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Early Father's Day cod

"My son, Peter, and I put my new 21-foot Sea Hunt center-console to good use last Sunday by landing four keeper cod south of Block Island," writes Brian Skeffington.

"Peter had information that there were cod within a reasonable distance from Point Judith, so we headed out at 6 a.m. through fog with clams and huge jigs to back up the bait. Calm
conditions allowed us to navigate to the numbers at over 30 knots, and before long we were hanging dogfish one after the other.

"Finally Peter tied on a 14-ounce jig and began bouncing it off the bottom some 90 feet below. Almost immediately, his scored a 21-inch cod that had to go back. I couldn't believe it. I never thought I'd be able to catch cod on my own boat!

"By the end of the day, we had four nice cod about 10 pounds each in the live well. Now there's a real Father's Day present for a small boater!"

Posted by Tom Meade  at 8:20 AM | Permalink