OH YEAH…. it’s STILL GOOD! Really good… especially when the weather cooperates.

First off, let us tell everyone that we are FULLY STOCKED with Cod Jigs, Cod Teasers, Cod Rigs, Pre-Snelled Cod Hooks and plenty of lead!

Every day the boats can get out, our customers are making their way to Montauk to get in on some of this unbelievable fishing. If you EVER wanted to catch a Cod, this is the time!

Recent reports have been coming from people fishing on the Miss Montauk, The Viking Fleet, the Rosie, the Nice Day Too and a few charter boats are sailing now as well. All good reports with people taking 10 to 20 KEEPER Cod home. Sounds like there are more keeper sized fish than shorts, with fish averaging 8 to 12 pounds… PERFECT eating sized fish! Like we said though, the weather can be an issue in February so the boats are not getting out every day, but when they are it has been exceptional. We’ve also heard that on days when it’s nasty, it can effect the fishing too… especially if you have an East wind, that tends to slow up the bite quite a bit. The fish are THERE, they are just hard to catch and they get a little lock-jaw. Like we mentioned in the last report too, CALL AHEAD and make reservations because the boats are PACKED and if you don’t have a reservation… you’re not getting on a boat.

Sounds like it’s still a mix of bait fishing and jigging… some days the bait is out-producing the jigs and some days it’s the opposite. Personally, I’ll take that jig fishing ANY DAY OF THE WEEK…. I LOVE IT!

Chris and Glenn from the shop fished on Tuesday with the Charter boat “50/50″ out of Montauk but they didn’t have the good weather. They made a few drifts on the Cod grounds South and South East of Block Island early in the morning but it was just too rough to fish. They made a few drops, picked a few fish and then bailed out… traveling back West to a few wrecks. Turns out they LUMPED UP the Seabass! They fished a few pieces in 160 to 180 feet of water and absolutely crushed the Seabass with most fish being keepers up to around 5 pounds.

Another recent report came in from Jeannine Hogan, who fished aboard her friends boat the “Ocean Outfitter” on 2/15. They had a spectacular day using Clams and beat up the Cod pretty good!

Pictured below is Jeannine with a 12 and a 13 pound Cod…. GOOD JOB Jeannine!!!