Miss Belmar Princess King Cod Express Report

[In Pursuit]

Just had a quick text from Howie. Sounds like they had a good trip with about a 7 fish per man average.

[skate king]

I just spoke to Capt Jimmy Elliot as he is on his way in from the cod trip. Decent trip as eveyone had fish with the pool winner in the 15 to 18 lb range. I've fished a number of off shore trips with him and if he says it was a decent trip it justs means I wish I was on it. I'm going on next Fiday's trip and if he says the same after it's over I will be quite happy.

[JonDevin]

Were just coming in to port now. We kicked some Bacalla ass ;-)

[billfish16]

Originally Posted by JonDevin

Were just coming in to port now. We kicked some Bacalla ass ;-)

I'm glad you are back on the water and had a good trip.

Bill

[snapperbluefish101]

Leif's and Captains Jimmy's report and pictures to follow. Thanks again Leif and lil Leif for a great trip and to Captain Jimmy for getting us on the fish!

[Leif]

ANOTHER SUCCESS! GOOD TRIP MANY PICTURES TO FOLLOW.

THANKS EVERYONE!!

Leif

[Leif]

Capt Jimmy will give you his official take on the trip but I just wanted to throw this one out there on a seperate thread for now. Over the next few days we can consolidate all the pre and post MBP cod threads for easy viewing.

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!

Leif

[The Sinker Man]

So Leif,,,Who won? you or the kid?

[Leif]

More pictures of the trip...

[Leif]

Originally Posted by The Sinker Man

So Leif,,,Who won? you or the kid?

I won. Even with a useless arm! 6-3

Leif