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Got Stripers · 10-27-2012, 07:45 AM

I missed the tog fest, but hit the reef yesterday with a client and it was unreal fishing. I'm so glad I bought crabs for 3 and my 3rd cancelled. We had our limit in the first 30 minutes and caught each time we anchored, in the end I'd be surprised if we didn't catch 80 fish between us and half of those would have kept. To bad it wasn't RI waters, I'd have had ten 4-5 lbers to filet.

So this is my 2nd year of really getting into this, so I have to ask if chumming is something you regulars use, because I tried it yesterday with the surplus of crabs and the weather forecast (no sense in keeping extra crabs). I put 2 inches of sea water in the bottom of a plastic bin and cut a dozen crabs into chunks and let the stew for 15 minutes while we fished. Seemed we caught good each spot and then it would slow down. If I threw the chum as far forward as I could chuck it the bite would turn on unbelievably for the next 15-20 minutes and it would bring in better fish. These new arrives would hit hard too, no guesswork, bite raise the rod and have fun. We did it 3-4 times the bite increased noticiably and we seemed to be on better fish. I think it put them in a feeding frenzy of sorts, which is why the hits were so hard and noticably different.

Back in my freshwater days, I used to fish smallmouth bass late fall and winter on the cape with grass shrimp cum. I'd put a rock in a paper bag with a good supply of shrimp every once in a while and the bite would always increase once the shrimp started to escape from the bag. Anyway, if you have a surplus of craps, I would definately give that a try, seemed to work like a charm yesterday.

Anyone have a clue what the effects of this storm will be on tog?

10-27-2012, 07:45 AM	#1
Got Stripers Ledge Runner Baits iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: I live in a house, but my soul is at sea. Posts: 8,617	Tog Were Chewing I missed the tog fest, but hit the reef yesterday with a client and it was unreal fishing. I'm so glad I bought crabs for 3 and my 3rd cancelled. We had our limit in the first 30 minutes and caught each time we anchored, in the end I'd be surprised if we didn't catch 80 fish between us and half of those would have kept. To bad it wasn't RI waters, I'd have had ten 4-5 lbers to filet. So this is my 2nd year of really getting into this, so I have to ask if chumming is something you regulars use, because I tried it yesterday with the surplus of crabs and the weather forecast (no sense in keeping extra crabs). I put 2 inches of sea water in the bottom of a plastic bin and cut a dozen crabs into chunks and let the stew for 15 minutes while we fished. Seemed we caught good each spot and then it would slow down. If I threw the chum as far forward as I could chuck it the bite would turn on unbelievably for the next 15-20 minutes and it would bring in better fish. These new arrives would hit hard too, no guesswork, bite raise the rod and have fun. We did it 3-4 times the bite increased noticiably and we seemed to be on better fish. I think it put them in a feeding frenzy of sorts, which is why the hits were so hard and noticably different. Back in my freshwater days, I used to fish smallmouth bass late fall and winter on the cape with grass shrimp cum. I'd put a rock in a paper bag with a good supply of shrimp every once in a while and the bite would always increase once the shrimp started to escape from the bag. Anyway, if you have a surplus of craps, I would definately give that a try, seemed to work like a charm yesterday. Anyone have a clue what the effects of this storm will be on tog?