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Departed after 7am Saturday on the Thelma Dale with about a dozen anglers. There was a lot of room on the 115' boat where the Captain normally targets over 30 anglers.
It was cloudy with winds about 10-15 knots. The sun did peek out for short while so the mostly cloudy day wasn't bad at all. Seas were 3-4 feet.
We rode over 2 hours to get to our first fishing spot. With fresh clams on the rigs, we fished in less than 100 feet, but we all ended up with nothing. We went to another spot. This time we tried clams and green crabs. Again, nothing.
The Captain decided to go to deeper water, and after an hour and half of cruising, we settled over structure 150 feet below. Snags were more frequent here with as much as 12-ounce sinkers, but the bite was on. Everyone caught at least one keeper tog. No one limited out (5). A few ling cods were also caught. I caught three togs (only 1 keeper, at 22") and a dogfish (shark). Too bad I didn't enter the fish contest because I would have won with my 22 incher.
One the things I like to do on these trips is look at rods/reels used by other anglers. Everyone brought their own gear. One angler used an electric reel. I paid closer attention to the tog rods. There were all kinds. One angler used a 9 footer (with spinner) and he caught a lot of togs (3 were keepers). The angler next to me used a stout 5 foot rod with a Jigmaster reel. He caught about a half dozen togs (3 keepers) with that combo. It surprised me because the combo didn't seem sensitive enough to feel subtle taps from small togs in deep water.
Overall, good trip. Weather was better than expected, and I took home dinner.
It was cloudy with winds about 10-15 knots. The sun did peek out for short while so the mostly cloudy day wasn't bad at all. Seas were 3-4 feet.
We rode over 2 hours to get to our first fishing spot. With fresh clams on the rigs, we fished in less than 100 feet, but we all ended up with nothing. We went to another spot. This time we tried clams and green crabs. Again, nothing.
The Captain decided to go to deeper water, and after an hour and half of cruising, we settled over structure 150 feet below. Snags were more frequent here with as much as 12-ounce sinkers, but the bite was on. Everyone caught at least one keeper tog. No one limited out (5). A few ling cods were also caught. I caught three togs (only 1 keeper, at 22") and a dogfish (shark). Too bad I didn't enter the fish contest because I would have won with my 22 incher.
One the things I like to do on these trips is look at rods/reels used by other anglers. Everyone brought their own gear. One angler used an electric reel. I paid closer attention to the tog rods. There were all kinds. One angler used a 9 footer (with spinner) and he caught a lot of togs (3 were keepers). The angler next to me used a stout 5 foot rod with a Jigmaster reel. He caught about a half dozen togs (3 keepers) with that combo. It surprised me because the combo didn't seem sensitive enough to feel subtle taps from small togs in deep water.
Overall, good trip. Weather was better than expected, and I took home dinner.
That boat looks like a nice setup! I REALLY like the seating inside! LOL What rod/reel combo did you use? Was this on one of your new boat rods that you picked up?
I still need to get on my Tog!!
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