Massa found super tog in R.I.

Capt Joe Massa from Morgan Marina fished with a group of avid tog fishermen last week in Rhode Island on The City By The Sea Charter. Capt. Heaney put the group on big tog along with quality sea bass. Massa said the tog bite for two days was epic. Dozens of fish between 6 and 12 lbs were caught by the group which released all the big tog . The fish were keyed in on big white leg crabs which Massa cut in half and used a slider rig with two hooks in the crab

Massa (see below) said City By The Sea Charters is the top bottom fish boat in Rhode Island, where the waters are the best for tautog in both quantity and quality which we don’t see in New Jersey.

Striper anglers should be sure to take in Chuck Many’s appearance at 6:30 this evening in the Tackle Box on Rt. 36 in Hazlet. Many is the top striper pro in the area, and he doesn’t hold anything back when discussing his techniques which have resulted in many 50-pounders being released from his Tyman out of Highlands.

A small craft advisory remains up through Sunday evening, but there’s finally some improvement in the weather. Sunday starts with north winds at 10-15 knots plus gusts to 20 and 4-6-foot seas. That should be good enough for most boaters to get into the opening day of the N.J. sea bass season on Sunday.