NJ Cod Report 02/16/2011

[paul-e]

Just received this e-mailed Fishing report from a friend on 12hr trip out of Brielle today on NS boat.

"Cod up the wazooo! Many over 20 lbs. & up to 30! Why would anybody want to go to Montauk???"

[Capt. Boom]

Because my kid and I fished on a head boat out of Pt. Pleasant and had 3 keepers between us and 25 on the whole boat. 35 guys fishing on Wed, Feb 16

[paul-e]

Thanks for the report Capt. Boom.
So I guess it's hit or miss off NJ and better consistency up North out east by Block and Mountauk.

[Kenny]

Sooooo

What would it take to get Paule to take a day off next week and do some Cod fishing....Hmmmmmm

I'll buy the beer......

We need another installment of:

Paule and Kenny's excellent fishing adventures!!

[paul-e]

Soon Ken. Soon.

[Noworries2009]

I was on the J2 on Wed for cod. Sorry I didn't report. There definitely were some nice cod caught! My group of 4 which included my brother Larry,Canal Chris,Kirk,and myself caught 14 cod to about 7lbs and 3 ling. Also some dogs and ocean pout. Kirk was high hook with 6 cod and the 3 ling.  The boat as a whole did great but as sometimes happens some catch well and others don't. A few cod were jigged on the boat ,bait/clams accounted for most fish. Kind of a nice day until 11 AM when the south winds picked up. The cod didn't care as some nice were caught in the roughest conditions. That's when I dropped my chance at the pool. Had a real good fish about half way up when I dropped her/ OH well!!!!

[paul-e]

Thanks for the report John.
Sorry you droped da $$$ fish.
My friend with the report was on that trip. "Calcutta Jack"
from North Haledon.

[Hunter 2]

Nice Cod reports

[Noworries2009]

Block Island cod is worth the trip but we have some nice fishing right here in NJ. Seems like some better size fish are mixing in with the 3-6lb fish too! I'll be looking for the next window of reasonable conditions and going again 

[tautog73]

This was a representative day of cod fishing for this winter.  I have been out 7 times in NJ so far, always getting 3 to 7 keepers other than an outlier trip on the Norma K on Sat where I had 33.  The big fish still alluded me and I got to see John drop a nice one, probably not the money fish, but a high teens fish, double the size of anything I had.

[Boo Boo]

Check out Tagged Fish from the Highlands - He has been running to the Hole and has had some really decent cod fishiong with fish in the 30 pound class...  Check the open boat schedule on this site.