I should have known. Any weather forecast with an N in it means "NO". After a warning from a passer bye jogger "looks lumpy out there" we cast our lines off and made our way out of Scituate harbor. Our plan was to bend rods with anything that would bite on the North end of Stellwagon. As we left the harbor we were met with 3's stacked as far as we could see with 4's and 5's thrown in to keep us on our toes. We knew this was going to be a long and gruling 18 km ride out.
We arrived on the bank and began our search picking through short cod to find a lonely keeper here and there. We worked most of the morning but just couldn't find that "jackpot" we were searching for. We stayed North till the tide then moved down the Eastern edge of the bank as the tide dropped. With only a few keepers in the box the feeling of the crew of 3 was fading. I decided to motor South and continue our search. The majority of the boats in the area had written the day off and headed for the barn. We had the bank to ourselves when it all happened. Three of us went tight. Motor up drift all 4 tight... this continued for the next two plus hours. Doubles coming over the gunnels, Slammer Pollack chasing the teasers to the surface, Haddock jumping on the teasers. The day was saved. With the fishing as good as it was, the day already getting late, and nobody in sight except the skyline of Boston we decided to extend the trip and try and fill the cooler. That we did!!! We called the notorius "last drift" at 4:00 PM. Bled and iced the remaining fish on the decks, dawned our rain gear, and made our way West back to Scituate. Beat up, and tired we saved the day
There was some harbor Alloy that I spotted as we pulled the AT out after the trip
Water was 48-49 degrees
Jigs and sluggo teasers
Fish were fat and full of sand eels & herring
Groundfish Between the Fronts
-
- Donator '08 '09 '10
- Posts: 2433
- Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:55 am
- 16
- Your location: Mass
- Location: MA & RI
Groundfish Between the Fronts
- Attachments
-
- Bent Rods
- IMG_1486.JPG (226.32 KiB) Viewed 2384 times
-
- Cod
- IMG_1487.JPG (333.5 KiB) Viewed 2384 times
-
- Pollock
- IMG_1490.JPG (258.27 KiB) Viewed 2384 times
-
- Sand Eels
- IMG_1488.JPG (182.87 KiB) Viewed 2384 times
-
- IMG_1492.JPG (54.49 KiB) Viewed 2384 times
-
- IMG_1493.JPG (347.84 KiB) Viewed 2384 times
Last edited by AlloyToy on Sat May 15, 2010 7:00 am, edited 1 time in total.
- Challenge
- Donator 08, 09,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
- Posts: 328
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:08 pm
- 16
- Location: MA & RI
Re: Groundfish Between the Fronts
Nice Fish John! & Great Pics
I'm sure that they were worth the lumpy ride!
I'm sure that they were worth the lumpy ride!