OC Tog 4/24

[Shady]

Did a little Tog fishing from shore today in ocean city. This was my first time catching them from shore, first time on spinning tackle and first time getting them on a jig. Bait of the day was shrimp. Caught half dozen in a few hours, but biggest was only 15 7/8, lol. Still nice pullage and glad to get my first togs of the year!

[mytmouse]

Nice!!! Fun on a jig ain't it?

[Shady]

Yep, probably going to be my primary attack on them from now on.

[tufnik]

I'd like to try jigs, but it seems like I'd loose a bunch on the snags. Maybe I'd loose less rigs by just hanging bait? Thanks for the report.

[RavensDfense]

I went today at the south jetty. Water temp was 51; pretty chilly. Visibility was pushing 8-9 ft. Not one bite. I ventured over to the bridge and around the bulkhead but the current was ripping too hard to effectively hold bottom.

[Shady]

I tried again Sunday morning and had a few nibbles, but not hookups. The current was ripping out unlike Saturday afternoon when it was coming in and slack while we were there. There were quite a few Korean fisherman catching several tog, but every single one I saw caught went back.

[Goody]

Ryan-what size hook and weight jig-head are you using?

[Shady]

I use 3/0 or 4/0 on the traditional tog rig and I used the tidaltails blackfish jigs 3/4 to 1.5 oz

[JohnE]

I'd like to try jigs, but it seems like I'd loose a bunch on the snags. Maybe I'd loose less rigs by just hanging bait? Thanks for the report.

That is all I have been using since last summer. I do not lose many and I think I lost more on sinker rigs. I have a bunch of them from 3/4 all the way up to 4 oz. They are not that expensive if you lose a couple. I tend to lose a lot more bucktails than I do these and those are pretty pricey to lose.