Since you like Tautog and have made a cool video, I must tell you about the coolest thing that I have ever seen while spearfishing. I lived in Long Branch, New Jersey and I would spearfish inshore among the many man made boulder structures which held communities of Tautog. One day while swimming around these rocks, I kept hearing a banging and cracking sound. I came around a rock and witnessed a Tautog smashing it's head into a blueclaw crab against a big rock over and over again. The Tautog would wiggle it's side fins to go backwards and then oscillate it's whole body and tail and get it's speed up in reverse very quickly and effortlessly. Then it would charge at full speed into the crab to crack it more. What a show that was. I could have never imagined a fish that could quickly swim backwards like that and then charge forwards. There is a whole lot more than we know about fish and getting things on video shows some of that.
Bob great video, you did one last year and i built a stand for camera and painted it camo like bottom. My camera is in transit, left it in canada. Can't wait to put it to use. Yes i can watch for hours also. Thanks for your true passion of fishing. My wife and i really enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work.
This was pretty cool to see. I'm curious how well green crab works against blue crab and sand fleas. Blue crab is a little easier for me to get locally. It's good to know that frozen green crab still works well.
Great video , love this type of content , was wondering what kind of camera are you using quality is fantastic !!!!!! I would love to see some synthetic baits like gulp and fishbites !!!!!
Love the new video. Glad you you're doing the underwater videos. A lot of times they are from bank or jetty. Not many from a kayak. I notice, for the squid, they are looking at it sideways.. I wonder if there are squid and octopus that hunts the fish, hency why they are scared.
You should do one where each bait on each hook, so this way you can truly test in the same drop location. Also, do you have a remote viewer or only after record footage?
Their a little shy of the camera, you think. I dont where to get sand flees in the sound. I usually plan a trip to Jersey the day before fishing for stripers while collecting them.
Not a really fair test. Squid turned pink which is gone bad already, shrimp should be raw and fresh instead of cooked…. Crabs was live so of course everything went crazy for it
Haha ya honestly who fishes with cooked bait? That is completely retarded. When would a Tautog ever come in contact with cocktail shrimp naturally?! Or fried calamari?! 😅
I use mostly sand fleas. I’d like to watch them munching down on some of those! I would guess it doesn’t matter if sand fleas are not naturally in the area arguing that all the bloodworms come from New England and all fish love them.
I thought the squid drop was interesting. it almost makes me feel like the fish know squid move out, so it's not normal for them to be here, while crabs and muscles become more prominent and available as a food source. maybe I'm giving fish too much credit, but it's interesting, to say the least.
You should try a complete small fiddler crab, small bunker, medium bunker or any other lager bait. By the way, why zero Sheepshead were attracted to your diced crabs? I thought sheepsheads love crabs too.
Since you like Tautog and have made a cool video, I must tell you about the coolest thing that I have ever seen while spearfishing. I lived in Long Branch, New Jersey and I would spearfish inshore among the many man made boulder structures which held communities of Tautog.
One day while swimming around these rocks, I kept hearing a banging and cracking sound. I came around a rock and witnessed a Tautog smashing it's head into a blueclaw crab against a big rock over and over again. The Tautog would wiggle it's side fins to go backwards and then oscillate it's whole body and tail and get it's speed up in reverse very quickly and effortlessly. Then it would charge at full speed into the crab to crack it more. What a show that was. I could have never imagined a fish that could quickly swim backwards like that and then charge forwards. There is a whole lot more than we know about fish and getting things on video shows some of that.
Excellent tutorial and clear footage 👍🏿
Could you do a video with sand fleas?
....I seem to do well with them and would love to see a video on how they do
Bob great video, you did one last year and i built a stand for camera and painted it camo like bottom. My camera is in transit, left it in canada. Can't wait to put it to use.
Yes i can watch for hours also.
Thanks for your true passion of fishing. My wife and i really enjoy your videos.
Keep up the good work.
amazing part 2 underwater of that camera setup Bob, love watching them all come in from the distance
This was pretty cool to see. I'm curious how well green crab works against blue crab and sand fleas. Blue crab is a little easier for me to get locally. It's good to know that frozen green crab still works well.
Great video , love this type of content , was wondering what kind of camera are you using quality is fantastic !!!!!! I would love to see some synthetic baits like gulp and fishbites !!!!!
Fascinating video and commentary. Thanks for sharing and I learned a lot.
Very cool!
I'm all about any Underwater footage/research
Always interested in fish sealife
Thanks for it
Love the video. Interesting commentary too. Nice work.
Love the new video. Glad you you're doing the underwater videos. A lot of times they are from bank or jetty. Not many from a kayak. I notice, for the squid, they are looking at it sideways.. I wonder if there are squid and octopus that hunts the fish, hency why they are scared.
There are sand fleas in CT. I’m from Milford,CT and we dig them up along the shore. Not quite as many as on the ocean but yeah they are def there.
Awesome concept and great vid!! Very interesting and very helpful
Be interesting to see the differences between green crabs vs. asian crabs
Great video, thank you for uploading!
Is it possible to do a new one this year with hook, so we can see the hook setting part as well?
You should do one where each bait on each hook, so this way you can truly test in the same drop location. Also, do you have a remote viewer or only after record footage?
Amazing work here brother!
Interesting. How about blood worms, sand fleas
Or white crab vs green
Love this video! I’ve always wondered how it looked like down there!!! 😅 Thank you
I grew up near the mouth of the CT river and I've never seen "sand fleas" (mole crabs) in the surf on those beaches.
Love this video. Shows some perspective what's happening in the water. What temp / depth is this?
Woow nice , where in Long Island?
Their a little shy of the camera, you think. I dont where to get sand flees in the sound. I usually plan a trip to Jersey the day before fishing for stripers while collecting them.
Dude, so cool to see their behavior.
Can you also do raw shrimp instead of cooked shrimp. I think the raw works way better.
Nice video. Can you make a video try to use Clam, snail, blue crab and stone crab. Thank You
Not a really fair test. Squid turned pink which is gone bad already, shrimp should be raw and fresh instead of cooked…. Crabs was live so of course everything went crazy for it
yea agree need green vs Asian shore crab vs rock crab
Doesn't matter. Crab wins either way.
Haha ya honestly who fishes with cooked bait? That is completely retarded. When would a Tautog ever come in contact with cocktail shrimp naturally?! Or fried calamari?! 😅
Shut up its pretty fair when you thinks about it because it gets that way form fride
Just wondering how would they do on conch being it's a tougher meat?
Do you have any underwater footage of a live eel for bait?
Thanks for the video. Area / State?
Sand fleas are in RI. Don’t know about CT
They’re here. I get ‘em and I’m in western sound.
Was this filmed in newyork as well?
Great Video brother. Its good stuff, i learn a lot of tog behaviors from your videoes :D
Could you try clams and sand worms?
Why you used cooked shrimp? You saw them cook their shrimp being eating it?
Why would you use cooked shrimp vs fresh shrimp?
Great job!!!
Can you try artificial crabs from glup next time???
Thank you so much!!
is this Rhode Island
What kind of camera is that? Thanks
Bloodworm vs Sandworm test?
How about trying Asian vs Green crabs?
Cool footage! I love my tog!
I use mostly sand fleas. I’d like to watch them munching down on some of those!
I would guess it doesn’t matter if sand fleas are not naturally in the area arguing that all the bloodworms come from New England and all fish love them.
Great video!
Porgies usually prefer squid over crabs.
great video
wow thats cool! Great video!
Thank you
Thank you great video man
Awesome! Thank you
I thought the squid drop was interesting. it almost makes me feel like the fish know squid move out, so it's not normal for them to be here, while crabs and muscles become more prominent and available as a food source. maybe I'm giving fish too much credit, but it's interesting, to say the least.
You should try a complete small fiddler crab, small bunker, medium bunker or any other lager bait. By the way, why zero Sheepshead were attracted to your diced crabs? I thought sheepsheads love crabs too.
Not sheepshead. Porgy (scup)
Bait test crickets please!!
Gotta try squid first, same with shrimp. Once fish get crab scent, they hone in on that & ignore other baits.
That green crab is the ticket!
Oysters work as well
Asian crab and sand fleas and green crabs would be interesting
Perfect this proves my my dad theory’s that squid is the best bait I swrong
I use raw shrimp instead of cooked shrimps and raw ones work much better
I'm pretty sure I know the outcome of this.. lol
Cooked supermarket shrimp are total crap loaded with chemicals. I would try raw shrimp if anything.
Add ribeye steak next time and see what happens
Thats the fish i wanna go for and taste!
try some crawfish...
Take the shrimp raw and marinate it in Dr. Pepper - you may be surprised....
Do you think Dr Pepper makes any difference? The raw shrimp is good as is
Is there any artificial baits that work on Tog like Gulp or Fishbites?
Great question
I grew up near the mouth of the CT river and I've never seen "sand fleas" (mole crabs) in the surf on those beaches.
I grew up near the mouth of the CT river and I've never seen "sand fleas" (mole crabs) in the surf on those beaches.