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What have you got to say about the topic of: "Coastal Charters 4/26-4/27 TOG". Here's how is started: "Saturday turned out to be a really frustrating day. Had a two-pack charter of rookies "
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04-28-2008, 07:30 AM
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  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Blue Planet
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| Coastal Charters 4/26-4/27 TOG Saturday turned out to be a really frustrating day. Had a two-pack charter of rookies looking to bend a rod, but more importatnly get out on the water. We fished a few local humps looking for the elusive early season Tog, and had to work very hard to get a few fish to even bite. We managed to scare up 4 keepers, and 2 shorts, in 3 hours of effort. We did get a nice day on the water, a bit chilly, but motored up the middle of the bay, over to the Navy base to check out the aircraft carriers, and around the harbor to give them the full nickel tour..... Yesterday was a whole different story. had a good crew of 4 aboard for some serious light tackle toggin, and this trip did not dissappoint. We fished 30 feet of ledge with 48 degree water, and had non stop action. These fish were fired up, and did not take long before rods were doubled over after hitting bottom with a fresh green crab. My crew easily limited out within the first hour, so we released many nice healthy fish to fight another day. Took a break around 9 am to head in and grab some breakfast, then came back out to finish off the crabs and released another 40 or so fish. All fish kept were males from 6 -9 pounds, with several fish pushing 8.5-9 pounds. Finished off the last crab around 12:30, headed in for an early finish to an excellent day. There was absolutely no boat traffic for a windless day on the water when the fisah were biting...gotta love the fair weather fisherman around here. The new sled continues to impress, very comfortable, excellent ride, and very fishy. We gave it a little juice on the way out, and hit 55 very quickly, and quite comfortable despite the exaggerated speed.
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04-28-2008, 08:53 AM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pt. Judith/Green Harbor/W.Mass
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| Great report Dom. Nice catch. Are those the EP's in the back round? Looks like a DEM boat............
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04-28-2008, 09:39 AM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Warwick, RI
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| I am sure those guys were happy. Way to go Dom! Bay sure was flat yesterday. Could of used a little more sunshine but I'll take it. |
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04-28-2008, 10:27 AM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Jan 2007
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| I was out on Capt Don's boat last Friday.The vessle is an awesome fishing machine with a most able captain! 
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04-28-2008, 05:01 PM
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 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: www.atlanticoffshorelures.com
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| My My, what big chins you have there  Nice post Dom.See you soon. Armand |
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04-28-2008, 09:42 PM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stonington
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| CaptDom, When I go blue claw crabbing (later on in the season), I never keep any females crabs since I read in the book "Beautiful Swimmers" that one male Jimmy can satisfy the needs of 20 females. Apparently, female blue claw crabs can retain the sperm until she needs it. Since whenever I go out, I probably will catch more than enough crabs for a couple of meals no matter what I decide to keep, it makes no sense to me to take the ladies even if they are of legal size and without an egg sack. They will be the egg carriers, and represent the future of the species. No problem here, as it is simple to distinguish the sex of crabs. When you mentioned that you took male togs, I suspect that your reasoning might be following similar lines of thought. If so, (while slightly embarrassed in asking) I do not have a clue of how to tell the sex of a tog. In fact, I cannot the sex of any of the local bottom fin fishes including striped bass and blues. The only fish I can determine the sex of is Black Sea Bass and then only because Possum provided in an earlier thread, that Black Sea Bass are all born females and then undergo a sex change to males when they become over 12 inches long. How does one know the sex of a tog?
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04-28-2008, 09:50 PM
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  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CT / Summer in RI
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| The madman is back on the water. Good catching there Dom. |
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04-28-2008, 10:18 PM
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| Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: www.atlanticoffshorelures.com
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 LOLSorry I couldn't Resist.  As far as knowing the sex of the Tog. the femail are darker skinned and have more prominent vertical striping on their sides. Armand | |
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04-28-2008, 10:54 PM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stonington
Posts: 384
| For more than 50 years I have been catching togs and I never knew that. I have seen the variances in what you described but I just thought it was do minor color differences in the species or perhaps they would take on the color somewhat of the specific habitat where they had spent some of their time. Never even considered that is was due to male/female characteristics. The shot of the monster black that is shown in Capt Dom's post would definitely be a male! I am going to impress my fishing buddy the next time we get into them; I am sure he is in the dark about this as I was.
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