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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
I don't recall asking but may have. I honestly cant stand the snobbish yuppie stuck up culture of many Long Islanders these days. Or what the towns have become. Everything is a money grab now. People are paying 10-30 K or more in taxes and the towns regulates you to death. People need to mind...- Togilator
- Post #615
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
I would never complain about my neighbor if he had a boat on his property all winter. I believe in the don't bother me and I will not bother you system. I'm amazed though in this day and age and how people are today that none of your neighbors call the town on you. Actually surprised there is no...- Togilator
- Post #613
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Blackfish Jigs and colors
I have caught my fair share of tog over 10lbs on jigs ,here is some info I generally use white glow in Rhode Island as there's not a dog fish problem but switch to a darker color when seabass are a problem and not wanting those bights. Get some black color jigs. They are great early season...- Togilator
- Post #10
- Forum: General Discussion
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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
Congrats, Its always a great feeling catching a double digit tog then releasing them to fight another day. Well done!- Togilator
- Post #525
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
Made my last 2 trips up to Newport RI last weekend. We had solid fishing but you had to work at it to catch your fish. Best I could manage was this 10.5 fat female tog Sunday on the Bad Influence. I released her for someone else to catch, she went right back to the bottom where she belongs. The...- Togilator
- Post #514
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
Spent a few days fishing in Rhode Island on the Bad Influence. Had some great fishing with quality and quantity. Caught them on the jigs and rigs or anyway you wanted to fish for them. We had whites and mud crabs which helped improve the average size of the tog. The picture is the best one I...- Togilator
- Post #505
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Now It's Cape Fear's Turn For Some Corrective Surgery
You probably saw mine as well, back when we did that exceptional Block Island Summer cod trip on your boat with JC, Billy Pro and Captain JP. That was a great trip. Probably saw it on Paul Brunos boat cod fishing as well.- Togilator
- Post #12
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Now It's Cape Fear's Turn For Some Corrective Surgery
I owned 5 of those rods at one point, all customs .Every builder that did the work hated me for bringing them a cape fear blank. Billy Vivona wanted nothing to do with it until I pissed him off by saying, I thought there was nothing you couldn't do with a rod? I thought you were the wizard and...- Togilator
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- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Seeker Herc Inshore Light
The new blanks were not like the originals,actions were not the exactly the same.They defenitely changed over the years in my opinion.I thought that was the reason you specified true seeker Herc Light.Not sure you will be happy with what you get.Just something to think about.Good luck with it Kal.- Togilator
- Post #9
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
You have to find a system that works for you and have confidence in and stick with it. The proteus L is a fun stick that I only exclusively use in Rhode Island. The ML has a lot more power and it being only 6'4" in length you get a lot of leverage. I have pulled quite a few double digits off...- Togilator
- Post #426
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
I Have never done well with heavy jigs. Although I do fish shallow and deep water a good portion of my tog jigging is done in low current areas so I don't use them all that often. I stop at 3 oz. and by the time Im using that heavy of a jig I already am thinking about going to a rig set up. A...- Togilator
- Post #423
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
Hello Pete, The bottom we fish up there is mostly natural bottom, we fish very few wrecks. The natural boulder bottom is generally more forgiving than wrecks so I fish light, probably to light. We still slice off plenty of leaders just not as many like on bridge/Highway rubble or man made reefs...- Togilator
- Post #419
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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Post up up your 2019/2020/2021/2022 Blackfishing Pix/Reports/Adventures/Musings
I released these 2 nice whitechins last weekend. They were caught using a 1.5 oz backwater bait glow football jig. Big fish was 12.2 and took 1/2 a white crab and the other was 10.5 and took a whole small white crab with shell on. They were taken up in Newport RI on the Bad Influence with Capt...- Togilator
- Post #413
- Forum: Inshore Tackle and Techniques with Lep
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What are you smoking now??
I prefer the regular Sergei V Melanio but that’s a solid smoke and I keep the maduros on hand as well.Very consistent quality,burns even and you don’t have to baby sit them.Had one yesterday with the 50 degree January weather. Mike if you check Holts weekly specials and flash sales you will find...
