Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing

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The F/V Bunny Clark (edited May 16, 2014)
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2026 Season Reservations, Rules & Info. (Revised Jan 2, 2026)
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"Tim Reidsema, Lee Dykas, Jason Ridolfi & Dennis Pietro" Photo Gallery (May 20, 2006)
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I took this picture during the offshore marathon trip on October 29, 2026. The angler is Nora Erickson (ME) holding her 2.25 pound Maine state trophy redfish that she caught that day. This was her first experience deep sea fishing. She was very successful. She had been fresh water fishing for most of her life in Maine. So she knew how to handle the equipment and took direction very well. I found two spots on two separate trips that held big redfish. On both spots, we didn't see a single sub-legal redfish. They all seemed close to the same size, year class. The salient feature on the day that Nora was there was that the redfish were not filled out. The fish were in retrograde spawning mode. This is the lowest point in a fish's reproductive cycle before they start the process over again and produce young. Redfish bear their young alive, unlike any other teleost (bony fish - as opposed to cartilaginous fish like sharks, skates & rays) found in Maine waters. They must only produce young in the spring as I have never seen them with young except at that time. The redfish on this spot had huge frames with length and depth measurements that would belong to a much heavier fish. I suspect that Nora's fish would have weighed close to 3 pounds, had the fish been in full spawning mode. You can see from the digital image on the right that this redfish has a large head but the head isn't proportional with the rest of the body, as it tapers down too quickly as you move down toward the tail. The belly almost looks sunken in. What you can't see from the image, the fish was very thin. Like the other redfish spot, fished on November 5th, I weighed a pile of these redfish thinking that they would be big enough to be Maine state trophy fish, only to find that they just did not make the weight to qualify. If I didn't weigh those fish, I would always wonder if I denied an angler the opportunity to qualify in Maine's Department of Marine Resources very well run trophy program, recognizing anglers for a very rare achievement. The minimum acceptance weight for a redfish is 2 pounds. A redfish of that weight is usually a redfish that has been alive for over fifty years, the reason you don't see that many. And that age is more relevant to dimensions of the redfish and not the weight alone. A shorter fish can attain that weight if it is loaded with young of the year fish. So a fish, like Nora's, that has a huge frame is much more impressive than any redfish that just makes the grade for a trophy, on weight alone. Redfish are also exceptional to eat. In my personal opinion, the white hake is the best eating groundfish in New England. Right behind the white hake is the redfish, coming in at a close number two. I actually managed to catch a trophy redfish myself on November 5th. My angling heroes, that day, wanted me to fish. Since Danny DellaMonica, my number one, had everything under control, I did! This was the first trophy redfish I had ever caught to my knowledge. The night after that trip I cooked the fillets on the stove top in a pan with butter and lots of crushed garlic. They were delicious. They have a flavor of their own. The fillet is so delicate, it seems to melt in your mouth when eating. When looking for redfish specifically, I look for structure or hard rocky places while using the sounding machine. Not every piece of structure holds them. But sometimes, if you are lucky, or you have eliminated a pile of other rocky spots, you find them. If you find a spot that hasn't been fished much, those are the best as the fish tend to be territorial and grow up on these spots, making them larger. At any rate, those big redfish are fun to see come aboard. And their bright red/orange color makes them standout from all the other groundfish that we catch in Maine. Special fish like Nora'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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