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 6, 2026, 0800 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

The digital image on the right is a picture of Chuck Gramness (NJ) holding his 14.75 pound pollock. I took this picture with my iPhone 16 while on the Bunny Clark's June 4, 2026 offshore marathon trip. This is the largest pollock of the Bunny Clark fishing season to date and at the time of this writing. We have not seen many legal sized pollock this year, so far. We actually haven't even seen many small pollock either. But this is a very different year as compared to, at least, the last twenty years. The water has been very much colder than I have seen it in I don't know how long. On the offshore grounds, the surface water temperature should be about ten degrees warmer every day than it has been. I don't know how that compares to the water temperature down where we catch our groundfish. But if it's colder up top, it must be colder than normal down below. Not seeing many pollock yet doesn't bother me now. If we don't see any more pollock during the season, that will bother me. But every year it's different with pollock. We have had them show up in large numbers in April and May. We have had years where we first saw them in June. Other years the pollock have shown up in August. Chuck's pollock was caught on a spot where pollock of all sizes were feeding. Chuck himself caught a sub-legal pollock just before he caught this big one. The smaller pollock were feeding on krill, small clupeids and euphausiid shrimp. The bigger pollock were feeding exclusively on squid. All this was happening on the same spot. We were also catching nice sized haddock that were also feeding on the same thing that the small pollock were feeding on. We had several haddock that were over 6 pounds, including one 7 pound Maine state trophy. I'm really not sure what this means as far as future pollock landings goes. Was this an isolated incident not to be repeated any time soon? Or is this the beginning of pollock moving into the fishing grounds. This happened four days after the full moon. With every full moon you get a fish/lobster change for the better or worse, depending on the time of year. Usually, after an early June or late May moon, you see cod moving in to an area, pollock moving in, haddock moving out, different bait shift patterns and all kinds of things. In the spring, these are usually good surprises. But what really muddies up the water is our fishery management system or since the federal government got involved with managing the groundfish stocks. For some of these species like cod and pollock, we have seen the poorest display of controlled population dynamics that you can imagine. This is particularly true when you compare it to the fishery management in Norway, where they have got a good handle on it with very healthy groundfish stocks. Then you have the haddock, whiting and halibut which seem to be coming back. Much of the demise of fish populations also has to do with the sophisticated electronics fishermen can use to find fish. And it also has to do with the inability of fishery managers to cope with the effects of modern fishery electronics. I believe our groundfish stocks are greatly hampered by the mismanagement of our forage fish stocks. We are taking way too many herring commercially. And it also has a lot to do with the different spawning characteristics of the different species. I think the main reason our haddock seem to be coming back is their ability to spawn anywhere. Cod and pollock have specific spots that they do their business. Fishermen recognize these spots, which are easy to find. Because, commercially, we are fishing so hard on cod and pollock, fish sizes are smaller (relating to fish mesh size) and less fecund or unable to produce the progeny that the larger fish are able to produce. By straining the bigger fish out of the population you get a population that can't produce more fish effectively. It's a nature reversal where the bigger fish should be the survivors, not the smaller fish. On top of all this, you have all the environmental factors, behavioral patterns, bait shifts and variables I can't begin to imagine. But this all just makes it more interesting when chasing fish around. You need to follow the trends. Or, at least, that's how I operate. I just hope the fishery survives all this. Special fish like Chuck's are the kind of fish we like to see on caught on the Bunny Clark.

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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
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