Cod and seabass jigging trip, and Portuguese invasion!

Now that is one hell of a catch! Lots of good eats there! I don't know many people jigging them this time of year? Not that I want to know your numbers, although that would be nice 😉, what are you looking for when targeting those beauties? Also, are you finding the spotlock as a great asset?

Awesome box of fish!!!

Now that is one hell of a catch! Lots of good eats there! I don't know many people jigging them this time of year? Not that I want to know your numbers, although that would be nice 😉, what are you looking for when targeting those beauties? Also, are you finding the spotlock as a great asset?

Hey George,

We caught the cod on wrecks and some natural hard bottom. Fishing mostly 130-145' of water. I try to target smaller pieces that are mostly overlooked. Pick 1 or 2 and move on.

The trolling motor helps make it possible by allowing us to quickly fish a piece and move on to the next one. It's a game changer for this and many other reasons.

@Jack_Daniels Thanks for that Chris. I really need a spot lock.

I've had my butt handed to me this year by the tunas. So I decided to fall back to something else I enjoy. Bottom fishing for cod and seabass. My buddies, Craig, Jimmy and I jigged up 19 keeper cod to 20-lbs and a limit of jumbo seabass in just a few hours before the weather changed today. Back at the dock by noon. Found dozens of man-o-wars drifting around. The Portuguese are invading!

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We saw them by the Windmills off BLock Island last Sunday, I can remember back in the 80's fishing butterfish hole,they were everywhere, big suckers too.

Nice catch trolling motors are thing now can’t beat black fishing with them work great to hold on a piece and move on well done boys ?

well done real nice fish there 😎,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,><)))):>
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@Jack_Daniels Thanks for that Chris. I really need a spot lock.

I use the trolling motor for the "spot lock" most frequently, but they offer a lot of other features as well. Such as cancelling a wind against tide drift, stemming a ripping tide, or creating a drift when there is none are also important options.

I use the trolling motor for the "spot lock" most frequently, but they offer a lot of other features as well. Such as cancelling a wind against tide drift, stemming a ripping tide, or creating a drift when there is none are also important options.

It is quickly becoming a must-have. I see they're making larger ones now for boats over 30-feet.

It is quickly becoming a must-have. I see they're making larger ones now for boats over 30-feet.

Yes, but that's just making the shafts longer. it doesn't do much good being that the thrust is still the same. Minnkota's most powerful motor is 113 ft-lbs and Rhodan is 120 ft-lbs.

I have the Minnkota and it is just enough for most conditions on my boat, which is a "small" 27- footer. My boat is light, narrow and had very low deadrise. Anything much bigger and that motor would be useless except for on the calmest conditions.

Interesting