Tog Fishing by Ed Valitutto

Posted on December 19, 2017 by VHFC

My neighbor had a reservation on the Osprey out of AC for tog fishing on Sunday 17 December. He couldn’t make it and offered it to me gratis for a past favor. This is a fantastic boat that winters down in Atlantic City and fishes through January. The boat supplies all hooks and lead regardless of how many times you hang up – I lost at least 6-8 sinkers! The weather was fantastic but unfortunately the fish on all the wrecks we tried were not on the feed. I had one keeper at 3.5 lbs
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Ed

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