Blackfish (tautog) Fishing close to structure is a melee sport - underwater jig footage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Had the opportunity to fish the bay for a quick afternoon session. Wind was blowing pretty hard all weekend and the water temps were down a little. I think the bridge had felt some fishing pressure during the weekend and the fish were a bit wary. They were willing to feed but it wasn't a super hot bite, and you'll even notice on the underwater footage that the bigger fish were not readily bullying the small fish away from the crab.
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Good job great action
thanks, always happy to have blackfish action
nice vid. like the underwater footage
happy to hear, thanks
Good job I hope you're getting ready
Hey Mario! been a very busy winter for me but I did take a look at the kayak yesterday and start prepping with that awesome weather. Hope you are gearing up again for another great season as well
I am getting ready see you soon
Diaper Striper?!? Lmao! That’s awesome!
😆
Cool underwater vid! Strange the bigs don't push the smaller ones out of the way.
Thanks! Yeah they don’t always do that. Not really sure if it’s high fishing pressured areas, lack of competition from a lot of smaller fish or just some sort of condition like the tide that just makes them much more wary.
great underwater footage, mesmerizing to watch
Gotta get down there to fish! Hoping this weekend! Great video!
thanks, hope you make it down and get on them!
Awesome video as always Pete! Very cool that you tagged it
Thanks Mike! Really hoping someone else catches it and logs the tag. Haha I know you love catching these fish just as much as I do!
Peter what's up with the fishing
Only been out twice this wholemonth, just a few small stripers on last trip - no blackfish. Been very busy this spring
Just checking to see if you're ok
Tagged for what reason that tag. looked kinda large you put a tag like that on a bird and it will never mate . Looks odd to other birds.
Valid point. That’s why i try to only tag legally harvestable fish. Just looking to get more info on the species for scientists to better understand and regulate
I see the same guys everytime I’m there😂 nice vid as usual
haha right?! its a great little spot especially to get out of the wind, just limited in many ways lol thanks see ya out there
Loving the tog content. Wish we had some here😢
they are my fav. are you too far south?
Tx
Love the underwater footage. Nice job letting that nice fish go. What do the tags say?
Thanks Paul, happy to hear that! The tags are from grayfishtagresearch.org and they essentially just have a serial # on them so if the fish is re-caught then the angler can input that # with their catch data onto the website and we can see how far it travelled, and how much it grew
Man this is giving an itch to go get on some crabeaters! Couple more weeks and the water should be cool enough here
Hah....
In the clip, the sound of cars going over the bridge is hardly noticed. But in person (at least the bridges I've fished), the car noise is almost enough to ruin the fun. Just the opposite of the beach noise.
Thanks again because clips don't make themselves.
very interesting indeed, seems your right, maybe the camera just does a better job of canceling out the car noise. I also try to edit out as much of the cars going by that I can. Always glad to hear your appreciation of the vids
Ayeeee that bridge definitely looks familiar. Fortunately, the weather on Saturday looks incredible, finally. Do you think the tog are a little lethargic from the mid 60s water temps? The guys at my local shop said that they are getting reports of 20-30:1 shorts to keepers in less than 30ft right now
lol yea been a while since I fished it. Almost looks too hot on Sat! but yah very much looking forward. hmmm its totally possible. they do seem to bite a little harder as the temps drop below 60F but that shallow water can fluctuate quite a bit in temp and the shorts to keepers ratio in the far western sound has been about that for at least the past few years I've fished it. Its only getting harder to find keepers in the western sound. It may get better in Nov. and I think it did last year...
I would add the CT side of the western sound is typically a bit better than the NY side
@@PeterRanieriII I'll take anything that isn't wind and rain after 5 weekends in a row of it lol. I do want to try some deeper spots to see if there are bigger fish in there but don't know if I want to battle currents all day.
@@PeterRanieriII good to know! I'll definitely remember that when I am planning
I've been seeing some big strange-looking crabs around, I'm thinking they are invasive mitten crabs after doing some research
hey! C P! whats good man, was hoping to hear from you this fall. Very interestingn about the mitten crabs, I will pay closer attention next time im flipping rocks, I do think I may have seen one too. prob great bait
Haha thank you, I am going well. I actually saw them in the water around the dock, it was crystal clear today. Stripers were swimming about as well. I was thinking of setting a trap to get to the bottom of this mystery. They almost had a king crab resemblance.
@@CP-rp7yp haha dang well if theyr looking that big maybe it’s just a spider crab with growth at its claws? I’m pretty sure the mitten crabs wouldn’t be that big would they?
I guess not, but the color was whiteish not typical of spider crab
Maybe a large Atlantic rock crab but I have never seen one that large
something else I meant to ask you
I looked up the link you provided for the dry suit you are wearing
and it states that the dry suit will not
repeat will not
keep you dry if you fall in
my friend since I know that you know this
then can I ask how you feel safe if there was a capsize situation
and as the water gets colder
why are you putting yourself at such risk
I am curious
I am going to guess that you will say that even if you fell in you know that you would be back in the yak in less than a minute, so no matter what
you will not be in danger of hypothermia
because you will be out of the tank in less than one minute
am I right?
You bring up a great topic Steve but to say a semi dry suit won’t keep you dry if you fall in is not exactly true. The only only difference between a dry suit and semi dry suit is the neck gasket. A full dry suit has a latex gasket that seals better at your neck so if you go completely under the water then you shouldn’t get any water inside the suit. A semi dry suit has these gaskets at the wrists but not at the neck. The neck gasket is neoprene and isn’t as skin tight so if you completely go under you will likely get a little bit like a trickle of water inside the suit. A full dry suit is really more for something like white water kayaking where your constantly being submerged, a semi dry suit is better suited for a more leisurely activity on the kayak like fishing bc as long as your not completely submerged (like bobbing in the water with your pfd on) then your going to stay dry.
The issue with hypothermia is a whole other issue. For this you do need to dress in proper clothing per the water and air temps underneath the suit because should you be bobbing in 50F degree water your going to want to be insulated a bit and the suit is just a shell.
So yeah the risks go up as the water gets cold, and there’s only ways to help mitigate the risk. A drysuit helps a lot in my opinion but going with other kayakers, having a radio, etc are very good ideas as well.
oh wow
I agree totally , that the semi dry IS the way to go for kayak fishing versus kayak white watering
so like I told you about that kayak I bought back in 2016
well at the same time I got a couple of dry suits ( on sale from NRS)
I did not even know of the semi option, maybe it did not yet exist back then
anyway so, yeah
sure enough the thing I hated about the dry was the damn tight neck gasket
so now I know the is the semi dry option
if and when I get back to fishing form a yak\ I will
definitely get the semi option because like you said the PFD
will keep your neck about the water line
excellent
actually
hey I just had an idea,
since I am never going to do the white water thing
I do believe it might just be possible to cut the damn neck gasket (even a little)\ and presto
no more annoyingly too tight neck while trying to enjoy fishing
lol @@PeterRanieriII
sorry for the three typos
I forgot to proof read
my bad
when I forget to correct the typos
it makes a person look like they only have a 3rd grade education
lol
the blackfish are still being so picky for me, yesterday i went out for about 4 hours and i watched 1 boat pull in 3 very nice fish and lose a couple more and i had only caught a toadfish. Right near the end of my time though i pulled in a 5.5 pounder but it was legit the 3rd blackfish i put on the boat that day and the 5th fish in total.
yikes Miles, tough day but at least you still brought fish home. its reassuring that I'm not the only one then that struggles to get a good bite going, does seem a little off, havent tried the sound yet over here, hopefully tommorow