Final day tog finale CHSP 5/11

[Shady]

Fished the inner wall for tog most of the day today and had a blast! I caught over a dozen with 5 keeper sized at 19.5, 18, 19, 17.5, and 18.5, keeping my 3 fish limit out of those.

I got a majority of them on a shrimp tipped jig on light tackle.

I spent the first and last 30 minutes trolling for blues, but only snagged a horseshoe crab and didn't mark much. I ran into EMSer and Scott Taylor fishing for blues and a few others guys toggin that I didn't catch there names.







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[ComeOnFish]

Good job Ryan!
I am glad you fished the last day. Your report (catching) is one of the main reasons why spring season closes in the mid May I think.

Joe

[EMSer]

Great seeing you on the water, Ryan. That is the way to finish Tog season in style!

I wish I could report an equally successful day. I targeted Blues and came up empty....

[AbuMasgouf]

Man oh man! Awesome bro!

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[emmelch1]

Hey Ryan , Thanks for sharing some of Your Tog catching knowledge out on the wall yesterday , My buddy managed to get the 3rd Tog , Me 0 , I couldn't catch a cold . I think a blind person could see that's the 1st time I've fished on a kayak ! Learned a lot that should make My next trip hopefully successful ,like having a anchor

[ComeOnFish]

Hey Ryan , Thanks for sharing some of Your Tog catching knowledge out on the wall yesterday , My buddy managed to get the 3rd Tog , Me 0 , I couldn't catch a cold . I think a blind person could see that's the 1st time I've fished on a kayak ! Learned a lot that should make My next trip hopefully successful ,like having a anchor

Did you drop your rig right next to Ryan's? For kayakers, it is not stealing, it is sharing. I do that all the time. Ask Redfish12, Slab, HokieDJ and Tufnik. We split to find holes, and we usually get together once a good hole is found. That way we, all will have fish at the end of the day. You know what I mean.

Regarding an anchor:
I bought a 10 LB dumbbell (rubberized surface) from Wall mart after learning a dumbbell was an effective anchor in CHSP last Saturday. I am going to use this from July. I think I will drop the dumbbell where no narrow cracks near a possible productive hole. I will post the result with fishing reports.

joe

[Shady]

Actually, I left a hot spot to search for another and let them know exactly where it was. I shared! I pulled three nice fish and several shorts out of the one little hole. I think fishing the jig yesterday was out-producing conventional setup.

I personally don't like using an anchor and just hold in position with my mirage drive and re position as needed with paddle.

[Shady]

Good job Ryan!
I am glad you fished the last day. Your report (catching) is one of the main reasons why spring season closes in the mid May I think.

Joe

Catching all those fish yesterday is very encouraging for when the season comes back in and for the fall, can't wait!

[Slobber Bob]

Nicely done! You're getting to be a master with those jigs!

Your report (catching) is one of the main reasons why spring season closes in the mid May I think.

Joe

That and to let them spawn out. Those female tog have some fat bellies; full of roe no doubt.

[Shady]

Here's a short clip of some of the action Wednesday

[AbuMasgouf]

Here's a short clip of some of the action Wednesday

Love the super concentration expression... We all have the face when catching tog! LOL

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[Shady]

My wife says I look bored... I like your take a little better, lol

[Romo]

Yea I would go with focused. I'm jealous of your tog jigging skills

[ComeOnFish]

Yea I would go with focused. I'm jealous of your tog jigging skills

I think I know why he looked dazed. He had been licking/inhaling a strange orange substance while togging. May be the orange stuff is his secret weapon.

Anyway, capturing a scene of setting hook while kayak fishing is one of the toughest things for an one man video kayak fishing crew. Good Job.

Joe

[Shady]

I think I know why he looked dazed. He had been licking/inhaling a strange orange substance while togging. May be the orange stuff is his secret weapon.

Anyway, capturing a scene of setting hook while kayak fishing is one of the toughest things for an one man video kayak fishing crew. Good Job.

Joe

Lol, orange substance?

I usually just leave the camera running, my old gopro 960 lasts about 4 hours. Then I can go through and take clips or stills as I wish.