Toginator

[eelman]

Originally Posted by Nebe

well... i cant fish sunrise and i cant fish after sunset pretty much.. too damn busy. that gives me from 9 am until 2pm to play. IMO, that is the worst time of the day to bassfish, so Im gonna tog

Not in the fall

[Nebe]

tog tastes really good.

[Goose]

You should get yourself checked out if you don't tog

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by Nebe

tog tastes really good.

Yes they do, and pretty fun to catch. They put up a great fight.
I love Toggin'

[RIROCKHOUND]

Real men dont catch tog....

They catch BLACKFISH;;;;
never called it a tog will I met SoCo boys...

we all know real men catch em from boats anyways... in Dec... when its below 0 wind chills

it's the most wonderful time of the year

E' I hope you do a better job of filleting them then you did on the one I gave you; course they get hard to fillet when they are the size of keeper bass

Tony; anything over 10 is a moose...
my best is 14+, my old mans best is 17+.... I love blackfish

[RIROCKHOUND]

In case I didnt make it clear;
I love to catch blackfish...

The only time I tried it from the surf I got skunked, but met the elsuive goosefish for the first time
In the boat; 40lb mono, no leader, 3 surgeons loops, top two get 8/0 hooks, the bottom gets a sinker... put the biggest F'ing crabs you can on and go for it

[RIROCKHOUND]

Spence;
Never take the legs off!!!! hook it through the knuckle at the base of the legs, the legs add the the attraction.. blackfish are visual hunters...
sharp hooks and a HARD hook set..
On green crabs I leave claws and all, just take the claws of on bigger crabs

[spence]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Spence;
Never take the legs off!!!!

That's how I was taught...of course if you'd like to take me out and demonstrate proper technique...I always like to learn

-spence

[JoeyM]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Never take the legs off!!!!

i'm new here, but i respectfully disagree. i like the legs off cuz i think it's easier to get the crab in their mouths. they're not bass. they got relatively small mouths.

i also dont like whole crabs. we use only crab halves (i think it smells a whole lot more) with no legs.

we do ok. you should see the looks of the boats around you that arent catching and your cooler is full and you're throwing back 5 lb'ers.

[JoeyM]

here's a pic of the next day....the largest was just about 9 lbs. those blues were 8 and 9 lbs for reference.

[fishermanjim]

crabs crabs and more crabs,,,and small 2/0 hooks with long shank do the trick

[striprman]

2/0 Pacific bass hooks.

[Notaro]

got my first togs on a party boat last friday. three of them in 4 and 6 lbs. saw some bigger togs taken as well. bryan, thanks for the reference. im hooked on togs.