Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing

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The F/V Bunny Clark (edited May 16, 2014)
Map, Directions & Location (Edited Feb 1, 2007)
Captains & Crew (Revised Feb 1, 2007)
2026 Season Reservations, Rules & Info. (Revised Jan 2, 2026)
2026 Season Schedule & Rates (Revised Jan 11, 2026)
Fishing Update (edited on Saturday, June 27, 2026, 0830 EDT)
Bunny Clark Guestletters (New Guestletter added Jan. 2, 2026)
Bunny Clark World & State Records List (Edited January 20, 2019)
"Tim Reidsema, Lee Dykas, Jason Ridolfi & Dennis Pietro" Photo Gallery (May 20, 2006)
Short Bunny Clark Fishing Videos(New Mar 6, 1997)
2010 Moon Phases (Revised Jan 30, 2010)
The New England Herring Problem (Who is taking our baitfish?)
Federal, State & Private Fishery Regs & Links
Favorite Bunny Clark Weather Links
Current Month Tide Chart for Ogunquit
2007 Accommodations & Services In Ogunquit Area

It's been many years since I chased cod as the main staple fish of Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing. In the year that I started with the Bunny Clark, 1983, we had no haddock. We used to have haddock everywhere when I was growing up. I remember rowing out of Perkins Cove with one of my cousins and filling up the bottom of a skiff with haddock just outside the can buoys when I was thirteen years old. No party boat ever went for cod in those days. Haddock was the main fish. Party boats out of Ogunquit, like the Bunny Clark, would only stop on a cod spot to catch the pool fish (biggest money fish) before heading back to port. As the years progressed, with the advent of dragging (bottom trawling), technology improvements and improvements in commercial fishing in general, the haddock stocks diminished to such a degree that even recreational anglers couldn't find them. And that was just about the time when the Bunny Clark started to fish. By about 1984, there were no haddock to find. So I started to key in on cod. Locals would not eat cod, having been spoiled by the availability of haddock for so many years. Until my father died, for instance, he wouldn't take a cod fillet to eat if I paid him to do so. In fact, I went fishing on the Helen H., one of my preferred deep sea fishing boats out of Hyannis, Massachusetts. once in the early '90s. I caught what was, at the time, the most cod that I had ever caught with a rod & reel on any boat, including my own. We were fishing around the Nantucket Lightship area. The cod fillets from these fish were so clean that I brought some to my parents, after skinning them, and told them that they were haddock from Georges Bank. They loved them. They refused to believe me that they were actually cod fillets. As the Bunny Clark years progressed, the commercial effort on cod increased with the lack of haddock availability. The final blow to the cod stocks took place around 2010 when the New England Fishery Management Council (with the blessing of Conservation Law Foundation and the National Marine Fisheries Service) implemented the "Catch Share System" of sector management where a quota of cod (and other species) is set for each sector or collection of commercial fishing boats. This allowed the much more powerful, bigger, offshore draggers to fish closer to shore, save fuel and rape the cod spawning areas - as one boat could catch the whole quota for that sector. The numbers of big cod dropped precipitously. Thankfully, this isn't exactly how sector management works now. That wasn't the only reason the cod stocks dropped. Cod go to specific areas to spawn. Inshore commercial fishermen, private recreational fishermen and party/charter boats targeted these spots in order to catch the bigger cod. These fish brought more money both in quantity and commercial value to the commercial fisherman. But it was also the most highly prized groundfish for recreational fishermen as trophy fish. There were years after 2010 where we would not see a cod much over 20 pounds when, previously, our biggest cod of the year would be 50 to 80 pounds. At this time fishermen have regulations against keeping too many cod, in a vain attempt at dismissing the cod take and boosting the spawning stock biomass. Now, as recreational anglers, we can't keep cod except in September and October. And, even then, we are limited to one cod per person. And, still, we see no big cod except rarely. One of those exceptions took place on the June 25, 2026 Fred Kunz Special Offshore Marathon trip. Dick Lyle (NY), who has finally solved some health issues that have been plaguing him for the last five years and is now improving rapidly, caught a 28 pound cod. Shown on the right, he can be seen holding this fish from a digital image I took with my iPhone 16 just before he released this cod back to the ocean alive. This is the Bunny Clark's largest cod since Lewis Hazelwood caught a 30.5 pound cod with me on October 14, 2021. Dick has been fishing with me since I launched the Bunny Clark. And, since that time, has caught so many big cod with me that there is no way to count them all. But even he can't catch what isn't there anymore, except on this day. If anyone were to catch a big cod, I would always think that Dick would have the best shot at it. And it was certainly a treat to have him aboard. Special fish like Dick's are the kind of fish we like to see on caught on the Bunny Clark.

For information and reservations:

Call: Bunny Clark, Corp. at - 207-646-2214
Write (Mailing Address): Tim Tower, P.O. Box 837F, Ogunquit, Maine 03907-0837
GPS Location to the dock: 70 Perkins Cove Road, Ogunquit, Maine 03907
Email Address (click here): bunnyclarkdsf@gmail.com

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