Fishing Spring Blackfish (Tautog) with Clams

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My guest was Capt. James Schneider of the James Joseph party and charter boats of Huntington, Long Island. On this show we delve into the differences between spring and fall blackfishing on Long Island Sound…which are astounding!

We cover the differences in bait between seasons, the hook setting techniques, how to fish different bottoms, how to anchor and why, how tog react on wrecks located on mud or silt vs. hard bottom reefs, tackle choices, the stand off leader rig along with our Boating Tip of the Week and much more from one of the best blackfisherman around…Capt. Jimmy Schneider can fish and he holds back no secrets in this episode.

Jim gives us some good history on the Sound and how some of the many wrecks got there and and from as far back as Colonial times!

We go over our tackle choices and touch base on why light tackle when togging is NOT sportsman like.