Togg Fishing?

[Clammer]

RRH is a Fall Tautog fisherman // its completey different in the spring //

IE/ I very seldom will use crabs /

they can be caught in water less than 8 feet

they fight like a @#$%$%^^ /try light tackle

Chit what do I know -- I forgot ,I,m only a {[CLAMMER}}

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Clammer

I very seldom will use crabs /
they can be caught in water less than 8 feet
they fight like a @#$%$%^^ /try light tackle

Chit what do I know -- I forgot ,I,m only a {[CLAMMER}}

Clammer knows...and he knows the spots I mean, too...heh heh heh

When you think of blackfish you usually think of rods as stiff as a pool cue, heavy line and a lot of rigs lost to the rocks...but go wading and try it on a steelie rod with 8-10 lb test and sandworms and it's something else again. In fact, I bought a 9' 10 wt. blank this winter and I'm going to wrap it up as a slip-float blackfish rod

I owe the technique to Uncle Zeke - he turned me on to it last Spring and it puts a whole new spin on it (no pun intended) - and Bryan is right about a damned good tussle.

I took DZ out to the spot where we'd been hitting them and he was amazed that we were wading and 'sight-fishing' for blackfish - some mornings they were rolling on the surface like trout...big fat, tasty trout...

I seem to keep fewer and fewer bass anymore, but you know, when I see one of those buck-toothed beauties, all I can see is a chowder pot with fins

All I have to do is add vermouth

[Notaro]

Originally Posted by Crafty Angler

Clammer knows...and he knows the spots I mean, too...heh heh heh

When you think of blackfish you usually think of rods as stiff as a pool cue, heavy line and a lot of rigs lost to the rocks...but try it on a steelie rod with 8-10 lb test and sandworms and it's something else again. In fact, I bought a 9' 10 wt. blank this winter and I'm going to wrap it up as a slip-float blackfish rod

I owe the technique to Uncle Zeke - he turned me on to it last Spring and it puts a whole new spin on it (no pun intended) - and Bryan is right about a damned good tussle.

I took DZ out to the spot where we'd been hitting them and he was amazed that we were 'sight-fishing' for blackfish - some mornings they were rolling on the surface like trout...big fat, tasty trout...

I seem to keep fewer and fewer bass anymore, but you know, when I see one of those buck-toothed beauties, all I can see is a chowder pot with fins

All I have to do is add vermouth

Put some more wine to it. I like to get buzzed from eating your chowder. Yours is just a big yummy!

Chuck, remember the rod we saw at SWE tow or three months ago, a 10 ft convench fast action tica rod? Will it do good for blackfish?

[RIROCKHOUND]

Goose...
I know from your PM's a while back your old school on toggin, but I cant get used to graphite for boat blackfishing.. always have and will until the stop making it use a 6'6" 20-40lb Penn Slammer... stiff enough to set the hook, and when you actually set in 100ft of water the tip stays up relativly high.. I lose very few fish to the bottom once the hook is set... it's all about the first 5 cranks of the handles with these beauties...

Fishdog; stoped selling 5+ yrs ago, but yeah thats about right... and I didnt realize 14+ was a medium... the old man has a 17.5,,, shooting for that as a career mark...

[Crafty Angler]

Well, you could use it but for the method we were using for tog you really want a rod more suitable to lighter line -

That Tica would be fine for plugging and eels in the surf for bass, though - and the price was right, too -

[Notaro]

oic, chuck. what rod would you reccomend me to buy for a reasonable price and togging and my abu 7000CL?

[Goose]

RIRock,funny you mention the slammer, before the patriot blank I use for bottem fishin, I used a rewrapped slammer, real good rod. Crafty, I've seen tog rolling on the surface a few times usually at last light, whats up with that.

[Clammer]

Tony // when they are rolling on the top /9 times out of ten its dead tide //// usually its a pair // they are mating /// if you get close to them with your boat ,,thay actually face each other //just like kissing //

for get all this its justa wild guess



awesome nite tonight ///flatass calm & pea soup fog

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Goose

Crafty, I've seen tog rolling on the surface a few times usually at last light, whats up with that.

When I see that in the morning, I assume that it's part of the mating behavior during the spawn - I know male bass will rub up against females to get them to release their eggs so I've always figured it was the same deal, sort of...uhhh...blackfish foreplay.

Clammer's right too - I usually see it on a dead calm morning at slack, then followed by a sheen rising on the water which I always thought was the released milt.

Right after that the tog seemed to feed pretty actively -

Since tog aren't known to smoke I guess the next best thing after mating is a nice sandworm...