With only about 90 minutes of the end of the flood to work on the 50’ reef the guys concentrated hard on culling 7 nice keeper Tog to 5# from over 50 shorts. Part of the action included the big excitement of an 8.8# Blackfish that quickly found it’s favorite rock but was ultimately coaxed out of hiding with the old slack line trick for about 5 minutes!
Next moved into the shallows for the middle 2.5 hours of ebb and the conditions allowed me to set up the best position on this drop I have had so far this season. Regardless, the bite was fairly picky with a lot of shorts. Still with a strong effort the guys managed to pick 5 more keepers to 4# with most coming on the more enjoyable light tackle jigs.
With our 4-man limit secured we moved back outside on the last of the ebb as the tide back down. The bite was truly savage on this drop although 99% of the Tog were of the short variety. Still the guys managed to top off the catch with 3 more keepers to18” and a couple of keeper Sea Bass.
Of course, it looks like another long wait until the next fishable day. I sure hope it settles down soon as the Tog bite keeps on improving and I have a long lineup of enthusiastic anglers waiting for their shot at our solid Blackfish action.
Capt. Mike
