I've never seen a Tog turn down green crabs. In the summer, sand fleas work really well probably because they're abundant as forage. They also readily gobble up any other type of crab that you can find as that's what they're chewing on most of the time. The green crabs that work best are the females with all the orange gunk inside. I don't mind the smell of it though as it's just like anise when fresh, when it dries up it really smells bad though! I can really tell you're new at this kind of fishing though. There's no need to replace the bait after one missed swipe. They'll happily come back for a tiny piece.
I appreciate the info! Definitely newer to dropping crustaceans down to fish like tog and sheepshead. They weren’t necessarily denying the green crab, but we were missing them a lot more when compared to the sand fleas
Yeah the setup gave it away that you are still evolving. The rod is fine. I own that same mojo. That baitcaster tho.. you get a dd on and she’s gonna smoke that shit 😂😂. You don’t even have a power handle either. Great content
Some old memories....I can remember in the early '50's fishing for "black fish" off of Varian, Conn. We'd rent a small skiff with maybe a 5-10 hp outboard. At low tide we'd get a bunch of fiddler crab for bait. Pull of the big claw and the black fish went crazy for them. In 1967 I was at UMass in an MSc wildlife program and a fellow grad student was doing research on Tautog.
Like another person said, save the green crab legs/claws for chum. Ive seen tog prefer sand fleas over green crabs and vise versa. Tog are very finicky fish, theyll want green crab, white leggers sand fleas (and then they get picky over how you present your bait (legs/no legs, whole crab,half crab) Great video!
A few things I've learned Tog fishing. 1. You need to build a bite, meaning you should anchor to your spot, cut the green crab legs off and let them fall to the bottom to bring the fish into your area. 2. Once you cut the legs off the green crab you can thread the hook into one leg socket and out another. This should help keep the green crab on longer. I have never used sand fleas for Tog but could see how you would have a higher success rate hooking up. I just wonder if using the smaller sand fleas results in smaller fish. I plan on giving the fleas a try even after building the bite with great crabs.
I appreciate the info! I will have to try that with the crab legs. That makes sense, i just recently watched one of skinner’s videos talking about building the bite using a similar method. Would definitely like to get into a larger class of tog soon!
@@ChaCha_Fishing yes I learned most of my techniques from him. Although I now live in MD I’m originally from where skinner fishes. Actually planning a trip next week up to Long Island for Tog. Might try Ocean City area around Veterans Day.
I mostly catch tog from shore. This is definitely true. I don’t understand why people leave a messy pile of legs everywhere on the ground when they’d serve so much better on the bottom. SMH
I've never seen a Tog turn down green crabs. In the summer, sand fleas work really well probably because they're abundant as forage. They also readily gobble up any other type of crab that you can find as that's what they're chewing on most of the time. The green crabs that work best are the females with all the orange gunk inside. I don't mind the smell of it though as it's just like anise when fresh, when it dries up it really smells bad though!
I can really tell you're new at this kind of fishing though. There's no need to replace the bait after one missed swipe. They'll happily come back for a tiny piece.
I appreciate the info! Definitely newer to dropping crustaceans down to fish like tog and sheepshead.
They weren’t necessarily denying the green crab, but we were missing them a lot more when compared to the sand fleas
Yeah the setup gave it away that you are still evolving. The rod is fine. I own that same mojo. That baitcaster tho.. you get a dd on and she’s gonna smoke that shit 😂😂. You don’t even have a power handle either. Great content
Some old memories....I can remember in the early '50's fishing for "black fish" off of Varian, Conn. We'd rent a small skiff with maybe a 5-10 hp outboard. At low tide we'd get a bunch of fiddler crab for bait. Pull of the big claw and the black fish went crazy for them. In 1967 I was at UMass in an MSc wildlife program and a fellow grad student was doing research on Tautog.
Lovely story. Memories for a lifetime 🤙
Like another person said, save the green crab legs/claws for chum. Ive seen tog prefer sand fleas over green crabs and vise versa. Tog are very finicky fish, theyll want green crab, white leggers sand fleas (and then they get picky over how you present your bait (legs/no legs, whole crab,half crab) Great video!
Thank you! I definitely will be using the legs for chum in the future 👍
All of this is so true! Also, at times they’ll only hit a jig aggressively. The rigs just get bumped..
A few things I've learned Tog fishing. 1. You need to build a bite, meaning you should anchor to your spot, cut the green crab legs off and let them fall to the bottom to bring the fish into your area. 2. Once you cut the legs off the green crab you can thread the hook into one leg socket and out another. This should help keep the green crab on longer. I have never used sand fleas for Tog but could see how you would have a higher success rate hooking up. I just wonder if using the smaller sand fleas results in smaller fish. I plan on giving the fleas a try even after building the bite with great crabs.
I appreciate the info! I will have to try that with the crab legs. That makes sense, i just recently watched one of skinner’s videos talking about building the bite using a similar method. Would definitely like to get into a larger class of tog soon!
@@ChaCha_Fishing yes I learned most of my techniques from him. Although I now live in MD I’m originally from where skinner fishes. Actually planning a trip next week up to Long Island for Tog. Might try Ocean City area around Veterans Day.
@@BIGYAKRFISHING nice! That’ll be a blast. Catch em up man 🤙
I mostly catch tog from shore. This is definitely true. I don’t understand why people leave a messy pile of legs everywhere on the ground when they’d serve so much better on the bottom. SMH
@ agree, even if you just throw them in the water, they will get eaten.
Great video man, it's crystal clear. What kind of camera are you using?
Thanks! Head cam is a GoPro Hero 11 and handheld is a Sony FX30
Togggyyyyyy