How to catch tog with shrimp.....

[Tony Cav]

Steve,

With all due respect, are you saying that shrimp will out fish crabs, greenies, white leggers or otherwise, day in and day out? I know they will eat 'em but I would need some convincing to fish shrimp exclusivly.

More power to ya.

Tony C

[Blackfish Doug]

The one thing I will say is it won't stay on your line very long. When using the
Shrimp you got to be ready for a very fast hook set. Most of the time by the time you lock up your reel into gear your into a bite. I still prefer some of my other baits that you did not mention. But Steve did beat me out this year for a nice pool on a shrimp on the very last drop of the day. His fish even beat out my Cod that day.

[shrimpman steve]

Doug, that was a fun day on the water. I remember it well! Lots of laughs, I remeber that fish hit like a ton of bricks when I was talking to (that's my fish) Mike. - also remember the question to the yellow bait stealers "did you bring that shrimp on your hook?" What a day!

Labs, I will never say that one bait will always outfish another! But I will say that the shrimp usually comes thru for me enough times that I use it exclusivly! Give it a try!

Steve

[Blackfish Doug]

Yeah Steve that day was more funnier than a comic roast. Tell all the boys I said hello we will be getting together soon it's coming up to our season now.
I sent you a email I don't want to post it here.
Doug.

[jmurr711]

good to hear the shrimpman discussing his no longer secret weapon it means tog times almost here,i will second his reccomendation of the cooked shrimp as my old man caught them well on the cooked more then fresh,but i caught bigger on my baby blues. it seems every year a new bait arrives for tog i hear its all about the mitten crabs this year

[Clam Strings]

Cait wait till first nice weekend blackfishing everyone on the MBH and other sponsers are gonna be using shirmp...

[Clam Strings]

Originally Posted by Bruce C

The asian markets sell whole head on shrimp. Did you ever try them Steve? I was on the Angler a couple years ago and when Cristine was cleaning some guys ling there was Italian sausage in their bellies. He was using it for bait.

Bruce i got you beat..When i was workin on the D thier was some customers throwning Chicken bones over the side..Well the end of the day when i was cutting fish i had about 12-15 ling all with chicken bones in them...they eat anything...



sean

[homer514]

Steve
When your book comes out can have your autograph(lol)

[Kup]

If they're eating chicken why would we sacrifice shrimp? I can personally vouch for Steve's black fish catches with shrimp. The shrimp were catching right away but it took a while before they started chewing on crabs when I was out with him.

[MartyS]

Originally Posted by homer514

Steve
When your book comes out can have your autograph(lol)

What's the name of his book..."Hypoallergenic Bait Selection for East Coast Recreational Fishing"? "Supermarket Fishing Baits"?

With Gulp so popular, maybe someone else can publish "The Berkely Gulp Recipe Book".