Nice Tog Fishing!👍 Recently it's not east to catch decent size tog on the party boat.....😢 This weekend I will try anothe party boat... Thanks for sharing!💖
My 8 foot 800L rod was built at Fisherman Depot in College Point.NY. My original 800L is cut to 7'3" and I'm not sure who wrapped it. I bought if from a guy I used to fish with.
I love releasing the giants man cause I feel like I did something to help the fish population an not just taking everything u catch like some people which I don't like really like when u go an dudes are limiting out on tog 3 4 days in a row I think thats just depleting them like crazy when it takes 15 to 16 years just for these fish to get to 15 inches or 16 an so anything close to double digit are like 35 to 40 years old so they need as much help as they can get
I totally understand and appreciate your thoughts on release and conservation. That's why whenever we're in a situation to execute a clean healthy release we always take advantage of it. Unfortunately the big fish are more susceptible to injuries when fighting them in the deeper water and too often suffer fatal injuries. It also drive me nuts when I see guys throw a big fish back and it's swim bladder and intestines are shredded dangling out of it's but hole and they feel as if they did a heroic thing for the species. It bothers me even like the fish that I released on this trip. The water was more shallow but the fish was still bleeding from it's gills. How do I know that fish survived? I really don't know is the honest answer. Yes she swam back down strong. But these are strong fish with a great will for survival. I feel that we really need to do more research on Catch Release Mortality Rates on these fish. Especially on the deeper wrecks. It seems to me that we can wipe out a population on a wreck pretty easily. Bleeding from their gills, bulging eye balls, inflated swim bladder, blown swim bladder, blown out intestines and vital organs. That's a lot of potential damage for one caught fish to suffer. How can they survive all of that? One guy suggested "reeling slower". I know from my experience commercial fishing that this helps. But it's not a guarantee, and if you reel slowly these big fish will bust you off on the big wrecks.
WOW! Kind of fishing day you dream of. Thanks for releasing those big females.
Nice!! Big fish!
Awesome tog. Releases were the best part.
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Awesomeness......gotta get in on one of these trips sometime!!
Nice to see the release of the large female togs.
Great job mate!
Nice Tog Fishing!👍
Recently it's not east to catch decent size tog on the party boat.....😢
This weekend I will try anothe party boat...
Thanks for sharing!💖
BEST of LUCK!
Nice fish once again Ken!!!! What conventional reel are you using in this video?
I fish an Ancient Mariner Black Phantom Jigger 5:2:1 and an Ancient Mariner Jigger 6:2:1
Nice fish ken....what size braid and leader do you use?
50# braid and 60# topshot & hook leaders
Nice vis.where is that charter boat out of?
Ocean City MD
Matty's big male was released too btw...
If you don’t mind can you let us know who made your custom rod?
My 8 foot 800L rod was built at Fisherman Depot in College Point.NY. My original 800L is cut to 7'3" and I'm not sure who wrapped it. I bought if from a guy I used to fish with.
THATS HOT
I love releasing the giants man cause I feel like I did something to help the fish population an not just taking everything u catch like some people which I don't like really like when u go an dudes are limiting out on tog 3 4 days in a row I think thats just depleting them like crazy when it takes 15 to 16 years just for these fish to get to 15 inches or 16 an so anything close to double digit are like 35 to 40 years old so they need as much help as they can get
I totally understand and appreciate your thoughts on release and conservation. That's why whenever we're in a situation to execute a clean healthy release we always take advantage of it.
Unfortunately the big fish are more susceptible to injuries when fighting them in the deeper water and too often suffer fatal injuries. It also drive me nuts when I see guys throw a big fish back and it's swim bladder and intestines are shredded dangling out of it's but hole and they feel as if they did a heroic thing for the species. It bothers me even like the fish that I released on this trip. The water was more shallow but the fish was still bleeding from it's gills. How do I know that fish survived? I really don't know is the honest answer. Yes she swam back down strong. But these are strong fish with a great will for survival.
I feel that we really need to do more research on Catch Release Mortality Rates on these fish. Especially on the deeper wrecks. It seems to me that we can wipe out a population on a wreck pretty easily.
Bleeding from their gills, bulging eye balls, inflated swim bladder, blown swim bladder, blown out intestines and vital organs. That's a lot of potential damage for one caught fish to suffer. How can they survive all of that?
One guy suggested "reeling slower". I know from my experience commercial fishing that this helps. But it's not a guarantee, and if you reel slowly these big fish will bust you off on the big wrecks.