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I wished Michael (Redfish12) were with me. He usually carries tons of fishing stuff.
I was well prepared. I even replaced 4 tires on my truck because I didn’t want any troubles since it will be a long distance trip. Also I bought a Hobbie Revo for fishing bridge Pilings for Tog. The Adventure was too long (16.5’) around the pilings.
My truck had been loaded for more than a week. I finished work at 2:00AM Wednesday and left for CBBT at 5:00am. I stopped by the BassPro in Hampton around 7:00am to buy a couple of rod tops. I found that the BassPro opens at 9:00am during the weekday.
I stopped by Ocean East 2 (tackle and bait shop). The shop didn’t have fiddler crab again. But it was not a problem because I bought a dozen of blue crab a day before the trip.
At the beach, I waited for a while because of the thick fog. In the past, one day, I had experienced thick fog for whole day. The Visibility was about 30’ that day and I was almost run over by a charter boat pulling planner boards. So I waited patiently for two hours until the thick fog dissipated at 09:55am.
I had two rods, two reels (Shimano Cardiff 301 (purchased in September (used once) and Penn 209M ( I fixed it months ago), 40 Tog rigs, 30 sinkers and 1 dozen of blue crab.
I started trolling toward the First Island. In 15 minutes I hooked a 22 inch striper on a plastic diving crank bait. Then I hooked a nice striper at 31-32 inch on the same lure but the super braided line got cut by the barnacles on the pilings when fish pulled away (while preparing the camera)
I met a couple of kayakers at the First Island. They were there 4-6 hours and caught 4 tog by using blue crab. They left and I fished hard. In 45 minutes, I began to feel tog bites and I was ready. But all of sudden the Cardiff got jammed. I couldn’t let out the line. The clutch bar and clutch bar guide plate broke loose. Not a problem since I had a spare reel, an old Penn which I repaired before the trip. I thought I fixed the Penn reel well. But once I put a 4oz sinker, the gears rattle and jammed/slipped. I couldn’t reel in the line with a sinker attached on the rig.
I just didn’t have enough time to buy a new reel and come back out again. Rob would do that I thought. If I were with Redfish, I could continuously fish. But I was alone. I didn’t curse. I quietly moved around the First Island to see what others were doing for 2.5 hours. I saw one Tog, two 23-25 inch striper on a plastic surface plug, two black sea bass on the tog rigs.
I met 4 free divers spear-fishing for tog. Seeing spear fishermen was a nice bonus to me. I always was interested in spear-fishing CBBT or HRBT. But I didn’t know how it can be done because of poor visibility of the water. I learned how/where to start spear-fishing in CBBT and HRBT.
On the way back home I stopped by the BassPro in Hampton to buy rod tops for my tog rod. I chatted with a friendly employee about my fishing mishaps. The employee suggested me that I talk with the customer service about the broken reel. Later, a manager found my purchase record (September) using my credit card number and gave me the full refund ($115). With the refund, I bought an Abu Garcia for tog.
The water temp was 57-58F at CBBT. I don’t know what 57-58F means for Tog-Fishing exactly. Hopefully, I can come back for tog soon with the new reel and a good spare reel.
Video Log for the future reference:
http://www.youtube.com/v/TvBNr5oerRc?
Thanks
Joe
I was well prepared. I even replaced 4 tires on my truck because I didn’t want any troubles since it will be a long distance trip. Also I bought a Hobbie Revo for fishing bridge Pilings for Tog. The Adventure was too long (16.5’) around the pilings.
My truck had been loaded for more than a week. I finished work at 2:00AM Wednesday and left for CBBT at 5:00am. I stopped by the BassPro in Hampton around 7:00am to buy a couple of rod tops. I found that the BassPro opens at 9:00am during the weekday.
I stopped by Ocean East 2 (tackle and bait shop). The shop didn’t have fiddler crab again. But it was not a problem because I bought a dozen of blue crab a day before the trip.
At the beach, I waited for a while because of the thick fog. In the past, one day, I had experienced thick fog for whole day. The Visibility was about 30’ that day and I was almost run over by a charter boat pulling planner boards. So I waited patiently for two hours until the thick fog dissipated at 09:55am.
I had two rods, two reels (Shimano Cardiff 301 (purchased in September (used once) and Penn 209M ( I fixed it months ago), 40 Tog rigs, 30 sinkers and 1 dozen of blue crab.
I started trolling toward the First Island. In 15 minutes I hooked a 22 inch striper on a plastic diving crank bait. Then I hooked a nice striper at 31-32 inch on the same lure but the super braided line got cut by the barnacles on the pilings when fish pulled away (while preparing the camera)
I met a couple of kayakers at the First Island. They were there 4-6 hours and caught 4 tog by using blue crab. They left and I fished hard. In 45 minutes, I began to feel tog bites and I was ready. But all of sudden the Cardiff got jammed. I couldn’t let out the line. The clutch bar and clutch bar guide plate broke loose. Not a problem since I had a spare reel, an old Penn which I repaired before the trip. I thought I fixed the Penn reel well. But once I put a 4oz sinker, the gears rattle and jammed/slipped. I couldn’t reel in the line with a sinker attached on the rig.
I just didn’t have enough time to buy a new reel and come back out again. Rob would do that I thought. If I were with Redfish, I could continuously fish. But I was alone. I didn’t curse. I quietly moved around the First Island to see what others were doing for 2.5 hours. I saw one Tog, two 23-25 inch striper on a plastic surface plug, two black sea bass on the tog rigs.
I met 4 free divers spear-fishing for tog. Seeing spear fishermen was a nice bonus to me. I always was interested in spear-fishing CBBT or HRBT. But I didn’t know how it can be done because of poor visibility of the water. I learned how/where to start spear-fishing in CBBT and HRBT.
On the way back home I stopped by the BassPro in Hampton to buy rod tops for my tog rod. I chatted with a friendly employee about my fishing mishaps. The employee suggested me that I talk with the customer service about the broken reel. Later, a manager found my purchase record (September) using my credit card number and gave me the full refund ($115). With the refund, I bought an Abu Garcia for tog.
The water temp was 57-58F at CBBT. I don’t know what 57-58F means for Tog-Fishing exactly. Hopefully, I can come back for tog soon with the new reel and a good spare reel.
Video Log for the future reference:
http://www.youtube.com/v/TvBNr5oerRc?
Thanks
Joe
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