long winter

[niko]

as I get a bit older I don't mind the winters off as much as I used too but every once in a while you have to fish. we took a trip on the island current yesterday for some winter codfishing. we had a pretty light load of anglers, prob 18 guys, and our group of 4 had the whole port rail to ourselves and it was nice and spread out. we roll up to the first spot and the fleet is all converging on a pile of fish. a half dozen party boats from RI, Montauk, Niantic and a half dozen downeasts were out there and the Viking 5star. the francis fleet was there and racked and stacked with guys. the bite is decent for a few hours and then shuts down. the fleet disperses and we bounce around the rest of the day and grind out a few fish here and there. the weather was pretty good and I ended up with 8 fish and missed the pool by 1 fish. my bigger fish were full of partially digested herring. good day, lots of laughs and a bunch of fillets. now if we can just get some ice