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
From Kaifish:
went on the celtic quest sunday weather was great in the morning
started acting toward the afternoon. sun up bite was good landed
prob 25 to 30 keepers on 1-2 drifts then soon after turned to a
pick. we had capt paul at the helm today ( for those who have
sailed on the tradewinds know he always gives 110 % ) today was
no different must of made 15 - 20 drops, constantly looking for
the bigger better patch of fish. afternoon bite was great prob
put on 80 keepers in the last hour alone. Had the pleasure of
having Capt walter from the fishfinder on deck today service was
excellent. Most fish caught on bait I had 2 on jig.had a great
time thanks to capt and crew
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.
