a sweet bite which lasted till it was time to come home. finally tally for me was 15 keeper cod, most around 22-25". pool fish looked around 10#. the bite was on bait - i didn't jig at all, though i saw some fish taken on jigs. had a great day, nice way to kick off the 2011 season. nice to meet you rhoddy