I headed out of Gloucester on a friends 24' Dusky yesterday. Figured we could hit the NWC pretty easily. It's a good heavy seas boat. About 1 mile out of Gloucester we were into 3-5 and it was clear there was nothing but a miserable ride out there so we opted for local cod off southern Tillies. The bite was consistent all day long but They were mostly shorts. Took 3 home. Glad we didn't burn the fuel to the bank for what I am hearing was similar production. Talked to several boats at the dock that made it to the bank and it was the same story..
Seems to me the cod are moving up onto the bank pretty late this year and the big ones are noticeably missing. I had a 25lber back on the 2nd and haven't heard of anything much over that and not in any numbers..
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