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  • CHSP Togs & Conger Eel (Nov 18, 2016)

    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
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  • #2
    Nice Joe!

    You asked for a big fish and you got a 50" eel! LOL
    -Mustafa
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    • #3
      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)
      Last edited by tufnik; 11-19-2016, 10:51 PM.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by tufnik View Post
        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
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        • #5
          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
          Last edited by ComeOnFish; 11-20-2016, 08:34 AM.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by AbuMasgouf View Post
            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
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            • #7
              Fun video, seems like those fish were in just a few feet of water?


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              • #8
                Originally posted by ComeOnFish View Post
                Now that proves that Santa is real and I've been a good boy.

                Joe
                LOL! Yes it sure does!
                -Mustafa
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by ComeOnFish View Post
                  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.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by brianisoutside View Post
                    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
                    Last edited by ComeOnFish; 11-20-2016, 05:40 PM.
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                    • #11
                      Good to know, I've never fished for tog


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                      • #12
                        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.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by mike o View Post
                          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
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                          • #14
                            [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?

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                            • #15
                              [QUOTE=mike o;137906]
                              Originally posted by ComeOnFish View Post
                              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
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