Back from a week of vacation in Newfoundland where the cod are so plentiful that our boat with three fishermen jigged up our boat limit of 15 fish (five fish each) in just 30 minutes of jigging with hand lines on August 2, 2017.

In the video’s below I am fishing off Fort Point Lighthouse in Trinity, Newfoundland with boat Captain Mike Hogarth of Trinity East and his Son Michael. His lovely wife is taking expert video with my IPAD, my apologies to her, as I did not record her name.  The cod jigs were banging into the school of fish on the way down to the 60 foot bottom and we sometimes hooked the fish in the side on the up side of the jigging.

Part of the story here, I’ve discovered, is about the high quality of the fish when they feed on their main diet of capelin, a sought after small school fish eaten by Newfoundlander’s and prized by the Japanese for its fish roe in sushi. It is essential for these cod to feed on the capelin to maintain the pure very high quality of its flesh. The capelin came in mid July a month later than usual and brought the wales too who feed prolifically on them.

My wife Susan and I  stayed in a small village called Jamestown at a family owned home on Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. My father-in-law built a second story walk around on the house that can see miles across the bay. Not too shabby,eh!

A view from the upper deck!

I purchase a vacuum food sealer to freeze our catch and take back home. On the return trip to Boston, US Custom’s agents in Halifax held all our luggage for further inspection of my Styrofoam cooler and frozen fish to ensure that was all that was in there. I feared for the fish but we received it still frozen more than a day later.

Fish and Chips at its very best!

I did try to Trout fish in the local ponds but the trout were not biting.

We did see a young cow moose in our travels but she did not like getting her picture taken and sauntered into the woods.

Got to love the Great Outdoors!

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