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Originally Posted by hartattack
Growing up on Long Island I used to target them off a North Shore pier. My brother and friends would be bailing flounders with garden worms while I sought Tog using Fiddler Crabs. They would switch over when they saw my success but when they baited up with Fiddlers on their Flounder rigs they learned how strong Tog were - straightened hooks ! Now I had to give my bro Fiddlers and Virginia hooks: he hasn't stopped grubbing off me since  We never targeted Tog in the Sound when we were older and started fishing from boats. Stripers were more glamorous then. I know Virginias are obsolete but does anyone still use Fiddlers ? . . . |
Fiddlers get hit fast, but I dunno, you miss too many hits, and the hooks are constantly getting cleaned off.. Too many shorts as well.. I like greens a lot better, but I can recall when fiddlers were a standard bait on party boats certain times of year.. green carbs and white leggers stand up better.
Virginia hooks to me are every bit as good a blackfish hook today as they were 40 years ago, and I have no idea why they are no longer in use. I still use them when I can find them.. they are a good solid performer, but like many things simply fell out of favor over time... bob
