What I find myself longing for the most during my time away as a snowbird is the autumn blackfishing on Long Island. There's an incomparable thrill in catching a large tog. However, I've stumbled upon a decent alternative, albeit not quite the same—Sheepshead fishing. This convict here weighs just over 5 pounds. While tog are undoubtedly more challenging on a pound-for-pound basis, this one gave my Stradic 2500 a workout. Leveraging my bottom fishing expertise from Long Island, I outperformed my Floridian friends by catching 15 to their collective 5. This marks my first attempt at cooking one, and I'm eager to see if it rivals the taste of tog.
