Nice Perch - 11-12

[seahuntr]

Very nice mess of perch! I grew up primarily perch fishing, with family fish fry following, and still enjoy it.

I hope you don't mind a slight change in topic - Is there any reasonably sure way to go out and target/catch a toadfish

[garlien]

Wow Don you really do miss those "toadfish"....

Not sure they go for the umbrellas...

[Skip]

If you honestly had your heart set on a Toadfish - I'd try around the bay bridge rock piles right now.

Frozen peeler or cut bait will likely draw one in.

Trick is to get bait in the rocks - Toads love those nooks / crannies.

Summer - you'll get them near the base of pilings - often near slack current.

Most oyster bars have them too - one nickname for them is " oyster cracker ".

They wear that name for a reason - watch your fingers when near their mouth.

I've had them break #4 hooks. Their jaws are very powerful.

[seahuntr]

Anna wants to get another toad. I probably really should have concentrated more on toads while the weather was nice.

Now if I can get a decent enough day for her out on the bay, we'll probably be heading well south of the BB. I think I can find some shell bottom without going out of the way too much, so I'll try to take bait along and give that a go and see if anything's biting - thanks.

[Spot77]

Originally Posted by Skip

If you honestly had your heart set on a Toadfish - I'd try around the bay bridge rock piles right now.

Frozen peeler or cut bait will likely draw one in.

Trick is to get bait in the rocks - Toads love those nooks / crannies.

Summer - you'll get them near the base of pilings - often near slack current.

Most oyster bars have them too - one nickname for them is " oyster cracker ".

They wear that name for a reason - watch your fingers when near their mouth.

I've had them break #4 hooks. Their jaws are very powerful.

Lucky for me, the first time I caught a Toadfish (I was about 14) there was an old timer sitting on the pier who warned me about their destructive jaws. Otherwise I'd probably be missing a finger or 2 now.

I've never caught one in the Chesapeake, but I've hooked plenty down in the bays behind Ocean City. Just using good ol' bloodworms if I remember correctly.