What is a good blackfish rod?

The rod and reel combo we recommend for deep water blackfish (tautog) should be capable of handling 50lb braid. The rod should be 6’6″-7″ with a fast to extra-fast action. We prefer a rod that has a little more beef to the rod to muscle the fish away from the structure.

What is a blackfish rod?

Type: blackfish (luderick) rod. As graphite construction not super whippy like a fibreglass rod but is ultra sensitive to feel and bite detection. Makes a fantastic ultra light beach rod for whiting, bream and flathead. Length: 10ft 6 inches.

Are blackfish good?

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.

What line is tautog on?

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. His main leader is 50-pound-test fluorocarbon.

How do you catch a blackfish rock?

Traditional baits like cunjevoi, abalone gut, sea cabbage algae and limpets, and their abundance in any area, is a good indicator that you are fishing the right spot. Deep channels between fingers of rocks where the waves flow through, filling the area, are ideal for the fish to congregate and feed.

What is the best time to catch blackfish?

The best months of the year to catch tautog The blackfish is a cold-water fish. They prefer a water temp ranging from 50 °F to 60 °F but they can also bite when the water temperature is between 45 °F to 75 °F. Because of that, you are more likely to find the blackfish nearshore during the spring and fall months.

What is the best bait to catch blackfish?

Good bait means good blackfish fishing. Green string or gut weed, sea lettuce or cabbage and fine brown weed all grow on rock platforms, in rock pools and on pylons and mud beds at various times.

Will blackfish eat clams?

A Taste for Shellfish The diet of fall blackfish consists primarily of shellfish, including crabs, lobsters, clams, mussels, and barnacles. They’ll eagerly eat a sandworm, if you can get one past the scup, sea robins, and cunners.

How big do blackfish get?

Tautogs can grow to 3 feet or about 22 pounds, but most fish are between 2 and 8 pounds. Blackfish feed mostly on mussels, clams and crabs and only feed during the day. The greenish coloration in the fins is caused by this fish’s diet, primarily blue mussels. And yes, they are a delicious food fish!

What does tautog taste like?

What does tautog taste like? Although most people consider tautog an ‘ugly’ fish, they’re sweet in flavor, yielding firm, mild, and white fillets. Tog do not have a distinct ‘fishy’ odor and are not oily in comparison to sardines, mackerel, and pelagic fish.

How big is a blackfish bottom fishing rod?

Nice bend, not fast or stiff, and for a composite rod extremely light (blank weight is 5.4oz) Most guys mvong away from the old school Blackfish rods have to be broomsticks really like this, because they get the power that they are used to, with half teh weight. The 735 is rated 25-50# and up to 16oz.

Can a Ling rod be used for blackfish?

This would be a ling rod mostly maybe blackfish also. The natural progression is to catch Balckfish form shore, then turn into a boat guy. Just look at this site, the guy who started it used to bust our balls abotu boat fishing, then he got a boat and never goes surf fishing anymore.

When was blackfin saltwater fishing rods first made?

Blackfin was started in 1997. For more than twenty-four years it has been producing the highest quality rods from an American company, priding itself on hand-crafted fishing rods. This is a process that only a handful of rod manufacturing companies can testify to practicing.

What kind of Reel do I need for blackfish?

A good conventional reel on a medium to heavy rod is best. Select a reel that can handle 30/50lb braided line. The rod should have enough beef to handle sinker weights up to 16oz, yet must have a sensitive enough tip to feel the subtler tog bites.