Great Day for Tog in Barnegat Bay by Ed Valitutto

Posted on November 8, 2024 by bayside425

Member Alan Goracy joined me for a fantastic fall weather fishing trip on Thursday 11/7. Since slack tide was ~7:30, we started at the north jetty, but it was busy with earlier arriving anglers. I then moved to just off Andy’s restaurant and the fish were biting. Alan quickly boated an 18+” keeper! But the bite stopped almost as fast with a ripping tide and lots of weed.

We then went outside looking for birds and feeding blues or stripers. Despite a few scattered birds, it was just a nice day for being on the water. I did hear from a neighbor who went up past the wheel and managed a PB with a 50″ striper on a live bunker.

We headed back inside and waited out the last of the tide and weed until the bite returned. At one point, I had 7 ozs of lead and could barely hold! Finally, the bite was returned and I managed the 17+” shown in the photo.

The photo of the blackened tog was my dinner on Tuesday night from a 16+” fish caught off the bulkhead at Barnegat Light.

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