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1. Coastal Mid-Atlantic Fishing Report, August 2023

   … producing a lot of Spanish mackerel and bluefish for boats trolling small Drone and Clark spoons. Good sized flounder … they are good at picking the bait off the hook. Boats trolling along the oceanfront off Virginia are catching a mix of bluefish and Spanish mackerel while trolling Drone or Clark spoons, along with some cutlassfish. …

2. Gearing Up Part III: Choosing the Ideal Jigging Gear

   … Gearing Up, Part II: Choosing The Best Chesapeake Bay Trolling Gear Tags …

3. Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, May 2019

   … Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, May 31 Update: Trolling still seems to be the most productive means of … Upper Bay has been producing fish just north of the bridge. Trolling still seems to be the most productive means of … locations is a good tactic.  Fishbones recommends trolling light tackle, such as small tandems, spoons, and …

4. Fishing for Beginners: How to Fish for Bluefish

   … techniques, with the most popular forms being casting and trolling. The most important thing to keep in mind when … they can’t chop through with their sharp teeth. When trolling anglers often favor metal spoons that are at least … get bitten off. Spoons are a good option when trolling, since the toothy blues can't bite through them. …

5. Way South Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, September 2022

   … There hasn’t appeared to be one hotspot, so if you are trolling along channel ledges, you should be hooking up. … mackerel cruising around the Lower Bay and oceanfront. Trolling Drone or Clark spoons behind planers at seven to … on jigs. Other baits that have been hooking up while trolling are large surgical tubes towed at around five …

6. Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, May 2024

   … concentration is already there again this year. A boat trolling near the shipping docks mentioned that they located … catfish up to 24 inches in the Dundalk area. Trolling for rockfish at Love Point provided this surprise … stages this year. We did see a report from a boat that was trolling channel edges at the mouth of the Patapsco River …

7. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 2025

   … but by 8:30 the action was complete. Multiple readers trolling in the mid-bay between the Stone Rock and … all around, but they’re barely-keeper size. One angler trolling down the Bay catching little blues, however, had a … Phil landed this jumbo bull redfish while trolling this week.  Reports Editor Dillon Waters …

8. Spanish Mackerel Fishing on Light Tackle

   … way to stack Spanish mackerel into a fishbox is trolling for them with planers and spoons. Another truth: … fish and half the time “fighting” them to the boat on trolling gear is akin to winching your boat onto the … Slim Jims, Kastmasters, and the like. You can also use trolling spoons like Drones but will need to add an ounce or …

9. Hot New Fishing Gear, December 2017

   … lure. Rapala X Rap Magnum 40 If you like trolling those jaw-breaking monster lipped plugs, then … get to experience during our test was Yamaha's Variable Trolling RPM. We did, however, get to play with some other … that had this optional feature. And, we love it. Variable Trolling RPM allows you to adjust rpm by tiny increments …

10. Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, July 2022

    … of Windmill Point, with up to five fish in the boat. Trolling spoons behind planers was the ticket, and silver or … near the Target Ships. We also heard from anglers trolling these same areas who caught plenty of blues up to … schools as opposed to being more widespread. A reader trolling PLO to the Target Ship reported that chartreuse and …