captmike28
Well-Known Angler
Happy Veterans Day and thanks for your service to all our great, patriotic
Vets. Hope those who love to fish had a chance to wet a line today.
My charter today had a foursome of Ken, Al, Mark and Andy join me for a continuation of the solid Tog fishing on the North Fork. Moderate NW breeze in the morning had us headed back to CT for both some protection and a shot at the consistent action on that side of the Sound.
First up was my shallow jig spot and with the wind vs. tide situation I needed 2 tries to get the boat sitting just right. Did plenty of sorting for about 2 hours on this drop. Ken starts us off with a healthy 17” Tog so the box is christened. Then, Andy sets up on his jigging rod and enjoys a nice battle with a solid 3.5# fish. lots more sorting before Andy pulls another keeper in the 18” class. Things slowed down a bit as I was waiting for the tide to back off and move outside to the local reef. However, just before I pull the anchor, Ken gets a huge hit on his spinning rod and instantly the Tog starts stripping large amounts of line off the reef as the drag is singing. In the shallows the Tog don’t have much to do with downward dives, so this fish took Ken for a walk all around the stern while trying to gain its freedom. But Ken was more than up to the task and following an epic battle I slide the net under his PB Tog and our largest of the season so far, pushing the scale on the Boga Grip to an even 12#!! After the excitement the bite seemed to slow up again, so we took advantage of the tide window a little further offshore.
The last 2 hours of the flood leading into the ebb was solid again today with virtually nonstop action the entire time. Plenty of sorting to be sure, but eventually the crew took care of business filling out their limit with fish to 5# on this drop along with a couple of keeper Sea Bass for good measure.
Unfortunately, the coming Nor’easter will curtail us for a day or two, but we hope to get out again soon as the Tog bite has been rock solid for us whenever the weather cooperates.
Vets. Hope those who love to fish had a chance to wet a line today.
My charter today had a foursome of Ken, Al, Mark and Andy join me for a continuation of the solid Tog fishing on the North Fork. Moderate NW breeze in the morning had us headed back to CT for both some protection and a shot at the consistent action on that side of the Sound.
First up was my shallow jig spot and with the wind vs. tide situation I needed 2 tries to get the boat sitting just right. Did plenty of sorting for about 2 hours on this drop. Ken starts us off with a healthy 17” Tog so the box is christened. Then, Andy sets up on his jigging rod and enjoys a nice battle with a solid 3.5# fish. lots more sorting before Andy pulls another keeper in the 18” class. Things slowed down a bit as I was waiting for the tide to back off and move outside to the local reef. However, just before I pull the anchor, Ken gets a huge hit on his spinning rod and instantly the Tog starts stripping large amounts of line off the reef as the drag is singing. In the shallows the Tog don’t have much to do with downward dives, so this fish took Ken for a walk all around the stern while trying to gain its freedom. But Ken was more than up to the task and following an epic battle I slide the net under his PB Tog and our largest of the season so far, pushing the scale on the Boga Grip to an even 12#!! After the excitement the bite seemed to slow up again, so we took advantage of the tide window a little further offshore.
The last 2 hours of the flood leading into the ebb was solid again today with virtually nonstop action the entire time. Plenty of sorting to be sure, but eventually the crew took care of business filling out their limit with fish to 5# on this drop along with a couple of keeper Sea Bass for good measure.
Unfortunately, the coming Nor’easter will curtail us for a day or two, but we hope to get out again soon as the Tog bite has been rock solid for us whenever the weather cooperates.
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