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1. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, January 2022

   … fishing with minnow under a bobber, as well as slow trolling them or using soft plastics. Generally, not many … the ticket, and some other anglers have found that slow-trolling does the trick. At the mill ponds, the same tactics … method, and some anglers have been finding success slow trolling them, but as of last weekend Contributor Eric …

2. Fishing Around Buoys

   … and east of the buoy where there is a long slough are trolling hotspots from spring through fall and jigging spots … and the artificial reef. The shoal edge is a traditional trolling hotspot. But don’t try trolling over the reef structure unless you like to snag and …

3. Fishing the Rappahannock River

   … One day perhaps they’ll return. In the meantime, trolling the channel edges often produces snapper blues in … where the main channel meets the drop-off. Casting jigs and trolling alongside the bridge are the most common tactics …

4. PB Striped Bass

   … targeted these fish with stock-and-trade spring trophy trolling tactics. Planer boards, tandems, and umbrellas were … today, though stinger hooks should be removed from your trolling rigs; during March the use of stingers in Maryland waters is prohibited while trolling, as is the use of barbed hooks (barbless only). …

5. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, June 2025

   … doing the trick and a speck also hitting on occasion. Boats trolling around the mouth of the Choptank near the Sharp’s … Two boats checked in each with less than a dozen after trolling the area with hoses and spoons. Unfortunately, … the “spoonbrella” rigs have been out catching other trolling gear on recent trips. Most of these blues are …

6. Southern Chesapeake and Virginia Fishing Report, August 2017

   … croaker are mixed in with the catch as well. Inshore trolling, Spanish mackerel and small blues remain the name … but a few boats are getting into them either chunking or trolling. 

7. Middle Chesapeake Bay fishing Report, July 2022

   … mixed in with the blues. Uber-fast retrieves and bumping trolling speed up to six mph or over will help keep the … with similar reports of hefty bluefish catches while trolling Clark spoons, and we also had a report of one …

8. Coastal Mid-Atlantic Fishing Report, June 2018

   … sea bass. The Ocean City Fishing Center reported that trolling has been the most popular tactic, however it has … docks, with most reports are coming from the canyons where trolling has been the primary mode of fishing. A couple of …

9. Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, October 2019

   … throughout the rivers and accessible to anglers slow-trolling with small white bucktails or casting plastics to … down. The Spanish mackerel bite remains stellar for anglers trolling the channel edges and the Middle Grounds. Boats … and fishing under them is producing a variety of species. Trolling through working birds or casting a metal lure and …

10. June 2017 Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report

    … of these spots and filling their coolers have either been trolling red hoses and Tsunamis, or chumming with bunker. … the mud flats. There is both a chumming bite as well as a trolling bite in these areas, with red hoses and Tsunamis … pulling spoons, umbrella rigs, and shad-body lures. The trolling bite hasn’t seemed quite as good as chumming, …