Tatoug - 2007

[whale]

Originally Posted by Sean

Whale, this weeks fisherman has a 17+lb Black fish cought out front. With all the dirty water and swell, the next window to go, should be a good one. The blacks have not been eatin and there has been litle to no preasure on them.... This Sunday with the NW may be just htat window ;)

I heard about that 17lber....it was weighed at Capt Don's in Charlestown where my fishing buddy works part time. I can't go this weekend. We have company with lots of plans including Patriots game in Foxboro Sunday.... I did go out this morning with my neighbor Carl.......we caught some cunner, several short tog and 2 keepers. Better than working.....

[Sean]

Way better then workin ;D

[Carl]

The blackfish was 17.9 # as reported in this weeks Fisherman Magazine. There was also an article about toggin and it mentioned using a soft bait like squid on the top hook and traditional crabs on the bottom. The soft bait can pick up seabass if they are in the area.


Carl

[randlemanboater]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Randle are there any tog to be caught off NC that you know of? *

If there are they would be way up at the northern tip.

[Sean]

We have a nice NW sea breeze today, going to trailer :-/ her out and do some Black Fishing for the first time in over a week :P ;D

[phester]

gonna try today as well, wind is still up.....so is the enclosure. ;)....there have been decent bass/blue reports for the L.I. sound, hopefully I'll get out ::)

[whale]

I went out this morning with some guys looking for stripers. It was damn cold but I had 5 layers on. The others wimped out after a couple hours and just 2 schoolies.......so, I head to my boat and head out looking for tog (alone). I managed my limit (CT limit is just 4) and threw a few keepers back. Couldn't convince anyone to go with me. At my first spot when I was pulling anchor, I got it in to the chain and then couldn't get any more. Peering over the bow, I see a rope tangled on my anchor. With a little effort I finally manged to get free of it! Had some nice blackfish for dinner.

I am thinking of making a soup/stew/chowder with some of it so any recipe idea are welcome!

[Sean]

Nice Whale, Glad you got into them. WE did alright, managed to fill the cooler, but nothing to big. I need to get some receipes myself, usually just either, grill or fry.

[whale]

Originally Posted by Sean

Nice Whale, Glad you got into them. WE did alright, managed to fill the cooler, but nothing to big. I need to get some receipes myself, usually just either, grill or fry.

I am annoyed that our limit is soooo much less in CT than RI. At least with fluke they are close but your limit is more than twice mine now with that split season in RI. I could have kept going as the bite had just gotten hot after a slow start. I did some crab smashing also based on your chum technique.

I read that ENCON arrested a charter captain for possessing more than the boats limit for tog (reacting to a tip) plus a guy for taking lobster without a license and having lobster with eggs.

[Sean]

The short limit does hurt you, as it seems the bite picks up the longer you are there. All the activity and stray crab leggs must bring in the fish from the sorounding rock piles.
That just means one thing, you are going to need to make a trip up to RI ;D