weird tautog behavior - a few monsters

[Clammer]

Jimmy ;

it usually happens when its calm & 99% of the time its slack tide or very close to it ;;


I,ve watched yahoo,s cast @ them with plugs /etc .. thinking they could catch them ........ never happen on a rod ......... net/ speargun / or gaff ,,, no problem . they are preoccupied ;;

[jmac]

in the late 70's (when there were a lot more tautog) we would see hundreds of them spawning while bass fishing near Rumstick/Allens Ledge.....usually late May.....

[Crafty Angler]

If they're rolling, finning and porpoising it's spawning behavior

Yeah, sort of sounds to me like they were doing the dirty blackfish boogie...

Originally Posted by Goose

... Wanna say it was 3rd week of may and i guessed it to be something to do with breeding too...

Goose is right on with the timing, too - toward the end of May - which would make it pretty early but on the other hand it might be due to our above average water temps so far this Spring

Originally Posted by Clammer

Jimmy ;

it usually happens when its calm & 99% of the time its slack tide or very close to it ;;


I,ve watched yahoo,s cast @ them with plugs /etc .. thinking they could catch them ........ never happen on a rod ......... net/ speargun / or gaff ,,, no problem . they are preoccupied ;;

FAC at slack is right on, Mike...

One year I witnessed the spawning and watched the eggs and milt form a slick on the surface - I was there wading in the middle of it, a few minutes later, BAM!...nice 10.6 chinner on a sandworm

I was with Uncle Zeke when he caught a 10.4 a year to the day before, same MO