Cod making comeback on Nantucket wrecks

The Viking Fleet at Montauk reports as follows on their two-day trip for tilefish and cod:

Fri May 3 to Sun May 5 – 2 Day Tile/Cod Wrecks

Capt Steven Jr reports a good trip on the Viking Starship. We had tough fishing with the Tiles on the first day. With a fast drift and some dog fish in the area we had to do some looking around and it wasn’t until the later part of the day that we found some fish to work on. There were some nice size Tiles with Hake mixed in, but fishing was not what we are used to seeing in the deep. The second day on the Cod Wrecks were the total opposite. We had excellent fishing like we have not seen in years. Lots of double header healthy quality Cod and some big Pollock as well. It was the same great fishing on every wreck we went to, which sent everyone home with a load of fish.

The forecast is for south winds at just 5-10 knots with a chance of showers.

Yet, the Golden Eagle from Belmar will not be fishing Wednesday due to the weather.

Capt. Ron Santee Jr. ended with a good striper day on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands as follows:

Beautiful day out there today and the Bass were Hungry!

Found bait right away but had to wait out the change of tide for the bite to turn on.

Took about an hour but the switch was turned on with the ebb. Top Water worked best as the fish were on top most of the morning. Still caught a bunch on the shads also. Some bigger fish going back with a bunch of keepers in the mix as well.

Back at it in the Morning. Sailing at 7:00AM. Open Boat, No Reservations just come on down. Fare is $90, Spinning Rod Rental $20.

NYC Capt. John McMurray Supplied his assessment of striper fishing so far “”

“So here’s your honest report from the last two weeks. Yeah, we’ve been catching a few, on some days considerably more than a few, but if ya compare this early spring with the last three years? Well, it hasn’t been near as good…yet. The truth is this was a more typical April, when ya look at it on a 10 maybe 20 year time scale. In other words, cold and wet. That sorta of thing really does affect the early spring stuff in my neck. Warm and sunny gets’em going sooner, and that just didn’t happen in April this time. All that said though, such conditions in April generally create good conditions for young of the year survival in the Chesapeake, so hopping for a good/better juvenile abundance index this go around, which means better fishing in the long run. Regardless, we’ve got some warmer/drier weather on the way. Today was the first real warm day in a while and we did pretty well. So, for sure, I’m expecting things to get better, and maybe start to go off, well, this week! Fingers crossed man. P.S. I just had my Wednesday bail on me, which is a huge bummer as the weather looks perfect. Please reach out if ya wanna go!