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It is extremely difficult to get tautog bites in the water below 45F.
I didn't fish for 3 weeks. There were holiday parties to attend, and most importantly, we needed a vacation completely isolated from the civilization.
I came back home after "Bomb Cyclone 2022".
When I hit the water for CBBT tautog on Dec 30th last year, the water temp was 40 F. I never caught a tautog below 43F water temp in the past.
Though I had two bites. I caught a 14" tautog and an oyster toadfish. About 4 boats and Wave-runner I met got no bites.
When I saw the water temp rose by 2 F, I hit CBBT again on Jan 1, new year.
In 42 F water, I managed to landed 3 tautog @ 13", 16" and 16.5" out of 7 bites. 5 boats got no bites at all.
I fished less than 10 pylons. The pylons I fished in January 1st were the ones produced conger eels in November. There are large structures near the pylons.
Fishing log:
Thanks
Joe
I didn't fish for 3 weeks. There were holiday parties to attend, and most importantly, we needed a vacation completely isolated from the civilization.
I came back home after "Bomb Cyclone 2022".
When I hit the water for CBBT tautog on Dec 30th last year, the water temp was 40 F. I never caught a tautog below 43F water temp in the past.
Though I had two bites. I caught a 14" tautog and an oyster toadfish. About 4 boats and Wave-runner I met got no bites.
When I saw the water temp rose by 2 F, I hit CBBT again on Jan 1, new year.
In 42 F water, I managed to landed 3 tautog @ 13", 16" and 16.5" out of 7 bites. 5 boats got no bites at all.
I fished less than 10 pylons. The pylons I fished in January 1st were the ones produced conger eels in November. There are large structures near the pylons.
Fishing log:
Thanks
Joe