NORTHEAST( BLACKFISH )

A little earlt for the L.I. tog, I really never target blackfish, maybe this year I will.....be nice to get a 13-14lber wouldn't it :)
 
Some boys in my club been wearin em out in Mobile Bay this summer.

They put a 20.4 pounder on the scales at last months weigh in. :o

I been wanting to go BFishin, but somethin keeps coming up. :P
 
no not talking about Black Drum.

We have what they call Black Fish or Tautog, They live in or near the rocks, give a hell of a fight, best bait is green crab's, but they will take other bait as well.

And they have one hell of a set of teeth!! Look human!

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dmf/recreationalfishing/tautog.htm#description

Although capable of reaching large sizes, tautog are very slow growing. The largest tautog caught with hook-and-line in Massachusetts weighed 22 pounds 9 ounces. However, the average fish caught by anglers is 6 to 10 years old and weighs 2 to 4 pounds. Males typically grow faster and live longer than females. The maximum age for males appears to be about 35 years.



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macojoe said:
no not talking about Black Drum.

We have what they call Black Fish or Tautog

And they have one hell of a set of teeth!! Look human!
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Sounds like the ''Sheepsheads" down here...they like crabs around rocks and pilings, too
;) ;D ...
 
here in OC MD we have both tautog and sheepshead, but what do I know I havent' been able to catch anything bigger than NEMO in the last three weeks.
 
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