cod report - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

niko · 02-24-2011, 02:02 PM

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

fish4striper · 02-24-2011, 02:05 PM

haha, cool. That nite fishing is tough, thought my fingers were gonna fall off when we went.

BigFish · 02-24-2011, 02:26 PM

Thanks for the filets Paul! Gonna bake some tonight I think and fish chowder with the rest of my striper tomorrow!

JFigliuolo · 02-24-2011, 03:01 PM

Nice the cap finally found 'em... MMMMMMMMMMMMM............ fresh cod!!!!!

striperman36 · 02-24-2011, 08:32 PM

I hate the night shift

srt44116 · 02-24-2011, 08:46 PM

Where you on a Head boat? If so where out of

niko · 02-24-2011, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by srt44116

Where you on a Head boat? If so where out of

fished the island current out of snug harbor RI. good operation - they try, the chum helps

MakoMike · 02-25-2011, 12:35 PM

Nice going. I'm going tomorrow night on a Montauk based boat, I hope I do as well as you did.

JackK · 02-25-2011, 12:57 PM

Good to hear you did well. Does the IC use fresh clams and chum? I've never had much luck codding on the FF, they're always had old clams. Been anchored ~100' from the Viking and they were hauling them up hand over fist, while we were getting nada.

All of my trips on the Viking have used fresh shucked clams, with great results.

niko · 02-25-2011, 01:31 PM

for chum they use clams in a chumpot and chuck shells and whole clams they break up over the side

RIROCKHOUND · 02-25-2011, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MakoMike

Nice going. I'm going tomorrow night on a Montauk based boat, I hope I do as well as you did.

Good luck. I hope the bottom isn't too riled up, it's 10ft w/ the occasional 15 right now out there.....

animal · 02-25-2011, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Good luck. I hope the bottom isn't too riled up, it's 10ft w/ the occasional 15 right now out there.....

OMFG!Saweet avatar,Bry!
Glad you got into them,Paul.Hope I can get out next time.See any private boats out there come sunup?

tautog · 02-25-2011, 03:44 PM

Are the regs different for party/charter boats on Codfish?

piemma · 02-25-2011, 04:33 PM

Bry, where did you get that picture of Clammer??? He looks great. Unfortunately not so much in real life.

fish4striper · 02-25-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tautog

Are the regs different for party/charter boats on Codfish?

22" in RI waters, 10 per day

niko · 02-25-2011, 05:44 PM

i gave 5 to the rental rod crowd if that's what you're wondering

tautog · 02-25-2011, 08:46 PM

Just wondering if the party/head boys got regs changed like other species.

MakoMike · 03-01-2011, 12:21 PM

I went last weekend, loads of fish but they were all small, had to catch 20 fish to get 1 keeper. But it was lots of fun, lock and load fishing, fish on almost as soon as your sinker hit the bottom.All fish on clams, most fish drifting.