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What have you got to say about the topic of: "Tog". Here's how is started: "tough to get your baits to the tog when the sea bass are picking it "
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10-06-2008, 11:54 AM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pt. Judith/Green Harbor/W.Mass
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| tough to get your baits to the tog when the sea bass are picking it apart on the drop. Same deal where we were fishing. switched to a heavier sinker to get the bait down quicker and it seamed to some what work Fishing will pick up soon  Keep at it
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10-06-2008, 12:08 PM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rhode Island
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| I hope it does. Togging is a lot of work, from having to deal with the crabs to throwing down the anchor. I much prefer Fluke. | ||
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10-06-2008, 01:09 PM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Guilford, CT
Posts: 83
| We got hammered by porgies and seabass yesterday too while togging, but were able to also get into some nice tog. I tried using whole crabs to prevent the porgies from hammering the baits, which worked, but the tog didn't seem to hit them either, unless they were cut in half, etc. Glad to hear you got some fluke, we tried for like 20 minutes at the end of the day, no hits, but did get lit up by some squid on our spearing. Would have loved to get some nice big doormats, but it was nice to find the tog right off the bat like that. I had one in the boat within the first 3 minutes of dropping the hook, guess I got lucky with the spot I picked, or maybe they were just everywhere yesterday! | ||
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10-06-2008, 01:35 PM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pt. Judith/Green Harbor/W.Mass
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| stripey that's a good spot you fished. I've seen some monster tog taken right off the rocks in the surf. Years ago we would take a 6 packer out of snug and he'd basically shoot the gap and anchor. We'd take fish all day.
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10-06-2008, 02:04 PM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Guilford, CT
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| I guess so, it looked fishy! Anyone have any thoughts on using mussels somehow for bait? These big boys bellies were loaded with mussel shells. | ||
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10-06-2008, 02:53 PM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stonington
Posts: 633
| In my neck of the woods, we been killing the togs on the shallow reefs. They do not seem to have any problems moving into eight feet of water. The only problem is you have to fish through quite a bit smaller guys to get the keepers. Do not know why, but every once in a while a school of good sized togs comes along and all hell breaks out till they move on. In a few weeks they will move into deeper water so now is the time for guys with small rides to get their licks in. Probably am not going to post any more about togs till the middle of the month when the CT commerical season opens for togs. Even at four fish per trip as a recreational angler, I now have more than enough put away in the freezer to last me until January. Togs freeze well, but after three months they no longer seem to have that fresh caught taste. The Taylor blues at Lord's point this morning were feeding on good sized squid. They would seem to hit anything thrown at them.
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10-07-2008, 08:57 AM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Woodstock CT
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Had good luck sunday just outside of new london. 8 fish in 1.5 hours to 8 lbs | ||
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10-07-2008, 09:12 AM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Pt. Judith/Green Harbor/W.Mass
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| dbaker WTG!!! 
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10-07-2008, 09:23 AM
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| NBS Member  Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Kingstown Rhode Island
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| I usually don't have a problem with freshness using the vac pack method. Stays pretty good through the winter. 
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10-07-2008, 10:12 AM
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| NBS Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stonington
Posts: 633
| Like dbaker said, you do not have to go far right now to catch enough togs to limit out pretty quickly. Sometimes the spot you fish is very critical. Last Sunday when I planned to limit out in 45 minutes, three fishermen were fishing a spot I had marked with weighted float, when I arrived. Did not mugged them; I thought so now it will take me 60 minutes to limit out by fishing a little over fifty feet away. Got skunked (a few small ones and only one decent hit) while watching them pull in what seemed well more than four fish per man in short order. It was too much for my ego so I left out of embarassemnt and because the predicted drizzle poured down on me in torrents and drenched me to the bone. After four hours under an electric blanket to relieve the chills the sun came out. Went back to the same spot I had marked, (nobody there this time) and limited out in forty minutes even though the tide had changed. More often than not, the location plays even a more important role than tide, especially when fishing shallow reefs. Time of day can also be critical as togs are not happy in swiming into a few feet of water when the sun is bright.
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