Beast Mode: Hunting the Biggest Tog of Your Life
Join the dedicated group of hardcore bottom fishermen who spend a ridiculous amount of time in winter pursuit of “personal best” blackfish.
Inshore
Build a Rod Rack
Build a simple and inexpensive storage system this winter to keep your rods safe and secure.
Dockside: It’s Time for Herring
Bundle up, grab some gear and head for one of the many docks and piers that offer a shot at winter herring action.
Light Touch Tog: The Art of Jigging Blackfish
Try a light tackle focus on tautog and you may find a brand new way of prompting finicky blackfish to bite – and bite hard!
Kayak Tog Tactics
A kayak provides the perfect vessel from which to target shallow-water blackfish in the fall.
Pollock Slam!
Travel north to experience a groundfish blitz in the Gulf of Maine this fall.
Fall Togging
From the days of heavy, tarred handlines to the jigs preferred by many today, the blackfish remains a fall staple throughout New England.
Bigger Biscuits: Diamonds for Sea Bass
Turn to diamond jigs and teasers to target humpback sea bass this fall.
Kayak Stripers: Troll an Eel
It’s tough to beat a live eel when big stripers are on your itinerary.
North Shore: Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Tog
Long Island Sound is rich in rocky bottom that is ideal for housing structure-loving blackfish.
Hard Nosed Harbor Blues
Bluefish prowl Western Sound harbors in late summer and early fall, providing some exciting shallow water action.
Final Hour Flukin’: Peanut Bunker & Doormats
Young of the year bunker make their run towards the coast this month, and trophy fluke (and you) should be there.
Debunking Bunker Bassin’
An outline to live-lining Atlantic menhaden for trophy stripers in the northeast
The Kayak Advantage: Crack & Cast Porgies
There is no better way to target shallow-water fish, including porgies, than from a kayak.
Know Your Puffers: It Could Save Your Life
Contrary to what some believe, the blowfish (northern puffers) common to our region are perfectly safe to eat, but beware of the increasing number of smooth puffers showing up in our waters; they can kill you.
Albie Tricks
If you’re not prepared with some larger offerings in your tackle bag, your chance of scoring is diminished.
