In this piece, I’m going to discuss the subject What Is The Best Size Hook For Blackfish?, and I’m going to do my best to provide as much relevant information as I can.
Personally, I use Owner Octopus Cutting Point hooks in size 5/0 for most blackfish trips; 4/0 are perfect in the springtime when using clams for bait, and 6/0 if fishing for
trophy fish
with large,
hard crabs
for bait, but 5/0 is good middle ground.
What size hooks for
tautog fishing
?
Tautog Rigs He favors a single-hook bottom blackfish rig with the sinker suspended just two or three inches below a size 5/0 Gamakatsu octopus-style hook that is snelled to a 12-inch length of 80-pound, abrasion-resistant monofilament line.
Best Blackfish Bait: What is the best blackfish bait
Green crabs are by far the most
common species
of crab used as bait for blackfish. Extremely abundant, green crabs are an invasive species that showed up from Europe in the mid to late 1800s. It is believed they were hitchhikers on the bottom of wooden boats.
Are
circle hooks good
for tautog?
Any angler who can wait for a decent thump and then slowly lift the rod can catch with circle hooks As for size, many anglers favor 1/0 or 2/0, but I have seen too many hooks of that size straightened out when faced with the brute strength of a tautog fighting to get back into the rocks.
What is the
best time
to catch blackfish?
Best Time to Fish – It is best to go fishing for tautog during the daylight hours. Best Tide for Blackfish Fishing – You should go fishing 3 hours before a
high tide
to 3 hours after the high tide.
How do you hook a tautog?
Tautog:
Tautog teeth are built to crush shellfish and they aren’t crab-shy. Insert the hook point through a rear leg socket and out the top of the shell It’s okay to hook several small crabs at once, as tog are notorious for picking off the bait, and not getting hooked.
Blackfish Hard: Is blackfish hard to catch
As far as eating goes, the blackfish is one of the best tasting fish to come from the sea. However, it is also one of the most difficult fish to catch It is notorious for not only stripping bait off a hook before a fisherman can react but also for breaking line and taking sinkers and rigs with it.
Can you catch blackfish on lures?
Blackfish:
In the fall, blackfish have to compete against swarms of porgies and small sea bass, which tear apart a soft bait before a blackfish can even find it. And it only makes sense that it’s easier to hook a blackfish on a soft bait because there’s no hard crab shell in the way.
Do blackfish eat at night?
Blackfish:
Juvenile and adult blackfish (tautog) are exclusively daytime feeders, with
feeding peaks
at dawn and dusk. They are so inactive at night that divers can easily catch them by hand as they lie motionless on the bottom. There is no sense in targeting them at night.
Pound Leader: Who is the
pound leader
for blackfish
Use 40-80 lb main line and 60-100lb leader. Black fish are not line shy, so have the extra bit to land the big fish. Too many times I see people catch plenty of tog and always lose the hog on there 30 lb test. Your 30 lb test becomes a lot weaker once it frays or get’s a nick in it.
Tog Fishing: What tide is best for tog fishing
Try to catch the tide an hour before and an hour after the high slack so that your rig stays in place long enough for a tog to find it. Bulkheads allow anglers to fish straight up and down, as the sheer face of these manmade structures attract tautog right to an angler’s feet.
References
https://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55847