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[Snapprhead27]

Best of luck on a good Tog season

 

[Leprechaun]

Interesting tog bait comparison video

 

[Matts]

Interesting tog bait comparison video

that was pretty cool.
I am always unsure about chumming up tog. I'm afraid of drawing in porgies or too many small fish. But perhaps the small fish draw in the bigger fish.
I might try chumming with mussels.

 

[Snapprhead27]

I feel like just building the bite will suffice. Once they see the commotion they will swim over.

 

[captmike28]

I feel like just building the bite will suffice. Once they see the commotion they will swim over.

On my boat, and I presume many others, we always save the legs cut off the crabs during prep time and use them to "chum". While I don't think it is as effective as say sending down a frozen log of the target species desired food, it does seem to help to a certain extent.

I also believe most of us have shared the same experience as Matt has noted. Tog are definitely one of those fish where patience is required to "build a bite" assuming there is some life of any size on your chosen drop shortly after you arrive.