Still playing C&R with cod, awaiting the arrival of my striped nemesis. Been out 5 times and have caught over 50 cod, but only 2 would have been "Keepahs", > 21".
About 3/4 of the fish caught have been less 15" so the optimist in me says "Hey, that's good for the future!!" Then the pessimist in me kicks in, "You're starting to sound like your LI friends and fluke who always say, 'Lots of shorts, but that means next year will be better!'"
Maybe time to go after flatties, and try to catch the elusive winter flounder? Tide is good today, may give it a shot...
Maine Cod C&R: You'd Think I Was Fluke Fishing...
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Still playing C&R with cod, awaiting the arrival of my striped nemesis. Been out 5 times and have caught over 50 cod, but only 2 would have been "Keepahs", > 21".
About 3/4 of the fish caught have been less 15" so the optimist in me says "Hey, that's good for the future!!" Then the pessimist in me kicks in, "You're starting to sound like your LI friends and fluke who always say, 'Lots of shorts, but that means next year will be better!'"
Maybe time to go after flatties, and try to catch the elusive winter flounder? Tide is good today, may give it a shot...
Mate200 postsSince 2020
Has anyone heard of anybody getting any winter flounder from Mountauk to Raritan Bay along the south shore? I am tired of saying "what a shame".
Mate200 postsSince 2020
Well gave it the full try for over an hour today. Chummed, pounded, bounced the sinker and I even didn't have a green crab play with my bait, and I thought that was an impossibility...
Shall I go to heaven or a-fishing? - H. D. Thoreau
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,717 postsSince 2018
Ocean right now is 44°F, but I was fishing the ebb just downtide of a shallow mudflat and had 55°F temps. Water was warmer than the air.
Shall I go to heaven or a-fishing? - H. D. Thoreau
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,717 postsSince 2018
Better morning today, 2 "keepahs" @ 22" IF we were able to keep 'em out of 17 cod caught. Also had a dozen or so tiny pollock that went back.
Waiting for bass.
Waiting for bass.
Shall I go to heaven or a-fishing? - H. D. Thoreau
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
Veni. Vidi. Cepi. - with apologies to Gaius Julius Caesar
AdmiralOriginal Crew21,717 postsSince 2018
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