Monday, March 8, 2010
Great fishing today in beautiful weather.  Hundreds of cod!  Yesterday was a slow pick on the drift for some reason but today was awesome again.

Saturday, March 6, 2010
INCREDIBLE today!!!  FUll boat limit and many more (orl) by 7:45 am!!!!  Lot of teen sized stuff, several in the twenties and even a few approaching 30 lb!!!  Insane!!

Guys, this video and this report from one of our customers who was aboard today says it all!  AMAZING!!
 

This morning myself and my buds Mark and Tom had just the most unbelievable lock and load cod fishing aboard the Celtic Quest. Desi put the hooks down once and we never had to move. At first light the fish bit well enough. If the bite stayed like it was then for the rest of the day it would have been good fishing leading to many limits. Instead, the fish very quickly got better and nice size cod began coming over the rails at a lock and load pace. By 8 am most had limits.

Then it happened...I cant find words to say how incredibly sick the bite was between 8am and 9am. It was literally hit bottom and lock up on a fish immediately! If you wanted a double header just wait a few seconds after you hook a fish before starting to crank. It was double headers at will. At 9 am my two fishing partners and I had easily caught over 75 to 80 cod. At 9am with the bite still insane. We pulled the hook and headed in with big smiles! We had lots of fish that were in the 15lb range and there were 5 or 6 fish on the boat that were in the 30lb range...monsters. tHE FISHING WAS SO INSANE ...my buddy Mark snapped a rod trying to lift a fish and the guy next to him lost his rod over board trying to do the same. Celtic Quest Cod Chaos!!!... it was unbelievable.



Thanks for a great day Desi, Paul and Amanda!!!

 

Friday, March 5, 2010
Slayed the cod today!  Full boat limit by 9:30.  Headed home early.  High hook close to 30 keepers.  awesome!
      

March 2, 2010
Very good day today!   Capt Paul just reported in to say that 16 fares had a nice steady bite on the drift all morning.  Some nice gaffers in the mix as well.  High hooks well into the teens. (orl)    Beautiful day out there.  Weather looks great for the end of the week and weekend.  Give a call if you want to get in  on the action!

TERRY

Saturday Feb 20, 2010
We had the noreast.com gang out for a day of codfishing. The morning bite was savage, where we put 220 keepers in the boat with just as many shorts. The mid day bite slowed down, but the cod began to bite their heads off once again in the early afternoon, which led to a full boat limit. High hook was 25 keepers ORL. As always it was a great time with the Noreast gang!!!
 

Here is a report from Propellar John who posted this on Noreast.com:

Capt. Paul put us on the meat today. there was a couple of hundred keepers by 8am for 35 of us noreast
boys. and by the finish a full boat limit. i shuffled
through over 50 cod myself with 15 chunky keepers (ORL). the cod were hard on the clam & i only saw one short caught on a jig. all fishing was at anchor. it was an awesome day with thanks to glenn ( CANYONFVR)
and all the laughs and great food & beverage. met a bunch of great noreast bros.crew Tommy & Travis were on top of things. thank you. 2 thumbs up for Capt. Paul and the Celtic quest. Montauk's finest.

see you, CIAO, john.
 

February 20, 2010

Just got the call from Capt. Paul, as of 9am there were already over 220 keepers on the boat! Tomorrow's trip is sold out but there is still room for Mondays trip.
Weather looks good for the next few days so come on out.

 

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From Opening Day

Saturday, Feb 13, 2010
Great day today!!!  Started with a slow pick around dawn.  The bite built up and was excellent for the rest of the morning.  That bite slowed around noon and we headed east a bit to finish up with some RED HOT drifts on the open bottom.  Great way to end what was already a very good day!  Many limits reached and then some.  Some nice quality fish in the teens as well.  Here are a few pics:
       
The party boat fleet working together.  Everyone was catching well!

 

Saturday, Feb 5, 2010
Another very good day yesterday. Anchored up on a nice piece of bottom. Chummed em up for a half an hour and built up a good bite for the rest of the day.

The fish came in waves and by days end, we put together a very good catch. Noreast's very own Sal Amendolia, along with his trusty friends Bob and Bill put together over 30 keepers (orl). High hooks had their limits and then some. All in all and nice day out there with lots of cod!

Tuesday, Feb 2, 2010
Another very good catch today. The morning bite on anchor didnt happen where it has been hot. Looked around and found plenty of fish to work on the rest of the day on the drift.


Plenty of limits and then some(orl) great day!

 

Monday, Feb 1, 2010
Im sure you all have heard by now, the codfishing was awesome for the entire fleet out there yesterday!

We made one drop for the day to catch all we needed. Started out as a slow pick at sun up and built from there. by 9am it was lock and load. Pull anchor around noon and made a few drifts on the open bottom for a few more before calling a day.

Most everyone who braved the elements had their limit and then some. Bruce Coleran was high hook with 20 fish. (orl) Pool fish in the teens.

Great day. video from the trip is now up at http://celticquestfishing.com/

Sailing tomorrow. Weather looks great for the next few days.. Plenty of room.
here are a few recent pics

Thursday, Jan 28th, 2010
Some weather this week!

We did manage to get off the dock with a few guys yesterday. The bite was way off from what it had been though.
12 fares had around 80 cod on the day keeping 24 and that took a lot of work to put together.
 

We didnt sail today and tomorrow is cancelled. We are all sold out for the rest of the weekend but have plenty of room again starting monday.

Give us a call if you would like to join us! thanks

 

January 24th, 2010
Very good day today.  decent moring bite and an very very good afternoon bite.  Here is a report from on of our customers that was posted on Noreast.com
 

Tuesday , January 20, 2010
A Great trip today! Capt Paul just checked in at 11 am to say they have a full boat limit of cod already and then some.
They made two drops and the best bite again was in the dark before the sun came up. The 1 am sail time paid off again.
High hook was Whey An with over 40 cod, 20 keepers (orl) Great fishing now!


 

Lets hope your cooler looks like this at the end of the day!!



 

Sunday, January 17, 2010
Here is a report from one of our customers that was posted on norest.com:

Finally got a chance to get out to Montauk today and was lucky enough to get on the Celtic Quest 1AM cod trip. After a quick anchor fix at the dock, we were under way at 1:12 AM. Took a 2 hour steam and Captain Paul set the anchor at 3:14 AM. We had very calm seas for most of the trip.

As soon as our clam baits hit the bottom, we were into keeper cod. Fast and furious action from the time we got there till around 6:45 AM. I, along with 3 others in the bow had our limit before the sun reached the horizon. Lots of action with shorts as well.Most of the keepers were in the 23-25 inch range with a few going a little bigger.I also picked up 2 four foot silver eels during the morning bite on consecutive drops. I only reeled up 3 times in the pre-sunrise hours without a fish.

My biggest cod came in at 28 inches, 9 pounds, and I ended up with 11 keepers and 5 or 6 shorts, and lost a few.

After the pre-sunrise cod blitz, we tried lots of drifts with the jigs, but unfortunately, they just weren't turning on to the jigs for us today. We picked a cod here and there along with a few dogs, ocean pout, and eels.

At the end of the day I think we were like 5 fish shy of a boat limit for 16 people. Everyone went home with a nice bag of fillets today.
Another cool sight today was a huge Humpback whale that launched itself completely out of the water and then flapped its tail and it was gone.

All in all, it was a great trip to Montauk. The CQ IV is a beautiful, comfortable boat to fish, and the warm cabin was great in between drifts.I think high hook was 26 keepers!(orl)No huge ones today but the quantity made up for it.

Captain and crew worked hard for a very enjoyable trip. Hopefully this great cod bite continues and I can get back out for another trip or two this winter.
         



 

Saturday, January 16, 2010
Tough conditions out there today. Had to look around a bit this morning but found a decent pile to work on for a while.

All fish were taken on the drift, mostly on jigs. Some nice ones in the teens as well. Unfortunately the wind really came on and the drift got too fast. The fish were there but conditions made it very difficult.

The morning bite was good. The rest of the day was tough. We hit one wreck as well that had a nice shot of cod with some larger ones as well up to 16 lbs. From 11am on it was a struggle with the weather with a few cod and ling on each drop.

High hook was 7 keepers. Pool was 16 lbs. 55 keepers for the day.

Thursday: January 15, 2010
What a beautiful day out there yesterday. Flat calm all day and warm (relative to the past week! )

Started up the day on anchor and had a nice pick of fish until sun up. Pulled the anchor and had a few good drifts on bait and jigs. After that slowed we checked out a few more spots. All of them had life with a handful of cod on each and some ling, but no great shakes. One piece had 20 nice keeper cod on it.

Finished the day up on a wreck. Lots of life, put some more nice cod in the boat and many shorts that were released.
Brian Gillespie was high hook catching 25 cod, 8 keepers. Catch of the day was a beautiful 20 lb monkfish!

Weather looks nice for tomorrow and Sunday.
Sunday we will be sailing at a SPECIAL TIME 1AM!. The night bite has been the best so if you want to get out there a little earlier just give a call.

Tuesday, January 13, 2010
Cod fishing has been great. Check out video from opening day at http://celticquestfishing.com/
Yesterday we put together a good catch as well, not the bail job like sunday but high hooks still had their limit of cod.

 

Sunday, January 11, 2010
Just got the hot report from Capt Des. The first trip of the Cod season was a great success! 17 Anglers easily caught their limit, with high hook in the mid 20s (ORL).   The morning bite on clams was great and the afternoon bite on jigs was red hot!

We will be sailing every day weather permitting. As of now the weather for tomorrow (Monday) looks great. Warmer temps with light winds.