'RFA-NJ Alert - New Pot Bill Fails to Address Old Problem'

'RFA-NJ Alert - New Pot Bill Fails to Address Old Problem'

Catskill Trout report 5/5

Headed up to the Catskill area and fished parts of the Delaware, East branch and Beaver Kill. I arrived up in Callicon at noon on Wed. and met fellow fly fisherman Ken Maher for lunch. He was nice enough to ask me to come up and fish with him as he had accommodations for four days in the area. He had been fishing since 5:00am on the Big D and was ready for a bite and a break. After a trip to Roscoe for a couple of slices and at Raimondo's we stopped by the Orvis fly shop to BS and pick up a few things.

Fished the afternoon and evening and wound up with one 17 inch brown and another one about that size that didn't quite make it to the net.
The fish were feeding on caddis emergers and at times they looked like bone fish tailing as there were pods of them feeding.
The next morning we fished for about an hour and I caught one nice 16 inch rainbow on a cone head woolly bugger size 6. After that we had a nice breakfast at the Lodge Ken was staying at. Pancakes, fresh eggs, sausage, hot coffee and orange juice. At 9:00 I headed home to NJ more than happy.

Leif

Gloucester Cod Trip.

My son Leif and I took a trip to Gloucester MA. and fished the Tuna.com with a few njfishing.com members. Howie Allen of Point Pleasant put the trip together for us and we left the dock at 5:00am on Sunday. We all had our limit of cod by 9:30am and then tried for Haddock. Leif Francis also caught 3 nice haddock to 5lbs and Howie Allen had 7. The largest cod was caught by yours truly and was estimated at 20-25lbs. The fish averaged 7-10lbs. We also caught 21 Pollock to 20lbs. Leif Francis 13 had his first 2 Pollock ever as well as a double header Cod Pollock keeper combo. All fish were caught on 12-20oz jigs except the haddock and they were caught on clams. Only 2 dogfish were caught. A good time was had by all. Pictured from left to right are Eric, Howie, Leif F., Leif Eric, and Billy.

Leif

Young Leif receives Doctorate in Cod fishing

Young Leif receives Doctorate in Cod fishing


Capt. Jimmy Elliott and Block Island University Award Young Cod fisherman

Having completed and fulfilled the required courses of study and discipline; and upon the recommendations of faculty and staff and administration of the University, Leif Pettersen Jr. is hereby awarded the degree of Doctorate of Codfish fishing.
Dean of Trustees Capt. Jimmy Elliott presented this Doctorate to Leif and is official.

Thanks again Capt. Jimmy and President, Capt. Alan Shin

Happy 40th Birthday Capt. Jimmy!

Leif

Miss Belmar Princess King Cod Block Island Report

Well the overall trip was a success with everyone going home with fish. I would estimate the average catch was 6-7 cod up to the pool winner that was around 18lbs. Most of the fish were "keeper size" to 8lbs.

I was very happy with our catch of 12 keeper cod. Both Leif and Ben had some nice cod, a couple were over 29-30 inches.
It was tough fishing in the morning but as the day progressed we caught more and more. If you kept at is as most anglers did, you put together a good catch. Some guys had 10-12 or more keepers.

Captain Jimmy stayed out later to take advantage of the late bite and we got in around 11:30pm as we hugged the shoreline to avoid a rough ride home with the strong NW wind.

GREAT FOOD, GREAT FRIENDS AND A GREAT CREW.

Great to see and meet everyone. Just an awesome bunch. The nice thing was, there was quite a few NJFISHING Guys on the boat and also a few who haven't fished or caught Cod before. It was a pleasure meeting everyone.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO SNAPPERBLUEFISH WHO NEVER STOPPED FISHING AND GOT 6 KEEPER COD. AWESOME JOB BEN!

Cod Express Belmar - Block Island Every Friday Nite @ 8:00 pm. Feb 19, 26. March.12,19,26.

Any Questions Call 732-681-6866 0r 732-284-9709

Mackerel Fishing Excellent!

Capt. Jimmy Elliott of the Miss Belmar Princess just called while I'm here at work. He is crushing the Mackerel as I type this. Coolers are being filled and it is non-stop fishing. Three, four, and five at a time! Nice to see a great catch for the fares on a nice day.
Mackerel fishing the way it should be. He said the fish were a little bigger as well. I had some of those mackerel for lunch today. They were great. I had them in tomato sauce. SAILING DAILY FOR MACKEREL @ 7:30 AM..ANY QUESTION CALL 732-681-6866


Leif

Good Mackerel fishing, Cod, Blackfish And Ling Caught

Mackerel fishing was good again on Wednesday and if the weather holds out should continue this week.
Thursday, the Miss Belmar Princess  had a very good drift right off the gate with multple stringers coming over the rail. This action lasted for an hour. They searched around after that a little, found an area of them again and banged away. Fishing yesterday wasnt the FULL massacre we had the day before , but it was above average for what this season has been. On Sat. the forecast looks favorable 15-20 NW 2-4.
SAILING DAILY FOR MACKEREL @ 7:30 AM..
ANY QUESTION CALL 732-681-6866

The Gambler from Point Pleasant reported a mixed bag on their Wednesday Southern Blackfish trip. Most anglers had a nice variety of Blackfish, Ling and Cod. Check their schedule as they have a great schedule for the winter targeting blackfish, cod, mackerel and ling. 

http://www.gamblerfishing.net/ (732) 295-7569

Codfishing slowed out of Montauk this week but should improve after the full moon. Fishing should be good by mid week as concentrations of the codfish are still in the area off Block Island. Be prepared with jigs and baits as some days they are feeding on the herring in the area.

Leif

Miss Belmar Princess Report " The Big Mack Express " Thundering Herd

Well folks today it it finally happened the day I've at least been waiting for. Left the inlet and looked a little on the west side crossed to the east side and there it was the MOTHER of all MACKEREL READING spun the boat around and landed on them we pulled them for a few minutes the drift was quick and we lost them as we came up the bank. We moved the boat back onto the bank and this time I ANCHORED we landed right on top of THE MACKS and we pulled the for 45 minutes. First time I anchored in 6 years for them so that tells ya the volume we read. After this we drited a little here and tried anchoring one more time unsuccessfully . 11:30 I made a shift to the east read them again and we PULLED ALL SIZES OF MACKEREL for over 2 hours. COOLERS , BARRELS , BASKETS and BAGS FULL in by 3:30 today!!! Let's hope this keeps up. The proccessors were actually pushing into the NORTHWEST. Maybe we will find them closer tommorrow. We will see. It was also good to see HUMPBACKS, FINBACK WHALES & PORPOISES feeding on all this life. Hopefully this will continue . Come and get em while there here!!!

Leif has some pics from today.

SAILING DAILY FOR MACKEREL @ 7:30 AM
MONTAUK COD EVERY FRIDAY NITE FEBUARY @ 8:00 PM SOME WED NITES AND SUNDAY THE 14TH.

ANY QUESTIONS CALL 732-681-6866

SEE YA SOON

CAPT JIMMY

Capt. Jimmy Miss Belmar Princess Update. Cod and Mackerel

Well folks friday we had good MACKEREL fishing when the weather settled down, Saturday we had a sprikle of MACKEREL in the morning when the weather was nasty and then the rest of the day was slow. Sunday we did lots of looking around only to find them practically in our backyard. 2 or 3 drifts in the afternoon produced hot action for the MACKEREL staying only 30-50ft under the boat for 3 hours of HEAVY pulling for those who worked at it. Don't write the MACKEREL season off yet !!!! This has been a unpredictable season with these fish somedays hanging mid water rather than on the bottom where we are used to having them. .


WE WILL CONTINUE TO SAIL DAILY FOR MACKEREL @ 7:30 AM

Reports from Montauk are very positive and we are looking very forward to the start of our Montauk Cod Safari. The last couple of days on our down time we were busy cleaning up the bunk room testing all the heaters getting the PRINCESS ship shape for our Cod Trips. WE ARE READY TO GO !!! Just need the rite weather and throw the fresh CLAMS on the boat and go. Last year we were pretty successful on these trip and looking forward to doing the same. Friday nite Feb 5th we leave @ 8:00 pm we have a few more spots left on it if anyone is interested , but it is a definate GO!!. If you are interested give us a call. All trips are limited to 40 people and the fare is $200 . Bunks and breakfast for everyone included in the price. RSVP required . There is a BAG LIMIT OF 20 COD FISH per angler & a size limit of 22 inches on these trips We have more dates after that look on the open boat forum for additional dates.

See Ya Aboard

Capt Jimmy

ANY QUESTIONS CALL 732-681-6866 OR 732-284-9709

Mackerel/Cod update 1/22/10

Mackerel fishing was slow yesterday out of Belmar, NJ. Captain Jimmy Elliott reported Comercial Processing Ships in the area he was fishing. Even so most anglers had some Mackerel. He said the mackerel should regroup and the mackerel fishing is not over. The Miss Belmar Princess will be sailing daily at 7:30am for the mackerel.

Codfishing remains very good out of Montauk and R.I. The cod are building up off Block Island and limit catches have been reported.

****Please don't waste the codfish*****Some of the fish over the past few years have had "worms" in the flesh.  These are common and are harmless to humans when cooked properly or frozen. They can also be easily removed by shining a light through the fillet and  removing them with a sharp pointy knife. If this still bothers you, e-mail me and I will take them. Here is a link regarding the cod worm.

 http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/Pubs/parasite.htm
 
Leif