After weeks of windy weather, we finally got a calm window on a weekend. We had a good day yesterday on some of the inshore wrecks in the Triangle Reef area. We caught 30 nice tautog, some sea bass and a big hake. No monster tog but no little ones either. Ric Burnley caught our three biggest tog. One was almost 10 pounds and the two others were almost 9 pounds. Most of the fish were in the 17 inch range. We kept a few sea bass and Ric also caught a 10-pound hake. We were using green and blue crabs and some clam for bait. We kept a 16 tog limit and tagged the rest.

That is awesome! Great report!!!!

I think I read somewhere Hake eat pretty damn good...anybody ever try'em?

Thanks for the report Ken. Look forward to getting out there this weekend.

Mark

Nice job fellas!! Great fish...and seas look nice and flat!!! Thanks for the report!!

yes, the meat has an odd mushy texture when u clean it and the fish itself stinks and is slimy like an eel - kinda a pain to clean. it tasted a lot better than i expected when i cooked it.

Nice fish guys.

From the VA Pilot:

While tog fishing around the Triangle Reef, Ric Burnley of Virginia Beach caught what would have been an International Game Fish Association all-tackle world record red hake. The current record is 7 pounds, 15 ounces. Burnley's fish weighed 10-12, but it was filleted for dinner.

nice fish. congrats . sounds like a fun day on the water.