Date: 4/28/17
Location: Newport, RI
Report Contributor: Dave Gleeson
It’s that time of year again!!! The water temp has finally
creeped to 50 degrees, and the tog are back in their spring haunts. We set out
this Saturday to look for the first fish of the year, and were handsomely
rewarded.
Visibility was a hazy 6 feet, but certainly good enough to
hunt. We began seeing tog holed up under
boulders in the first 10 minutes or so, and got to work filling our stringers.
I shot a nice male shortly after, but had to spend nearly 30 minutes pulling it
from a cave that it retreated to. While I was dealing with that mess, my dive
partners both limited out with a few really nice fish to 23”.
The weather doesn’t look great for the next few days, but if
you can find a rockpile in the lee then you stand a good chance at finding some
early season tog. If you own a dive light, use it! If you don’t, give
NEFreedive a call and get one! With the water still cold, the majority of fish
were deep in caves and hiding in rocks, and having a light may be the
difference between going home with a full stringer or going home empty handed.
Happy hunting, DIVE SAFE
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