Short Fishing Trip Looking For Striped Bass & Tog

I had a few hours to quickly sneak out and hit the water fishing for striped bass and tog!

The goal was to catch TWO species in just ONE trip.

I’ll walk you through the entire day including my mindset as the day progressed in the video below!!

Fishing For Striped Bass & Tog [VIDEO]

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Equipment Used On This Trip:

The first spot I stopped off at was basically the reason for launching close nearby.

There is shallow water pushing around a point that makes for an ideal fishing spot.

On the bottom, there is about a 1-foot trench that the bass usually sit down in.

I had started throwing the Dart Spin and had some luck with a few taps and one hookup.

But I knew I had to get just a bit deeper so I switched over to the Alabama Leprechaun rigged on a heavier jighead.

After catching a few fish, I pushed out to fish the other spots I picked out along a sod bank.

I threw the lure as close as I could to the bank and worked it slowly back to me.

With limited time on the water, I picked up and went out to target tog (blackfish) after reeling in a few more bass.

I went out to the inlet where there are plenty of rocks and perfect structure for tog.

The tog bite was ON immediately!

All I needed was some green crabs and the tog were on the hook.

As we often do – I lost track of time focusing on tog fishing which meant I pretty much had to head straight back to the launch.

But one point stood out to me that I just had to toss a line near.

BOOM!

That ended up being the biggest fish of the trip.

Conclusion

This ended up being a really fun trip and I’m glad I was able to hook into both species and the day went according to the plan.

Just goes to show the power of a pre-trip plan and having some spots already selected based on the conditions will help you catch more fish later on.

Did any questions come to mind while watching the footage from this trip?

Please go ahead and ask me in the comments section below this article!!

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Joseph Billups
1 year ago

Nice video Rich. I like the way that you shared both species targeted in the same trip. We’ll have to connect in the spring so I can get one of those schoolies and break the 0-for on my Hobie in terms of Stripers! Hope you are well!

Tim Markley
1 year ago

I noticed that you were using a Penn Fierce III 3000. I just received a Penn Fierce III 5000 for Christmas. What is your recommendation for the right rod to match it with. I will be fishing mostly inshore.
Thanks, Tim

Tim Markley
1 year ago
Reply to  Richard Natoli

Thank you.

Matk Johnson
1 year ago

Great video. Made me homesick for fishing the Barnegat inlet sod banks for same . Miss my stripers and tide runner weakies.

Daniel Green
1 year ago

I like what I see, but I don’t have a boat of any kind, do you have any infro for fishing onshore around the city limits

Dino
1 year ago

Where are you fishing and what temperature is it?

Marty sailers
1 year ago

I love to fish but what I want to know is what’s the best lure for bass in cold water in the fall

A Rollins
1 year ago
Reply to  Marty sailers

Well, that depends upon the forage and size of the bass. For example, I use small baits for the schoolies, in Maine. They are always the last to leave during mid-October. I fish off a bridge at night near the structure’s shadow, with a 4″ gulp jerk shad in the smelt color, on a 1/4 jighead. That combo kills’em every year until they get smart to it. Then I’ll switch over to a 1-ounce Kastmaster. Jigging it 3-5 feet below the water’s surface. Again, near the bridge’s shadow. The bridge’s shadow is their favorite ambush point, starting an hour or two before and after high or low tides. In my experience, the high tide produces more because there’s more water to fish.

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