1st trip of the season

[niko]

took a couple of friends out to the bank today. we put in in hull and froze for an hour on the ride out. the fleet was already on them so we joined in. action was pretty much nonstop till the tide died. with a ratio of 5 shorts to one keeper. after it got moving again there was a steady pick of shorts with a few keepers. we ended up w/ 28 cod, no haddock, and 2 sea herring. there were alot of 23" fish, so thats encouraging. the bait was thick on the ff, all the fish were puking sand eels. there were a few whales, but not many. all in all a great first trip.