Stellwagon cod/haddock report

[Tuna Meltdown]

I am not sure if I am posting this in the right spot but here goes. I played hookie from work today with my girlfriend in hopes of making it out to Stellwagon in search of cod and haddock today. I was pleasantly surprised upon arrival to the SW corner to see that the bank looked the same as I left it last year (Full of life: humpbacks, minkies, finbacks, right whales, dolphins, gannets and bait everywhere . Just an awsome sight to take in so early in the year. I hope this is the prequal to a good bluefin year?
The fishing was moderate with fish hitting best between 90' and 120' deep. Jigs and pink squids were out fishing bait 10 to 1. Keepers were there but you had to weed through the shorts. NO DOGGIES .
ALL in all a great day with two nice keeper Haddock and about 20-30 throw back cod. I threw back the keeper cod in search of the tastier haddock. Sorry I had no cammera only one of those crummy throw aways so I will not be able to post pics. It would have been nice to get some whale pics as they were putting on one hell of an air show.
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Dan Stewart
Tuna Meltdown
20' Seacraft

[Jer]

Thanks for posting the report!

I moved this thread to the "Big Game Fishing World Wide" forum (aka offshore forum)

[shoefish]

Way to contribute right off the back Dan! I'm so jealous that you were able to get out there. That's good news that the bait and whales were back already...hopefully with the herring trawling down things will stay nice and healthy this year. I look forward to fishing with you at the Cuttyhunk.
Shoe

[POON MAN]

Dan Great Report

Gald to hear it's teaming with life

No Doggies ????

[Tuna Meltdown]

Thanks Shoefish. Poonman, Yeah I was suprised I gave my girlfriend the bait rod right off the bat and she fished it hard for an hour with 2 small cod and NO DOGFISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then she got pissed that I had caught about ten fish by then and she switched over to a jig too and she was nailing fish with me. Nothing to right home about but steady constant action. A lot of shorts.
The amount of life on the bank this early is incredible. I saw more whales out there today than I did last year tuna fishing. They were everywhere. I hope I can get out there one last time before the stripers show up. Sorry about the lack of pictures but there was so much going on out there today that I could not capture it all on film.

[jwalker]

nothing like stellwagen when it goes off like that...did you drop down off the edge into the 220-300' depths looking for the bigger brown bombers?
funny how some days the jigs kill them and others. FRESH shucked clams are the ticket...
thanks for report..great time of year to be out there...

[Seaker]

We will be out there next weekend with the FFSW crew and Tunerburner.

If your out and about we'll shout you up on 68

Off to NJ this weekend to bring one back up

[Charlie Wade]

Nice report Dan! Hard to beat fresh haddock. I've got to figure out how to avoid that thing called "work" too...

[Bigeye10]

Nice report Dan, you catch an big haddock ?? My cousin works on a gillnetter out of scituate and said he as been amazed at the size and the quantity of the haddock that have been around this year

[WAHOONBOX]

Thanks Shoefish. Poonman, Yeah I was suprised I gave my girlfriend the bait rod right off the bat and she fished it hard for an hour with 2 small cod and NO DOGFISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then she got pissed that I had caught about ten fish by then and she switched over to a jig too and she was nailing fish with me. Nothing to right home about but steady constant action. A lot of shorts.
The amount of life on the bank this early is incredible. I saw more whales out there today than I did last year tuna fishing. They were everywhere. I hope I can get out there one last time before the stripers show up. Sorry about the lack of pictures ....but..... there was so much going on out there today that I could not capture it all on film.

LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT HERE...........


YOU LAID OUT OF WORK.........THATS ONE THING
YOU TOOK YOUR BABE WITH YOU FISHING .............NOW THAT'S #2

BUT TO GIVE US THE OL EXCUSE OF NO QUALITY CAMERA ONBOARD AND THEN TEASE OUR SORRY ASSES BY TELLING US THAT THERE WAS AN E-QUARIUM GOING ON OUT THERE!!!!???? ARE YOU KIDDDING M E HERE??????? YOU DIDN'T FORGET THE BAIT DID YA? I BET THERE WAS PLENTY OF BREW ONBOARD RIGHT?????, RIGHT?

NAWWWW YOU DIDN'T FORGET T H O S E THINGS....AND YOU DANG SURE DIDN'T FORGET TO TAKE YOUR GIRLFRIEND !!!

NO WONDER THERE IS A LACK OF.....PICTURES. THERE CERTAINLY WASZZZZ A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE TODAY !


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ROCK ON DUDE! I THINK YOU HAVE FOUND A HOME ON SFC.....