Sunday Tog..

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Left Candor at 2:20 am, arrived at 6:45.. Fished a NS from Highlands.. Known about the boat and captain for years, first time out with him..
We went out I think to the Scotland Grounds area, and i was stunned by the hundreds and hundreds of boats, already there when we arrived.. Those poor fish are getting pounded, we were only yards apart and this went on for miles.. Never seen anything like it this time of year
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Fishing was quite slow really.. Slow pick at best.. I did better than most, with 3 keepers, and about 7 shorts for the day.. Guy right next to me did about the same,, We were tight up in the port bow first drop, and that was the "hot" spot... After that we caught very little, just a few shorts.. The stern was dead pretty much, just a few keeps, sides were dead too, a few keepers and shorts..

I and the guy next to me shared the pool, getting carbon copy 4 pounders.. Many good fisherman caught no keepers, a few had one or two.. Not great fishing.. Guy next to me had whites and never had a touch on them.. Greens worked best it seemed ...
We were in the midst of a dozen other head boats, a few of which said the had good fishing today , others said they had poor fishing, so perhaps we just didn't set up on the right rock piles.. I dunno...
It was great to be the " hot hand" for a change, get some keepers and win a pool, even though it was shared.. My tog trips for the past few years have been truly awful.. I typically pick slow days, and then get on the boat late, and always seem to pick the dead part of the boat to fish from!

I can't complain... 3 nice keepers isn't great, but it was better than a lot of good anglers could muster this day.. I had forgotten how well blackfish fight as its been several years since I have gotten down there this late in the year and targeted them.....
Good captain, tons of experience.. Just wasn't our day overall.. The life wasn't there, or they were not chewing.. Even the bergalls were slow believe it or not.. You would go 20 minutes at a time with not hits at all.. Current was running pretty hard in a few spots, but certainly was manageable...
I hope to get out for ling and cod once this winter.. We'll see what happens.... bob