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Crafty Angler · 03-13-2009, 02:17 PM

Blackfish - or tautog to you mainlanders - also known as tittog to the Sand People to our east...

Light tackle sight-fishing for blackfish is my favorite pursuit of the year - a 10#+ white chinner on light tackle is pretty sporty and will change your attitude about them forever.

To me they're the prime rib of the sea - only fresh grouper comes close and that's still in second place to Tautoga onitis in my opinion...

Besides, you really have to admire a fish tough enough to eat mussels and then s**t the shells...

03-13-2009, 02:17 PM	#13
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Blackfish - or tautog to you mainlanders - also known as tittog to the Sand People to our east... Light tackle sight-fishing for blackfish is my favorite pursuit of the year - a 10#+ white chinner on light tackle is pretty sporty and will change your attitude about them forever. To me they're the prime rib of the sea - only fresh grouper comes close and that's still in second place to Tautoga onitis in my opinion... Besides, you really have to admire a fish tough enough to eat mussels and then s**t the shells...
	"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.