codfsh2

It sounds to me that codfish are piling up .I have read that the commercial guys are loading up on cod and there seems to be more around then ever.The Gloucester,Ma. boats fishig Stellwwagon are catching there limits every day and they tell me the fish haven't played out yet.
I would think if your boat is in the water and you have some jigs that the fishing this time of year can be very productive.
I have also read reports the the couple of head boats running,weather permitting have alos had banner trips.
I wish I was there but for now I'm fishing in South Florida.

bms1939

Recreational fishing does'nt open up untill 4/1. You can fish in the CCZ wich is in state waters, no more than 3 miles out.

codfsh2

I thought charter boats could fish,head boats etc. or are they not allowed until 4/1

Cobalt 25

A friend of a friend supposedly caught 80lbs. of cod for himself either last Sunday or the Sunday before out of Lynn on a head boat.

Be advised this is NOT first hand information.

Peter

bms1939

It must have been this past Sunday, the CCZ opened Saturday 3/1.

jigger

The head boats going out are going south of the 42 and east of the 70. It's a long ride.

loligo

You can still fish in the GOM recreationally, now, you just can't keep any cod until April 1.
You can keep all the haddock and pollock you want.

loligo

Nope, wrong, untrue.....



you can still fish in the GOM - you just can't keep cod, but you can keep haddock and pollock, no limit either.

mike abdow

i have been reading these threads this winter and i am amazed at what i read,,,such miss information,,, think about where 42 and 70 are?

loligo

Hi Mike-

misinformation and ignorance....



I spoke with a guy yesterday who is a well known charter captain and you would not believe

what he thinks....



Some folks get an idea planted in their head and they think it's the "TRUTH".

42 & 70? hmmm, doesn't that leave the majority of CC bay open?

Sashamy

What r u getting at gentlemen....you can be south of the Gurnet and be below the 42 line....hmmmmmmmm

surfcaster51

and besides that all of the Bay is open

mike abdow

how about east of 70???? cape cod bay is like fishing in a toilet bowl,,, i would not eat a fish from there,,, you know,, boston harbor or the shit pipe,,, great place for boston to throw the shit,,,in my ocean that i have to work on everyday,,,,thanks

Sashamy

Mike, it seems you have found another place to vent! LOL

aloop

Ha haha!

The reel Crazy Ivan

That's the Walsh's boat (100'er) that travels to the open areas outside the gulf of Maine... No one is taking cod on Stellwagon till 4-1

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