CHSP Togs & Conger Eel (Nov 18, 2016)

[ComeOnFish]

Tog: 4 keepers @15, 16, 16 and 20 inches out of 12. Kept 3.
Conger Eel: 4 caught. One is over 50 inches
Toadfish: 5 large ones
Water temp was 54 F. One more weekend left for tautog at the Inner Wall. Though This was my last trip to CHSP in 2016.

Fishing log:

Joe

[AbuMasgouf]

Nice Joe!

You asked for a big fish and you got a 50" eel! LOL

[tufnik]

Looks like you found cooperative togs at CHSP; they certainly weren't at CBBT on Fri/Sat.

(BTW, when I catch one of those eels, I'd certainly try it on the table)

[ComeOnFish]

Looks like you found cooperative togs at CHSP; they certainly weren't at CBBT on Fri/Sat.

(BTW, when I catch one of those eels, I'd certainly try it on the table)

I guess I made a right call. One of the reasons I didn't go to CBBT is my aching body, shoulder blade especially. I haven't been fully recovered from the last few CBBT trips. This old body couldn't take togs, black drum, puppy drum, conger eel and the rig with a 4-6 OZ sinker. My hip socket was still aching sue to all day pedalling. So I picked the CHSP Inner wall to take a rest while fishing.
I also brought a 5 LB dumbbell anchor. I anchored where I felt tog bites so I didn't have to pedal. I anchored three time during the mid-low-mid tide. All three produced. My shoulder blade still hurts because of the 4 conger eels landed.

Joe

[ComeOnFish]

My notes after fishing:

• I always assumed that there were big togs even though I kept catching small ones. This was correct this time.
• I learned to anchor at the Inner Wall. This made me work extra hard to find a few right holes because I weren't planning to pedal all over the place.
• The holes produced last time may not be the sweet holes this time, the new holes are a few feet away from the old holes. Try to find the holes of the day.
• The stomachs of two togs were completely empty.
• I found 4 (my) shrimp in the stomach of one of the togs. This tog got hooked when he wanted to eat the fifth shrimp (her last meal).
• I couldn't pull 6 rigs because togs went back into the narrow holes.
• I missed many bites about 20. So there were many keeper size togs I couldn't hook.
• I left one hole after 20" tog and 4 conger eel. Otherwise I probably caught more conger eel.
• Togging during the mid-low-mid at the Inner Wall. This is because it is easy to figure out the bottom tructures 10-20' away from the wall. So pick the fishing day wisely according to the tide.

Joe

[ComeOnFish]

Nice Joe!

You asked for a big fish and you got a 50" eel! LOL

Now that proves that Santa is real and I've been a good boy.

Joe

[brianisoutside]

Fun video, seems like those fish were in just a few feet of water?


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[AbuMasgouf]

Now that proves that Santa is real and I've been a good boy.

Joe

LOL! Yes it sure does!

[tufnik]

I guess I made a right call. One of the reasons I didn't go to CBBT is my aching body, shoulder blade especially. I haven't been fully recovered from the last few CBBT trips. This old body couldn't take togs, black drum, puppy drum, conger eel and the rig with a 4-6 OZ sinker. My hip socket was still aching sue to all day pedalling. So I picked the CHSP Inner wall to take a rest while fishing.
I also brought a 5 LB dumbbell anchor. I anchored where I felt tog bites so I didn't have to pedal. I anchored three time during the mid-low-mid tide. All three produced. My shoulder blade still hurts because of the 4 conger eels landed.

Joe

Agree, fishing CBBT can be tough. As you saw on my last CBBT report (18-19 Nov), I didn't fish the outgoing. I wanted slack tide, but had to fish the outgoing first. The outgoing was moving pretty briskly, and my leg muscles were already beginning to tighten up (didn't have a chance to fully recover from Friday's CBBT trip). I was afraid of not having good legs to bring me in against the current and impending wind/waves. Also, my right elbow was already hurting from all that rod holding. That's why I went in early.

[ComeOnFish]

Fun video, seems like those fish were in just a few feet of water?


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Togs can be caught in 3'- 50' of water. The deeper, the harder to catch tog. In the shallow water, it is easier to re-locate the hole you just had a bite or hooked a tog. In the shallow water it is easier to me to find the holes that may hold fish. In the shallow water, a hole that is 2' - 4' deep from the surrounding structures can be rather easily located by feeling the depth of the sinker. I was in 3' - 10' of water that day. But my holes were 6'-12' deep from the surface. For togging, it's the depth of the hole relative to the surrounding structures, not the depth of the water.

Once the surface/top water temp drops to 52 F, I move to the deeper water where the temp of the bottom (20'-50' deep) is warmer than the top water.

Joe

[brianisoutside]

Good to know, I've never fished for tog


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[mike o]

Thanks for the information. I really want to fish for tog there. There is a chance I might fish there this weekend, if not I will definitely do it next year.

[ComeOnFish]

Thanks for the information. I really want to fish for tog there. There is a chance I might fish there this weekend, if not I will definitely do it next year.

The water temp is 50 F today in the morning (Nov 26th). Today will be my last possible catching day at the Inner Wall this year if I can fish.

Joe

[mike o]

[QUOTE=ComeOnFish;137866]The water temp is 50 F today in the morning (Nov 26th). Today will be my last possible catching day at the Inner Wall this year if I can fish.

How did you do Joe? I didn't make it down to chsp this week end. I might be able to go next weekend. Do the togs stop biting when the water temp gets below 50?

[ComeOnFish]

[QUOTE=mike o;137906]

The water temp is 50 F today in the morning (Nov 26th). Today will be my last possible catching day at the Inner Wall this year if I can fish.

How did you do Joe? I didn't make it down to chsp this week end. I might be able to go next weekend. Do the togs stop biting when the water temp gets below 50?

I couldn't go fishing. I went to Rudee on the following Monday 2 days later.

Joe