May 6, 2006 -  Capt. Rick Delacono took the boat today. My wife and I had a wedding to attend. It was a rare day off for me.  Friday night I gave Rick the coordinates where we have been fishing. He and his party got a beautiful warm day. Calm and windless. The fishing?? He loaded up. Almost all haddock. One of the cod fish weighed in at 35 pounds. Nice fish. Good work on Rick's part.

May 7, 2006 -  Off the dock before 6 o'clock this morning. Capt. B, mate Paulie and our party from NY. Offshore banging cod and haddock. This morning it was breezy, and we were on the hook, putting cod and haddock in the box. When the winds died we went on the drift. Later in the afternoon, the winds picked up again, and we were back on the hook. Whether we were anchored up or drifting, we were picking away at the fish. By the end of the day, we had our usual pile of fish in the boat. Some days drifting is more productive. Today it didn't matter if we were on anchor or adrift, the fishing was the same - steady. We caught a big cod - not quite as big as the one Rick caught yesterday. If it weren't for the big wolf fish we put in the boat I'd be hearing about the cod his party caught on my day off. For those that have not had the pleasure to eat wolf fish - it is awesome. I always tell people they don't want it - that we will use it for bait. No one ever believes me. Wolf fish is called the poor man's lobster. In fact their meat is the consistency of lobster. They eat shellfish. Cooked cajun style (blackened) they taste delicious. I didn't get to take this one home either. As you can see below - they are a very cute looking fish!

May 16, 2006 -  PHEW. What a week. Actually more like 10 days. We had the most rain since the 1930's. Every day. Torrential flooding. Roads closed. Homes ruined. With the rains - high winds - huge seas. We have had wave heights consistently between 12-18 feet. No way we could get out. Today the forecast was for more rain in the morning, then scattered showers in the afternoon. Seas 4-6 in Easterly swell. Swells are not bad. Once more we were off the dock at 6 O'Clock. No idea what the fishing would be like after all the weather and insane runoff. The first thing I noticed when we got to the spot we have been fishing recently was the water color. Dirty greenish-brown. Boy had the bottom been stirred up by the heavy seas . We anchored up and dropped our rigs. The runoff was so strong the gear shot off straight behind the boat. By the time we hit bottom, our rigs were far in back of the vessel. Lift the rod tip. Drag the sinker towards me a little. Lift the rig again and get a little more of the rig back to me. Bang. The fish were chasing the rig. Being teased. Almost like drifting. There were only three in our party fishing, plus the mate and myself. We picked away at cod and haddock all day long. Way more haddock than cod. Same type of day as the last time we went out. No giant flurry followed by a dry spell. Just a steady pick. At the end of the day we had our fish. Thankfully, the weather of the past 10 days had not disturbed the fish at our spot!

May 20, 2006 -  Offshore Insanity!!! I have to admit that at 5:30 AM this morning it looked like today was going to be a blow out. The wind was whipping 20 - 30 knots. It appeared that today was not going to be any fun at all. Today's charter had not had a pleasant ride to Gloucester from where they live in Pennsylvania yesterday. A long drive was made even longer due to an overturned tank truck on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The truck was carrying natural gas. The Pike ended up being closed all day. After sitting stopped on the Pike for an hour they drove over the median and reversed direction. I can hardly blame them. Many circuitous back roads led them to Rt. 128. Including major detours and delays it took them ten hours to make it to Gloucester.  After the effort they made to get here, we were at least going to head out to see if we could make it offshore. The one thing we had in our favor was the wind direction SW. We did have a rough ride out. When we anchored up the boat settled down nicely, and we were able to fish very comfortably. The fishing - well worth the trip out. We slammed haddock all morning. As the day progressed, the wind let go. Late in the morning when the fishing slowed,  we made a small move. As the anchor pulled tight a friend of mine drove up, and asked how we were doing. I told him that the fishing had been good, but at the moment it was slow. He headed off to a spot six miles further off shore. A few minutes later he called on the radio - two miles from where we were he was on a PILE of fish. You never saw anyone haul an anchor up so fast in your life. The wind had pretty much died by now so we tried a little drift fishing. I have to extend a big thank you to my friend for the call. We hooked one haddock after another until it was time to go home. Big ones! A total of three keeper cod for the day. Well over one hundred haddock. Not counting the cooler my mate and I almost filled. A memorable and enjoyable day for sure!

May 21, 2006 -  We headed back off shore at the crack of dawn this morning. Lines in the water by 7 AM. Tons of haddock, and several cod. Put a nice 40 pound cod in the boat, as well as a 15+ pound cusk. Once more, we caught fish on anchor and  while drifting. Awesome. Another great day at sea with a great group of people.

May 27, 2006 -  We made our last trip to our inshore fishing grounds today. Banged plenty of haddock in the morning, then the fishing slowed. In any event this area will open up to commercial fishing on June 1st. Once this spot is open to the draggers, gill netters and longliners the fishing will definitely slow down here. Can't put the entire blame on the commercial guys. The fish generally leave this area when the water warms up. Then they open the area to commercial fishing after the fish have moved to other areas. The commercial guys only get to fish 38 days a year anyhow. I have no problem with them fishing where they can make a days pay. Imagine if you were told you could only work 38 days a year.  That being said, the fishing had slowed this morning, so we went hunting. We tried several humps and deeper areas nearby, picking a couple of fish here and there. Towards the end of the day we made a move 6 or 7 miles off to the east to a hump we usually begin fishing about now. In the hour we had at this spot (it was getting late), we picked up some nice cod in the 30 inch range, and several more haddock as well. The fish normally move east to colder and deeper water this time of year. We will be fishing off to the east as well.

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