Pictures from todays trip

They are getting bigger!

Two long days on the water have produced some fantastic ground fishing, with the cod getting larger and larger by the day. Friday was a friends and crew trip- we scouted a bit to the south, picked a few fish here and there but after making a move towards the north we found ouselves a pile of some of the fattest healthiest cod I've seen this year. We slammed the Pollack and Cod into submission easily filling every available cooler and fish hold with big porky fish. Is it wrong that the Captain took the pool, or is that how its supposed to work?? I jigged up this 19 lb hog and took everyones hard earned money- too bad Eric only pitched in 6 bucks.

Today we had guests from Buffalo New York, and we showed them to a repaet performance of of fridays trip, but this time multiple 12-18 lb fish filled the coolers FAST! Its was a total bail job on brown bombers and the entire crew was winded and in need of a nap by 9 am. We took our limit of cod and headed deeper to throw some Haddock into the mix. It was a slow pick, but again bigger fish prevailed, with the average Haddock being upwards of 6-8 lbs. By 2:30, and my 6th cup of coffee everyone had had enough and we headed west.

Back at again in a few, Capts Fred & Chris

The Cod fishing is spectacular!

Well its no secret that the Codfish have shown up in great numbers in the shallow water, and the Pollack have come in right behind them chasing all the baitfish that have invaded Stellwagen Bank. Sundays trip filled the box once again, with some larger specimens in the mix.

Our new light weight Diawa Sealine X series rods and reels are quickly proving themselves to be more than capable of standing up to the beating that double header Pollack have been putting on them and are pure fun to fish with. We'll be back out in a couple of days........ Capt Fred

Opening day Cod fishing was HOT!!

Opening day for Cod fishing on Stellwagen Bank was nothing short of an all out slaughter. Limits were caught on record time with nice healthy market sized Cod coming over the rails non stop. We have moved AKULA down to her permanent home in Green Harbor, and will be running our trips from there for the remainder of the season. We will be running open boat trips next week, call if you are interested in a shared trip and we will get it arranged. Capts Fred & Chris

The haddock bite continues to be good on Stellwagon. On board today, was FishCounterBob, DoctorTom, JKries, and Capt Dom. We worked our way out to the bank making a few EXPLORATORY inshore drops that revealed nada. Another stop on top of the bank in 100’ of water revealed cod have invaded the shallow water!!!! How sweet is it fishing for these brown bombers in shallow water with 6oz jigs. We eventually made it out to the haddock grounds. We had a steady pick of haddock all morning with the best bite being earlier in the am. The bite slowed for us in the afternoon. The haddock continue to be real hogs with everything over the 23” mark and some real nice fatties mixed in. With over 60 haddock in the box we pulled the plug and headed for the barn. Thanks again to Bob, Woody, Jeff and Dom for joining us on the Akula! It was a real pleasure fishing with you guys and look forward to doing it again. Tight lines!!

Capt Chris and Capt Fred

APRIL 3RD THE "AKULA" HAS A SPECIAL VISITOR

The report is gonna be short and sweet on this one guys. The weather continues to be great and the haddock bite is too. Plenty of porker bug eyes coming over the rails to fill the coolers. We did have one special visitor to the Akula this saturday. It wasn't returning guests Will, Mark, Joe, or Adam. But in fact Mr. Halibut. No he wasn't a full grown adult but just a little youngster. He was quickly photographed and released back to the deep. Very cool stuff!!! Tight Lines everyone.

Capt Chris and Fred

April 2nd, Haddock Frenzy

Today was incredible, both the weather and the fishing were unbeatable. Flat calm seas made for a fast ride out to the grounds, and no sooner than we dropped our lines at "the honey hole" all rods doubled over. Haddock after Haddock poured over the gunnels and the box began to fill fast. This went on all day, with all fish being fat and health averaging 5-8 lbs. Ed took top honors with a MONSTER bug eye stimated at 12 lbs, Easily the biggest Haddock Ive seen in person. But there is one draw back to fantastic fishing....we were at the dock cleaning fish untill 6 pm, but worth every minute. The fishing is heating up fast and so are available dates, make sure you reserve your day before someone else does, Capt Fred