Tautog To Twenty Pounds Today

We went out after tautog Saturday morning. It was rough and cold. The fact that the night before was the PSWSFA Awards Banquet did not help. It was a better morning for sleeping in than for going fishing. We were out there at the crack of dawn, anchored up to a wreck, wind in our faces and a cold saltwater spray coming over the transom. While I was realizing that I was not comfortable, Wes Blow caught a couple of tautog. I asked the guys what they thought about just pretending that we had not gone fishing today and to give it another try on Sunday. Nobody thought that was a bad idea, even Wes. Sunday morning was much calmer and warmer. It did blow up during the afternoon but by that time we did not care. We had a box full of some impressive tautog. We did not do much for the tag-and-release effort this weekend. We did tag some. We did better at the collecting of DNA samples (and dinner). Everyone onboard weighed in at least one fish nine pounds or better.  A total of eight fished weighed over nine pounds. The heaviest was a twenty pound tautog caught by Jody Linthicum. Hunter Southall came in second with a sixteen pound fish.