I appreciate your video and the time you took to put it up but seriously if I went out all the way to George’s and caught 17-20 inch cod I’d be pissed 😡. My picture has a 55 pounder on it just in case you wanna know what they look like . 😎
Slack High Sportfishing I hope you get the chance too . Hopefully they bounce back so the younger guys get to experience the great cod fishing I had growing up .
I hate levelwind for bottom fishing, specially deep dropping. The worm gear slows your free spool substantially. Way easier to get to the bottom w a normal conventional reel. IMO, 80# braid is also way overkill and is making it harder for you to hold bottom vertically. 50# braid is plenty and try 8 carrier line its thinner and more hydrodynamic.
I agree with you. This was my first time doing a trip like this so I was unprepared. Next time I would definitely go with a high gear ratio conventional and a little lighter braid. The reel I used on this trip I tossed in the trash when I got home, it was destroyed.
@@MudSharkZ shit man that sucks. Hope it wasnt expensive. Tbh i go super light, i use a torium 14 w/30# braid. Not everyones cup of tea but it does the job. Good luck bro
You dont really want a level wind on your reel for this kind of fishing. Reels designed for saltwater jigging with high gear ratios 6:1 or so is what you want.
@@nathanedmunds9802 and you guys probably filled burlap sacks and poly barrels fucking full of fish 100's of pounds per person because "you didnt know better" and " that was the regs then" fucking horseshit im struggling to catch a few decent cod a yr
For the price and what your aloud to keep for fish it just it not worth it any more to go on big party boats. Smaller operations that will only take 6 guys is the way to go for new England ground fishing these days. And polleck kind of sucks but seems to be the target fish.
@@alleykat6171 It obviously gets much better than the day we were out there even now, it was a tough day. I think the week before they caught some nice Cod. But it definitely isn't what it used to be. Hopefully we will have better days to come.
@@alleykat6171 Awesome, that was my first trip on it, but I'm an old head boat rat. I've been fishing on them all my life. It's always a little crowded chaos, but I still love it.
Of course not Cpt. Mike. That Bluefin trip was one of my most memorable for sure. We haven't been doing any offshore trips lately, but I've referred alot of people to you. I heard you guys had good fishing again this Fall, those big Bluefin are amazing fish.
They are still out there ! Just not in the numbers we old farts were use to years ago ! About 10 years ago we fished a spot about 12 miles off the NH coast . It's shut off to all fishing now ! We caught the biggest cod I have ever seen ! Let's put it this way . I caught one 59 lbs and it wasn't a contender for the pool ! One over 70 lbs took it ! Yah those were cod mister ! The sad part is that all those big fish were females ! And there to spawn !
I used to fish out of Chatham MA with a charter and with 5 guys fishing we would catch hundreds of pounds of cod. Not anymore. This is why the US should increase our boundary out to more than the current 200 miles. Russian, Japanese, and Chinese, factory ships sit off our shore vacuuming the bottom of the ocean taking everything that swims but I can’t catch a cod to feed my family.
You have no idea what you are talking about, look at a map, all the cod grounds are within 200 miles of the us coast, anything past the us eez of 200 miles is over 2 miles deep, nobody is catching cod there. We kicked out the foreign fleets in 1976 then funded the expansion of our own fishing fleets and that along with improved technology meant that cod were severely overfished and the collapse started in the 1980's. We have only our own ridiculous fisheries policies to blame for this debacle. Oh and buy the way even after all that it's not that hard to catch a recreational limit of cod off chatham still.
@@staytight6340 My comment was directed towards the argument that somehow we still have foreign draggers to blame for our present situation which is not true, we allowed our own fleets to decimate the cod population and that is the reason we are where were are now. Draggers are allowed a 400 pound limit of cod per day while they mainly are targeting haddock, soon there will be no haddock either. There should be no commercial nets allowed in the water that is why we are in the situation we are now.
Cast out. Hit the bottom. Reel up at an even pace 10-15 cranks. Drop down repeat cranks and repeat up and down until you are vertical. Then cast out and start over. I used to work on cod boats HH one of them. It’s the most effective method for the cod.
Scalpin, on draggers we call em boot wreckers cuz them horns go right through your boots when u walk in the pile.
That's my favorite name yet lol. Thanks for commenting. They were some gnarly lookin critters.
Yep in Maine we call them Horn Dogs for the spikes on their gills !
Cool trip!
Viking fleet kit of Montauk used to there often years ago, Great cooler filling trips
Sounds like cod fishing used to be amazing from the stories I hear. Hopefully the population will recover so I can get in on it some day.
I appreciate your video and the time you took to put it up but seriously if I went out all the way to George’s and caught 17-20 inch cod I’d be pissed 😡. My picture has a 55 pounder on it just in case you wanna know what they look like . 😎
Thats a beautiful fish, hope I get to catch one like that some day.
Slack High Sportfishing I hope you get the chance too . Hopefully they bounce back so the younger guys get to experience the great cod fishing I had growing up .
Tuff grind
I hate levelwind for bottom fishing, specially deep dropping. The worm gear slows your free spool substantially. Way easier to get to the bottom w a normal conventional reel. IMO, 80# braid is also way overkill and is making it harder for you to hold bottom vertically. 50# braid is plenty and try 8 carrier line its thinner and more hydrodynamic.
I agree with you. This was my first time doing a trip like this so I was unprepared. Next time I would definitely go with a high gear ratio conventional and a little lighter braid. The reel I used on this trip I tossed in the trash when I got home, it was destroyed.
@@MudSharkZ shit man that sucks. Hope it wasnt expensive. Tbh i go super light, i use a torium 14 w/30# braid. Not everyones cup of tea but it does the job. Good luck bro
Which reel would you recommend for these type of fishing and deep waters
Definitely a saltwater jigging reel with a high gear ratio, probably like 6:1. You don't want a level wind, this type of fishing will destroy it.
2 Speed Lever Drag Reels are nice, you can get a Saltist 30-50 size and that should be enough for any bottom fishing out there.
Any 4/0 Penn reel will do it !
Eugene Lee overkill lol
@@mrfish49el 2 speed is unnecessary and lever drag reels are ass for bottom fishing. Go star drag. Lever drag is where its at for trolling tho
That first fish was a rock sculpin
Those things were crazy lookin. My buddy Mark wishes he kept one to get mounted lol.
Can you use a baitcaster reel ?
You dont really want a level wind on your reel for this kind of fishing. Reels designed for saltwater jigging with high gear ratios 6:1 or so is what you want.
@@MudSharkZ which one would you recommend for beginners.
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George's Bank as in the Perfect Storm??
Yes, we were out in the same area.
@@MudSharkZ nice Brother, enjoy the vids🤙🤙
Gosh, while ya had action, those fish are so small. I remember the Cod years ago. 20, 30, lb fish was the norn.
Hopefully good times will return
Yea times have changed. It’s called overfishing!
true , un the 70s we caught 10-30 pound cod.
@@nathanedmunds9802 and you guys probably filled burlap sacks and poly barrels fucking full of fish 100's of pounds per person because "you didnt know better" and " that was the regs then" fucking horseshit im struggling to catch a few decent cod a yr
What boat is this?
Helen H, Massachusetts
Slack High Sportfishing I was just in that boat yesterday but mainly was porgies
@@1981gotsole It's a nice boat, class operation.
Those fish are called bergalls
Long Horn Sculpin.
For the price and what your aloud to keep for fish it just it not worth it any more to go on big party boats. Smaller operations that will only take 6 guys is the way to go for new England ground fishing these days. And polleck kind of sucks but seems to be the target fish.
It tastes the same, unless you freeze it and it dies not freeze well
pollock no limit. its a long ride for 10 fish
Choggy aka Bergall
It's sad we use to catch 50 to 80 lb cod out there !
Most of the Cod we caught were throwbacks. Only really big fish caught were the Pollock.
Wow things have really gotten bad.no halibut, wolfish,or Pollack?
@@alleykat6171 It obviously gets much better than the day we were out there even now, it was a tough day. I think the week before they caught some nice Cod. But it definitely isn't what it used to be. Hopefully we will have better days to come.
@@MudSharkZ I used to fish for cod on that boat when it was in Brooklyn years ago.
@@alleykat6171 Awesome, that was my first trip on it, but I'm an old head boat rat. I've been fishing on them all my life. It's always a little crowded chaos, but I still love it.
Bergalls is what we commonly call them “cunners”
They're tasty little guys.
Slack High Sportfishing any chance you remember the regulations? Last time I was on that boat it was 22 or 23 in and could keep as many as you want
@@GrumpyDrew For Cod it was 23 inches and 10 fish I believe.
Andrew Hanley for cunner I believe there is no size limit
Now up on Jeffery’s ledge you can’t even keep cod anymore.
U forget me
Of course not Cpt. Mike. That Bluefin trip was one of my most memorable for sure. We haven't been doing any offshore trips lately, but I've referred alot of people to you. I heard you guys had good fishing again this Fall, those big Bluefin are amazing fish.
HAVEN'T GONE FISHING FOR COD FOR 40 YEARS. WHAT HAPPEN TO THE 40=50 POUNDERS
The good old days are gone for now, Atlantic stocks are down and harvest is greatly restricted in alot of areas.
ask the commercial guys
They are still out there ! Just not in the numbers we old farts were use to years ago ! About 10 years ago we fished a spot about 12 miles off the NH coast . It's shut off to all fishing now ! We caught the biggest cod I have ever seen ! Let's put it this way . I caught one 59 lbs and it wasn't a contender for the pool ! One over 70 lbs took it ! Yah those were cod mister ! The sad part is that all those big fish were females ! And there to spawn !
23ft seas Georges bank today. 😮
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Stay home !
Joe huckermeyer great capt that looked like a hackelhead Helen h is a Lydia Yatch best party boats ever
I used to fish out of Chatham MA with a charter and with 5 guys fishing we would catch hundreds of pounds of cod. Not anymore. This is why the US should increase our boundary out to more than the current 200 miles. Russian, Japanese, and Chinese, factory ships sit off our shore vacuuming the bottom of the ocean taking everything that swims but I can’t catch a cod to feed my family.
i doubt any recreational fishermen will go 200 miles for fishes
You have no idea what you are talking about, look at a map, all the cod grounds are within 200 miles of the us coast, anything past the us eez of 200 miles is over 2 miles deep, nobody is catching cod there. We kicked out the foreign fleets in 1976 then funded the expansion of our own fishing fleets and that along with improved technology meant that cod were severely overfished and the collapse started in the 1980's. We have only our own ridiculous fisheries policies to blame for this debacle. Oh and buy the way even after all that it's not that hard to catch a recreational limit of cod off chatham still.
@@staytight6340 My comment was directed towards the argument that somehow we still have foreign draggers to blame for our present situation which is not true, we allowed our own fleets to decimate the cod population and that is the reason we are where were are now. Draggers are allowed a 400 pound limit of cod per day while they mainly are targeting haddock, soon there will be no haddock either. There should be no commercial nets allowed in the water that is why we are in the situation we are now.
It's local daggers tacking everything from our oceans
I was jigging in 300 ft deep only caught whiting
Hackleheads/horns
Is George’s bank or cod open?
Yes, there are seasons. Mass.gov has regulations listed but I'm not sure if George's Bank is outside of state reg waters.
Sea robbin
It does resemble a sea robin, but it is actually a sculpin.
Rather than pounding the bottom with the jig you’re better of squidding for cod.
Not sure what you mean by squidding. Please explain.
Cast out. Hit the bottom. Reel up at an even pace 10-15 cranks. Drop down repeat cranks and repeat up and down until you are vertical. Then cast out and start over. I used to work on cod boats HH one of them. It’s the most effective method for the cod.
I will definitely try that next time I'm out there, thx for the advice.
@1 Atom 12 Plum gut I assume. Former Sag Harbor resident but hang in the gut once every other year.
Peter, you were a bucket scrubber for a season. Stop acting like you know what you're talking about
Dinks ..... 👎
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Yeah, sorry it's not great. I did my best, but there's only so much you can do with just a gopro on a cold windy day in the North Atlantic.