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Local Cod Capt Carl reports a struggle on the cod grounds today. We did have a pre-dawn bite again, however it only lasted for about 20 minutes with a few anglers getting 3-4 keeper Cod out of it and some anglers getting no keeper Cod out of it. There was quite a few shorts in the mix too, but again, the flurry was short lived. The rest of the day saw a few cod here and there and a few pollack but not enough to go around. The dogs were again pretty vicious. Craig Bryan from Bayport, NY took first place with a 9 lb cod and Manuel Londado from Perth Amboy, NJ took second with a 7 pounder.

24 Hour Tile Capt Steven Jr reports that they ended up with a good trip with a mix of deep water species. Although the tile didn’t bite as well as we were hoping, we had a good amount of wreck fish, barrel fish and hake to make up the action. We started off hitting some wrecks and found some good action for the first half of the day. Around mid day to early afternoon, we tried the tile grounds but were plagued with zero drift, making it impossible to cover any ground. At the end of the day we hit another wreck and and had another little shot of wreck fish and the pool winning tile. Alan Maleh of Brooklyn took the Tile Pool with a nice 25lb tile, and Jim Fee of Falmouth, MA took the largest edible pool…

Capt Carl reports another decent day on the local Cod grounds. As soon as we anchored up in the dark we had the Cods coming over the rail! We had them coming pretty good and very steady with some double headers, some pollack, and some ling mixed in too. There were a lot of short cod also mixed in and they were released to fight another day. The Cod bit good right until a little after sun up, then things quieted down. Once the Cod stopped biting, the dogs started biting and they continued to bite for the rest of the day everywhere we went with just a Cod here and there. All in all we put a nice catch together with everyone going home with some Cod filets. Pool winners to follow. Due to the impending snow storm, we…

Local Cod Capt Carl reports an overall decent day of fishing today. We had warm weather and calm seas and a boat load of anxious anglers. Our first drop saw loads of ling coming up all around the boat, with just a few cod and pollack. Then things turned for the worse with dogs attacking us everywhere, until the last drop which made the day! We had solid Cod coming up all around the boat with lots of double headers. The savage bite only lasted about 15 minutes though, and things got quiet again, so we made some drifts and picked a few more Cod before the day was done. The cod were nothing big, with shorts in the mix, but everyone got a couple keepers out of it so we ended up ok for the day. 8 year old…

Local Cod Capt Carl reports a tough day on the cod grounds. The morning started off painfully slow, with nothing but sculpin coming up for the first couple of hours. Finally, later on in the morning, we tried a couple different zones and had a couple decent shots of cod and ling, but not quite enough to spread around the full boat of anglers. John Brooks from Huntington, NY took first place with a 12.5 lb cod and Mike Derby Jr from Brooklyn, NY took second with a 10 pounder.

Local Cod Capt Carl reports a tough day on the cod grounds. It was very cold out and fishing was very picky. We read them pretty good but they seemed to have lockjaw. There were also dogs around. Me managed a slow pick by days end, but it certainly wasn’t enough. Kevin McCann from Staten Island won the pool with an 8 pound Cod. The picture below is a photo of the big school of cod that would not bite.

Capt Carl reports a much tougher day on the cod grounds today. We did manage to put a catch together, but both the quality and quantity was not what we have been seeing. We did average 2 cod per person with a healthy crowd onboard, with some guys catching 6-7 keepers, but all in all it was definitely tougher today than it has been. Of course we stayed out late and got a few more cod out if it and ling. Long time Viking regular Mike Bunch from Flanders, NY took first in the pool with a 16 pounder, and Kun Kim from Flushing, NY took second with a 12 pounder.

Local Cod Captain Carl reports another good solid day of winter cod fishing! We had a big crowd of anglers out today and everyone caught cod and had a good time! There was no bite in the dark, but as soon as the sun rose a bit the cod started chewing! Every drift saw cod coming over the rail with some better than others. Fresh bait worked best today, with just a few taken on jigs. Plenty of quality gaffers today too! With the big crowd onboard, a whopping amount of cod spread around the boat! Kristoffer Barch from Seaford, NY took the pool with a 27.1 pound slob cod! Corey Pallasino of Merrick, NY took second with a 25.9 pounder! Notable mentions go to 18 yr old Owen Carr who had 6 big cod, and Walter Lesliaswski, who took…

Local Cod Captain Steven Sr reports an excellent day on the cod grounds. The big boys are here! We had a few guys at their limit, but today size mattered with quite a few fish over 18lbs. Doug Heath of Red Bank, NJ took the pool with a 26lb cod and also had another one that was over 20lbs. Mike Kastrati of Flushing, NY took second place with a 23lb cod. Check out the pictures- they tell the story! We are sailing tomorrow Saturday Feb 8th with two boats so come on down! There will be plenty of room for everyone. Also, we will definitely be sailing on Sunday Feb 9th as the weather looks great and the fishing is on! Hope to see you all out soon!

Local Cod Captain Steven Jr reports an excellent day on the cod grounds today! We had lots of quality cod today, with 25 fish over 15lbs and a few fish over the 20lb mark. Things started off slow in the dark with only a couple cod coming up before the sun. By mid morning we had good steady fishing with a few good shots of 20-30 fish per drift coming up. Later in the day, the fish seemed to scatter and we had a pick of a couple cod per drift. By the end of the day we put a good catch of quality cod together for everyone on board. The average angler ended up with 3-5 cod and high hook guys had 6-8 cod. Michael Fronda of Brooklyn took first place with a nice 27lb cod and in second…