My son received a letter this past week from the Division of Marine Fisheries informing him that he won the junior division, tautog catagory, in their annual tournament.

Needless to say he is excited.

Fish was caught in the Westport River, mid May, on a seaworm while fishing for stripers.

The tog was 23" long and had an 18" girth and weighed 9.1 pounds. Sure felt like 15 pounds to me.

Congradulations, that letter you better frame it , you'll have it for ever. later LINK:cool:

:D Congratulations!

Thanks,

Fishing is a great father & son sport. We are on the water every weekend, rain or shine, in our 16' tin boat. There are (lousy) days in the spring and fall where we are the only ones fishing on the Westport River. The day he caught the tog it was cold and rainy.

We both tie our own flies. We both are looking forward to building our own lures.

Slipknot, thanks in advance for putting together Plugfest.

Congratulations Westport Jeff Jr.!:kewl: Nice catch...but man, they are an ugly fish!:huh: See you guys on Saturday I hope!:wave:

nice fish,way ta go

I knew you would reply to this you love tog and that is a big one!!

I'll eat Tog instead of bass anyday of the week.

Congrats@!

Nice Tog. Must have been a good fight. I love catching them. Eatin' them too.:drool: :drool:

He was using a 6' ugly stick with a Shimano 400 reel and 12# test. He had his hands full.

The fish was caught in a deep marsh undercut. Thankfully there was only mud on the bottom because these guys head straight for the bottom. He also caught a second tog I guess weighed 7 to 7.5 pounds.

They have a face only a mother could love and they are good eating.

I just wanted to say congrats....

very nice fish..

:drool: mmmmm, steamed in ginger and scallions... :drool:

Nice fish congrats. But everyone knows there are NO stripers or tog in the westport!!!!!!! So no need to fish there!!!!!!!

Wheres Westport//////////

congrats:claps: :claps:

nice

what? No stripers or tog in Westport river?:laughs: you should check your bait and sharpen your hooks, because we've caught fish down there every trip GBOUTDOORS


Westport is on the border of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in the South, Clammer

Nice looking fish. That will be a day both of you will remember for a long time.

Hey Clammer if you find the place let me know I would like to fish it too. Theses guys seam to think there are fish there. Maybe be we could get Don,John,and Goose to go too?????:confused:

GB:

Westport is in Mass. next to Little Compton. The Westport River is comprised of the East Branch and West Branch. We fish the East Branch. We catch most of the tog the areas around Ship Rock.

There is a good boat ramp and plenty of parking. We buy an annual pass. I think the daily charge is $5.00.

The larger fish are in the river in the spring then as the water warms, around the end of June, they move out of the river to the rocks and rockpiles outside the Westport River entrance.

I see that you are going to Plugfest. I will bring a chart of the river and show you the spots.

Wow!

Fish in the Westport River?...

Sure got me thinking!!!

You're not serious are you?... :confused:

Geesh Greg, count me in!...

I'd like to see this!

Bliz:

We will bring along some pictures to Plugfest

Sounds great!...

Looking forward to meeting you. :D

WJ - your fins are being pulled. There are, ahem, no, errr, fish, ummm, in the Westport River :hihi: nudge-nudge, wink-wink ...

Welcome to S-B and great catch by your son!

I thought Westport was in Ct.? I have been fishing the wrong place all these years. That Chris L guy told me that the Westport in Ct. was the place to fish:smash: And to think I could have been fishing just around the corner from home all this time and saving all that gas!!!!! Thanks alot Chris I knew I should not listen to some long haired hippy freak:( you owe me a few drinks at this years winter fest for all the gas I have waisted driving all the way to Ct. because of you.

Good morning John and Happy New Year:D

Originally posted by GBOUTDOORS
Good morning John and Happy New Year:D

Good morning Greg - Happy New Year to you and I hopr you and your bride have a fantastic 04!