Francis Fleet Trip 11/28

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Does the boat provide bait that would be able to catch the occasional sea bass and scup?

Which trip would you do? The tog trip (which seems to get a lot of sea bass, and occasionally, tons of scup), or the blackfish trip, which seems to have a bit less of a chance of getting scup or cod?

Blackfish will start winding down; we've had 1 seabass and 1 cod mixed in the last few trips, down considerably on the seabass since early Nov. I would go for the cod/mixed bag trip. Where I have been seeing the head boats, they are both a decent steam from PJ, so the length of the ride isn't a big factor.

Going to give blackfish a go tomorrow on the Newport grounds. See if they cooperate.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Blackfish will start winding down; we've had 1 seabass and 1 cod mixed in the last few trips, down considerably on the seabass since early Nov. I would go for the cod/mixed bag trip. Where I have been seeing the head boats, they are both a decent steam from PJ, so the length of the ride isn't a big factor.

Going to give blackfish a go tomorrow on the Newport grounds. See if they cooperate.

Good luck, let us know how you make out.