SEPTEMBER 3, 2010: Fishing was very good today.  Lots of haddock, cod and pollock were landed.  Most every one had 12 fish and some had close to 20 keepers for the day. Nice market cod 8 to 12lbs and large 8lb haddock.  A few pollock in the low 20lb class.  Cancelled Sat. but back at it Sunday. SEPTEMBER 1, 2010:  Fishing has been good but not great.  It is fishing just like August should fish.  We have a pick every where we go.  Some days are better than others but again nothing outstanding.  The good news is NO DOGS!  We had scheduled trips to Cashes Ledge three different times and once again we cancelled due to pending weather.  Will be back fishing on Friday if the weather allows us.  I have added more open days on the schedule.  Look at Sept 6, Sept 8, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 13 and Oct 14. The schedule is filling up for the season.  Only 6 weeks left.  Book now or wait for spring time. AUGUST 21, 2010:  Fishing was good. It would have been better if the tide was not so crazy.  I battled the tide all day and by the end of the day we had a lot of cod, haddock, pollock amd cusk in the boxes. Not a killer day like yesterday, but still a good day.  Only one dog for the trip.  Sunday was a "FAMILT DAY".  That included seal watching and fishing.   We did very good for where I had to go and the time frame I was working under.  Today Monday and the next few are on hold due to N/E winds up to 35 knots.  That does not sound like fun to me.  Cashes is cancelled again.   August 20, 2010:  Fishing was excellent today.  Lots of pollock, haddock, cod, cusk and red fish.  In that order.  The day was perfect and we drifited all day long.  Only did a few drifts.  Hope it hold out for the next couple of days. AUGUST 1, 2010: Friday's fishing was good for the entire day.  Lots of market cod up to 18 pounds, nice haddock and pollock also up to 18 pounds. Most everyone had 10 or more keepers. One of my old mates John, who can fish like a machine, only caught 6 keepers. John you need to get out fishing more. The pool fish was won by Les with and 18 pound pollock.  Linda had an 18 pound cod but Les caught his first. Sorry linda only one can win. Les had a few unusual happenings during the day.  Mid morning his jig was hit hard on the bottom.  Half way up it pops off.  Not long after that he gets another hard hit, starts to reel and looses it.  His jig was broken in half.  Had to be some big critter and maybe a bad mold on the jig, and he has had that jig for a long time. In the afternoon, he gets his power pro stuck in the reel and I had to splice it.  I do not like to splice power pro.  Twenty minutes later he throws the jig and WHAM, off it goes with a tuna. Guess what?  My splice did not hold.  Never tie power pro to power pro. Saturday's fishing was good for most of the day.  It did slow by afternoon to a crawl. Most everyone had 10 keepers with a lot of nice haddock and market cod.  The pool fish was 16 1/2.  The dogs came on strong by mid afternoon.  Thanks Nate for bringing the dogs with you.  Sunday was very good for most of the day.  It slacked off by afternoon but we had some nice pollock in early, with nice market cod up to 18 pounds.  The pool was a 19 pound pollock.  Below is a picture of the biggest for the day.  We were going to go to Cashes Ledge on Tuesday and Wednesday, but canceled due to building winds. I have it rescheduled for August 24 and 25.  Have the next couple of days off to do some needed TLC to the Lady Patricia. (Both Lady Patricias')    JULY 28, 2010: Tuesday and Wednesday were OK, but yesterday was excellent.  From one day to the next you just never know.  The first 2 days I had to work hard to get the fish in the boat and yesterday they just about jumped in the boat.  We did 3 drifts all day with one drift lasting for 3 1/2 hours. It was pollock right from the start all 10 to 12 pounders.  Then we got into haddock and cod.  The haddock were the nice ones averaging 3 to 4 pounds with some at 7 pounds.  By mid day it was all market cod.  The pool fish was just 14 pounds but we had a lot of 8 to 10 pounders.  Out Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Will report later. JULY 25,2010:  Fishing has been OK for the last three days with cod, hadddock and pollock being the catch for the day.  No slam dunks but steady catching.  Lite on the dogs.  More coming this week. Out all week will report as I can. JULY 22, 2010:  Yesterday fishing was pretty good.  Everyone caught keeper haddock and cod.  We ended the day strong with 89 keepers.  Not to bad for July.  Today was very good with a lot of big haddock and nice market cod.  We did 2 drifts for the day and the fish were biting all day long.  Every one went home with a bag or 2 of filets.  The haddock out numbered the cod by far and the pollock were in third place.  Very few dogs. Some of the anglers had 15 plus keepers.  More tomorrow. JULY 20, 2010:  Fishing was slow today.  It seemed like the entire ledge was slow.  We ended up with 57 keepers for the 12 anglers.  Not many dogs about 10 all day.  We will see what tomorrow brings. JULY 18, 2010:  Fishing remains strong.  We are still doing very good for July.  The last 3 days were great.  Lots of haddock up to 7lbs. and nice market cod up to 18lbs.  Not many pollock the last few days and very few dogs. Out for the rest of the week so will report when I can.  All booked up for the month of July except for the two open days July 29 and 30.  Lots of seats on the 29 and 4 seats left on the 30.  JULY 14, 2010:  What a day it was.  Winds out of the northeast at 20 knots, seas 4ft to 6ft and some fog and mist. The fishing was as good as it gets.  We limited out on the cod fish.  I know that is hard to belive in July but we did.  The cod were all nice markets in the 10 to 15lb range.  The haddock were hitting all day with a few in the 6 to 7 pound class.  Pollock were third in numbers being caught but some of them were bruisers.  The first fish on the boat was caught by Les and it was a 24 lb pollock which went on to win the pool for the day.  Jimmy caught 35 keepers, 10 cod, 20 haddock and 5 pollock.  Ten year old Jeremey caught 28 keepers by himself.  I know all hard to belive, but that is what happened.  Below are a few of the pictures of the day.   JULY 12, 2010:  This past week was very good for July fishing.  Still lots of nice market cod, haddock and pollock being caught.  The dogs are not bothering us for some reason.  Friday was very good, Sat was slow for some and good for others.  Sunday was very good and Monday was excellent with everyone getting over 20 keepers each.  As we say on our daily fish reports, some did good, others did better and some did even better (lol). JULY 9, 2010:  Last week the fishing went from slow to excellent to good to fair.  The dog fish are not to bad.  Cod, pollock and haddock with some cusk mixed in during the day.  Yesterday was very good with a nice mix of cod, pollock and haddock.  Lots of nice market cod and pollock up to 18lbs.  Only about 30 dogs for the day.  Still drifiting and catching.   JUNE 27, 2010:  Fishing has been good for the last couple of days.  No killer days  just steady picking of haddock, cod and pollock.  The dogs are in and can be a real pain.  We have managed to stay away from them so far.  Maybe 20 to 30 a day.  There are some nice pollock schools around and if the day is right we can grab a few.  More in a few days.   JUNE 24, 2010:  I have to put this week of fishing into the good to excellent catagory.  The open day trips this week went very well.  One was very good and yesterday's was excellent.  They caught fish from the first dop to the last.  It was an all day bite.  The pool fish was a 14lb cod caugfht by Les, who just would not give up that jig. Todd cleaned fish from 11:30 till we hit the dock at 4:30.  That added up to 350lbs of filets by days end. There were nine anglers.  Wow you all did great.  Bait seemed to be the rule all week.  Some of the bigger haddock we have seen since the spring.   Many in the 7 to 9 lb class.  Lots of very healthy market cod.  Dogs are here but not to bad yet. They are going to be a big problem soon.  That is all for now.    JUNE 20, 2010:  This weeek the fishing was good but it was not like the weeks past.  Still catching cod and haddock and some pollock.  There are some dogs mixed in but nothing that has been serve. Check the calander and book a fishing trip today.  The weather is summer like and the fishih are bitting. JUNE 16, 2010:  The weather was perfect!  Not a ripple on the ocean.  A little to nice for fishing. It took some time to find a hungury bunch of fish, but we did and by days end everyone had lots of cod and haddock for the freezer. No big ones today.  A 16lb cod took the pool. The haddock were some of the better ones I have seen in weeks. Out for the next 4 days.  Will report when I can.   JUNE 14, 2010:  The open boat trip went very well.  They caught fish all day and by the end of the day we were in a slam of cod and haddock that finished the day of perfectly.  The bigfish for the day was a 17lb cod.  The big money trip was GREAT.  My goal for the day was to look for big fish.  The big one was a 36lb cod.  Runner up was 35lbs.  We had a lot in the 15 to 20lb class.  I am sure we could have limited out for the day, but I was not there to limit.  We fished in depths up to 589 ft. WOW!  All this was done on the Jefferies Ledge and beyond. The next few days we caught plenty of cod and haddock. Tim's trip on Sat. was great. Everyone caught fish. Todd and Timmy cleaned fished all the way to the harbor.  They seem to be getting slower cleaning fish every day.  Sunday was Jim's trip. By the end of the day there were a lot of haddock and cod in the coolers. Haddock ruled the day but cod was a strong second.  Yes there are dogs to contend with and of course we release them swimming.  LOL! The pictures below are from the Big Money Trip.  Jimmy you lucky dog. That looks like the money fish to me.  Sorry Scott!  That 35lb cod was just a little light.   AUGUST 1, 2010:  Friday's fishing was good for some and fair for others.  They caught some nice pollock with nice market cod and of course haddock. Most everyone had 10 or more keepers. The pool fish was caught bt Les and 18 pound pollock and Linda had an 18 pound cod. Sorry Linda the first 18 pounder wins. One of my old mates John who can fish like a machine caught only 5 keepers. You just need to get out more often.  Saturday morning was very good and it slowed way down by the end of the day. They caught a fair amount of market cod and hadock with a mix of pollock. The pool fish was a 16 1/2 pound cod. No dogs on Friday and about 30 on Saturday afternoon.  Sunday was very good for most of the day.  It did slow a bit by afternoon. Lots of nice pollock up to 16 pounds and a lot of nice market cod up to 18 pounds.  Below is a picture of our biggest for the day. This was one lazy shark, but he was BIG. JUNE 13, 2010: Fishing remains steady all week.  I will give the details later today when I get some free time. Haddock and cod are coming aboard in good numbers with some pollock and a few dogs.   JUNE 6, 2010:  Fishing was slow in the morning but by the afternoon we were on the nest of hungry fish.  Cod, Haddock and Pollock.  Thanks again Bruce, you have been a good customer over the years and Sunday was no exception.  Enjoy all those fillets and see you on Labor Day.    JUNE 4 & 5, 2010: I had the same group Friday and Saturday.  Friday's trip was excellent in the morning for Cod on the Jefferies Ledge and good in the afternoon for Haddock.  Saturday we traveled to Jefferies Ledge and made two stops all day.  We limited out for the 12 angleres on nice market Cod.  That is 120 Cod averaging 10 to 12 lbs. each. We had fish on all day long.  When we arrived at the first fishing spot the guys planned to spread ashes for one's sister and one's wife. Last year we spread the ashes for their fishing buddy Tom.  He was placed in the exact spot.  Then it was time to go fishing, oops not yet, here comes one very large thunder storm.  Lighting, rain and lots of very strong wind. After 15 minutes it was over and now we could fish. Twelve guys drop their lines and 9 are on fish immediately.  What a day we had!  Thanks Tom... the boys missed you and you did them proudn once again. They will be back next year to visit you and your two new friends.     JUNE 3, 2010:  Another great day on the Jefferies Ledge.  We had 11 anglers and the boat was just short of catching the Cod limit for the day. There were 7 boat rods out and 4 had their own equipment. For the talent we had it was an excellent fishing and catching day. The morning bite was wild.  Pool fish was 23 lbs. with many Cod 15 to 20 lbs.  Throw in some Pollock and Haddock and it all added up to a great day.  We worked you hard today, but it payed off. Thanks!!!   JUNE 2, 2010: Just a quick report on today's fishing.  We caught a lot of Cod, some real nice Haddock up to 8 lbs. and some Pollock mixed in. A 15 lb. Wolfe fish was sent back unharmed. We were not fishing the Mud Hole or Whale Back.  Below are a few of the pictures from the other day and today.    MAY 31, 2010: I left my camera on the boat so I will have to do this without pictures for now.  Thursday was slow until midday when I found a nest of hungry cod and haddock that wanted to bite.  I stayed an extra hour and a half just to keep the fish pileing up. At the end of the day, it was a great day!  Friday was a slam dunk for the jig fisherman.  We limited out the boat for cod and caught plenty of pollock along with a nice batch of haddock. It was one stop shopping with only two moves for the day.  Saturday was a good day but not as good as Friday.  We had more of a tide to deal with but still did well with cod and haddock.  Bait was the pick for the day. Sunday haddock ruled.  We ended up with 800 lbs. of fish on the boat, with 90% being haddock. I have a picture of 11 year old Jonathan with 18 keepers for the day. He had 2 cod, 1 cusk and 15 haddock.  All caught on bait.  Monday was good but nothing special.  We had a nice pick of haddock, some cod and a few cusk. I will get to this week when I can. This is a busy week.  We go right through to Sunday.    MAY 26, 2010: What a great week this was for catching cod, pollock and haddock.  Every day was good and some off the charts for total catch.  Monday and Tuesday were excellent with Tuesday going off the chart for total catch.  Lots of nice pollock running into 25 lbs. and market cod up to 26 lbs.  After Todd finished cleaning Tuesday's catch the group had a total of 500+ pounds of filets. WOW! That is a lot of meat for 12 anglers.  I said it before and I am going to say it again, "This is the best fishing I have ever seen."  Pollock... like it was fall and a cod run that is hard to believe.  Below are a few pictures from the week.  Unfortunately, I just do not have time during the day to take a lot of pictures.           MAY 23, 2010: A quick update at 2 AM.  Friday was slow in the morning, but we gained in the afternoon to end up good for the day, with both cod and pollock.  Saturday was a smash hit.  Cod and pollock all day, with many fish in the 15 to 20 lb. range.  Sunday was excellent catching haddock.  More to follow.    MAY 20, 2010: After the beating we took the last three days, I just had to put today up now!!! Here are a few nice ones from today.  We had a lot of cod over 20 lbs., with a good mix of pollock. Les, these fish were caught where you hooked up last week.  We almost had our boat limit with 12 anglers. The first two pictures are Mike holding his lunkers for the day.  Yes, they are 2 different fish.  His 51 pounder was 49" long and his 35 pounder was 44" long.  Jimmy's 41 pounder was 48" long. Well, back out again tomorrow. Will report when I can.   Check out the open boat trips in June.  There is lots of room on those trips. The fishing should be strong during June. For you pros I have added a BIG MONEY TRIP June 11, 2010.  $200 per man with a pool of $1000.   May 18, 2010: What a week this was on the fishing grounds.  From the best fishing I have seen in a very long time to some of the slowest days I have ever experienced.  Wednesday's trip was good for haddock and cod with a few pollock mixed in.  Thursday's trip was good with more haddock than cod.  The fish were there but just would not bite. Friday's trip was off the charts for pollock.  They were stacked up on the bottom just like we were fishing in the fall. Lots of cod and haddock were also caught.  Now comes the weekend and Monday.  The fishing was very slow on Saturday, Sunday and real slow on Monday.  The fish are there but just will not bite.  Very frustrating to see them on the fish finder and not getting them to bite.  Jigs and bait did not work. When they start biting it will be very good. Another week is ahead and I think this could be the week they get hungry again. Below are some of the pictures from the week.           Check out May 31, 2010.  I just listed it as an open boat trip.   MAY 10, 2010:  What a day it was. This was one of the open boat trips and everyone had their own equipment.  We had some good talent aboard and caught 100 cod fish for the boat limit. They ended up with just under 400lbs of filets.  All the cod were 12 to 24 lbs with the majority of them in the 18lb range.  Below are some of the nicer fish caught during the trip. There are 2 pictures of Les and they are his two largest fish of the day.  He wanted the pool, but could not knock out Jay for the top spot. Out fishing for the next 6 days.  I will report when I get a chance.  Check the calander for open boat seating.  There is just a couple of days with one seat on them.  That is it for May.  I am booked for the rest of the month.          MAY 9, 2010:  I promised you some pictures and here they are. The first one is Frank holding up 2 nice red fish one is 3lbs.  These are the largest reds we have ever boated. What a great eating fish they are.     This next one is Les holding a nice 31lb cod he caught on the 5/6/10 open boat trip.  That was the pool winner for the day. Every one had their boat limit for cod and a few more haddock, pollock and reds to add to the pot.  Great day fishing with you on Tuesday.  Yes I did fish along with the anglers and caught my 10 cod for the day.    Gary caught a real nice 27lb cod the same day.  It looks a lot bigger but we did weight it and have to go by scale weight.   Mate Todd caught a nice 28lb cod the same day.   On Friday's open boat trip Jay managed to win another pool with his 34lb cod.  All 11 anglers had their boat limit on cod.  They also managed to catch some haddock, pollock and red fish.  Great day guys.  I wish I could have fished with you.    Gary hooked into a lot of fish but could not push Jay out of the top seat.  Nice 28lb cod Gary.    On the way home I had a request to see the seals so we stopped in for a look. Some of those seals have to weigh over 900lbs.   Our Group from Vermont was with us on Saturday and did very well.  We tried to catch the boat limit on cod but fell short.  We boated 77 cod foir the trip, 2 pollock, one red fish and 2 dozen haddock.  That added up to a grand total of 400lbs of filets at the end of the trip.  Not a bad day of fishing.  Thanks for working the drift out with us.  We worked you guys hard for a good part of the day. The pool winner was Browne with a 25lb cod.    MAY 7, 2010:  Wow!!! Another day that we hit the boat limit for Cod.  We had 11 anglers and ended up with 110 cod.  Most averaged 12 to 15 lbs with several 20 to 30 pounders.  Poor mate, Todd, cleaned fish for 6 1/2 hours.  That resulted in 480 lbs of filets.  I will post pictures on Tuesday.  Out again tomorrow, Sunday and Monday.  Hope it stays that good for a few weeks.   MAY 6, 2010:  Fishing remains strong with lots of cod being caught.  The last few days have been excellent with all the anglers reaching their 10 cod limit.  Lots of 15 and 20 pounders, with some in the 30's.  Then... we go looking for the haddock and very large red fish.  Full report and pictures to be posted on Tuesday.  I can only do that stuff when I have some extra time.  Check out my schedule and book a seat or a trip today.  It just does not get any better.   MAY 4, 2010:  Still have seats on some of the scheduled open boats.  Check out the calander for May 5, there are 5 seats left, May 6 there are 6 seats left.  Sunday May 9, 6 seats left and Thurs May 13, 6 seats left.  Book now fishing is real good.    MAY 2, 2010:  The fishing and catching last week was excellent.  We had 3 open days and two of them reached their limit on cod fish and by afternoon, we were catching haddock.  Some guys caught an additional 10 to 18 haddock.  The first few pictures are from Thursday's open boat trip.  The first picture is of ( I hope I get all your names correct) Wayne with a 20 lb cod.  The second pic is Fred with a 12 lb and 15 lb cod. (Sorry your head got cut off, might have been the sea conditions.)  The third pic is Darryl with his pool winner, a 39 lb cod. The next pic is John with a 20 lb cod.  The weather on Thursday was very windy.  It started out at 20 knots from the SW then turned NW by midday and turned up to 40 plus knots.  Seas on the way home were 14 to 16ft high and some might have been a few feet higher.  One heck of a ride home to Portsmouth.        Saturday's Trip with Luke's group was excellent.  They almost limited out on the cod fish.  We needed another 18 fish to limit.  A great trip and a true pleasure to fish with these guys.  Thanks guys, see you next time. Sunday's trip was mostly cod and we came close to the boat limit.  A lot of the cod were 12 to 15 pounders.  Matt is pictured below with his first 19 lb cod in the morning.  Then... Matt managed to hook a 37 lb cod that took the pool for the day.  Nice fish Matt.  The afternoon was slow fishing but we did manage a few nice haddock and of course, some delicious red fish.    Below is a picture from Saturday's trip with Luke Reiter's group showing off some of their catch.  Great job boys.   Below Sunday's trip with Robert Chase's group, holding bags of filets from the day's fishing. The guy in the blue shirt is Harpo.    MAY 2, 2010:   I'm working on last weeks report.  I will finish it up by this evening.  The week was excellent.  Three trips caught their limit on cod and the others came real close to the 10 cod per man.  The  biggest fish was a 39 lb cod followed by a 37 lb cod.  Lots of 18 and 20 pounders were caught.  Pictures and full report to follow.   APRIL 25, 2010:  This was a very interesting week.  One day we almost limited out on cod fish, then we had a great day haddock fishing with everyone catching 10 or more per person and only a few cod.  Then we settle in for a great morning of haddock with just a slow pick in the afternoon.  Sunday was not good for us.  I thought I would limit out on the cod fish on our first stop but that was not on the cards for us.  A slow day of picking here and there.  It was a nice day on the ocean but very slow fishing for the talent I had aboard.  Well, tomorrow is another day.  We do have some nice pictures from last week.  The first one is Sean holding a nice red fish.  They are excellent to eat.  The next picture is Will holding the first fish of the day an 8 1/2lb haddock.  This won the 2 pools for the day.  The first fish and the largest fish. I think Will was second high hook with 11 keepers.  Great job Will.  Then our team leader for the day with a 19lb cod.   APRIL 21, 2010: This week is not to bad for fishing, however yesterday was on the slow side.  Here are a few pictures  from the first part of the week.      I am out for the next 4 days and will write another report on Monday. CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY MAY 9, 2010.  THIS IS NOW AN OPEN DAY!  APRIL 25, 2010 SOLD OUT QUICK.  I WILL BE ADDING OPEN BOAT TRIPS AS THE OTHER ONES FILL, IF THERE IS ROOM ON THE SCHEDULE.  APRIL 17, 2010: Thursday and Friday was good fishing.  Nice haddock and a few pollock along with monster red fish.  The cod fish were bitting on Thursday but we could not keep them.  Thought we would bang the cod hard on Friday but that just did not happen.  The haddock did cooperate and so did some real jumbo red fish.  Saturday was a little different and we returned mid day due to the weather beating us up.   When going out on a fishing please DO NOT EAT THE DOUGHNUTS!  Eat them after the trip is over. DOUGHNUTS ARE THE KISS OF DEATH FOR SEA SICKNESS!!! Check out the schedule for Next Sunday.  I made it an open boat day.  Call now on and lets go fishing.     APRIL 14, 2010:  Here we go again.  The start of a new season. Lots of nice Haddock and cod.   We had to release all cod back to the ocean even the keepers.  Cod opens on the 15th.  It should be a 10 cod per man day, from what I could see from today.   Please check out the new calander and pick a day to go fishing.  The seats are filling fast as the season gets into full swing.  So book now and enjoy yourself with out the crowds of people.  Remember I limit the number of fisherman to 12 on the open boats.    JANUARY 1, 2010:  The new calander is up and posted.  All the open dates are posted for the new season.  Brochures are almost done and should be in the mail by the end of next week.  There are no price changes for the 2010 season.  That will be the 4th year in a row with out a price increase.  Look over the schedule and book NOW.                                                                                              [Welcome] [About the Boat] [Prices] [Terms] [Directions] [Photos] [Contact Us] Captain Bill's Charters, LLC 145 Griffin Road, Deerfield, NH 03037 Tel: (603) 463-9028 E-mail:captainbillscharters@yahoo.com