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What have you got to say about the topic of: "Bass (or not) & Tautog 9-23-07". Here's how is started: "Just my father and I yesterday, left the dock just after 5:30, with 6 or "
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09-24-2007, 07:11 AM
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  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Exeter, Rhode Island
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|  Bass (or not) & Tautog 9-23-07 Just my father and I yesterday, left the dock just after 5:30, with 6 or 7 snakes to try for some bass at some of our usual haunts. Also had a gallon and a half crabs to do some toggin after. Headed over by Prudence......marked fish stacked up, but they were blues no doubt....especially after our first 2 snakes were quickly minced LOL. MOVE ON......... Headed down to the house on the rocks, Kettle Bottom, Beavertail, Varnum, mouth of the Narrow, etc etc........more chop chop. At Whale Rock, my father had a nice runoff, definitely not a blue, but the hook pulled.  Time for togs. Headed to our usual spot in the Sound and found only 1 boat there drifting. We got anchored up and started fishing, but I knew I wasn't exactly where I wanted to be......after a few shit hits, I pulled and reset. Got on the spot, but now the tide was dead. Took a while for the bite to turn on, once the tide changed. Then it finally switched from bringing up choggies to bringing up the RIGHT specie LOL. Started out with smalls, most being 14"-15.5" Finally put 2 in the box at 16" & 17". After more smalls, put another 2 in the box around the same size. Lots of smalls right now! Then the wind dropped out, and did a 270 on us and swung the boat around......OFF the spot.... We lost our bite once we moved off the rockpile. 2 tries and I got us back on, dead nut. In short order, put 2 more cookie cutters in the box after more smalls, and we were outta there with our limit and a nice fat bag of fillets  Not bad for an early trip.... BTW. we did lose a couple VERY nice fish.........there are big ones around, just not biting as much as the smalls........but watch out when they do, these fish are full of piss and vinegar right now!
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09-24-2007, 08:51 AM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pt. Judith/Green Harbor/W.Mass
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| Nice job!!! Great report!! Hope the Tog season is like last year. If so there will be fish the size of Cod around. FYI my buddy who dives was down over the summer off of Newport. He saw quite a few biggies!!!
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09-24-2007, 09:05 AM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rhode Island
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| Great report as always. Glad to hear that there are some decent tautog around. The fishing should only get better over the next few weeks. Did you see pogies around? If history repeats itself, then they should start showing up again in the harbor very soon, if not already. We didn't get out there this weekend and next weekend can't come soon enough!
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09-24-2007, 09:11 AM
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 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: West Haven
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| Great job eric Sunday we tried for bass but no luck, switched to Tog and only caught 3 porgies But thats fishing
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09-24-2007, 11:32 AM
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| I've Been Banned !! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Branford, CT
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| How about Brenton's Reef? |
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09-24-2007, 12:26 PM
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| Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Exeter, Rhode Island
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   So, we got the boat warmed up for ya to try out your new Tog rig Alloy, there's definitely big ones there. Broke a few monsters off/lost a few to the rocks......they're the ones that pull your line sideways as they make a mad dash for a hole LOL.....they got that big for a reason  Pat, your day with the bass sounds like ours LOL plug, Brenton area was loaded with boats. Not sure how they were doing. Boats anchored at Whale Rock weren't doing anything when we were drifting eels there. Bunch of boats anchored south of Varnum. Didn't see how they were doing.
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09-24-2007, 01:51 PM
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| Great start to the tog season Eric 
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09-24-2007, 03:19 PM
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