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  1. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, March 2020

    … was the norm). If you want to try some catch-and-release trolling, remember that it shuts down as of April 1. … multiple readers who caught between one and four fish while trolling (with the six-line maximum/no barb/no stinger rules …

  2. Way South Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, December 2021

    … many as a half-dozen in an outing, via a mix of live eels, trolling, and jigging (listed by order of effectiveness). … while light tackle casters are hauling live eels for slow-trolling or drifting; we didn’t hear from any successful … late fall football-shaped fatties. Anglers that aren’t trolling have generally been opting to jig, finding large …

  3. December Tangier Sound Fishing Report, 2018

    … out into the Bay proper can produce some catch and release trolling action and some monster fish were caught this past … can be found before stripers are shut down completely by trolling with weighted tandems run at 30-plus feet …

  4. Fishing the Choptank River: 10 Top Hotspots

    … to airplanes provides habitat prime for everything from trolling to casting light tackle in the shallows. Far from … locate it is to come armed with side-scan and an electric trolling motor, and creep along gingerly. Once the rocks are …

  5. Offshore Fishing: Location, Location, Location

    … one of “those” days when hour upon hour of fruitless trolling made it seem like a bust trip, before suddenly, a … structure attracts fish of the non-pelagic variety. If trolling turns out to be a bust, golden tilefish , rose …

  6. September 2018 Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report

    … and last weekend made plenty of people rather miserable. Trolling has been ratcheting up, with many of the boats … Point to Chesapeake Beach has been picking up for both trolling and livelining, with a lot of undersized fish but … for stripers, blues, and also mackerel. Topwater and trolling are in a weird boat right now, with these methods …

  7. Severn River Hotspots

    … from numerous boats and recreational paddlers may make trolling a difficult task in Spa Creek, so it’s generally … than likely the answer is no. True, you might see some fish trolling along the way, and it is fantastic exercise, but if … as Whitehall Bay. Save the time paddling or pedaling by trolling for rockfish with lipped plugs or bucktails on the …

  8. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, October 2024

    … getting smacked. A reader reported that light-tackle trolling Rat-L-Traps produced a fish as well. … up a couple slot rock and a puppy drum by light-tackle trolling paddletails and Rattle Traps in six to 10 feet of …

  9. Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, December 2020

    … pick up from the Smith Point area, especially for anglers trolling deep with weighted parachutes, tandems, and Mojos. … (though more small fish there dominated the action there). Trolling Mojos, umbrellas, and Stretches has been the ticket. Trolling has also been effective in the open Bay along the …

  10. Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report

    … The second and third place fish were caught by anglers trolling the Bay Bridge north, however, the winner caught … the Magothy. Fishbones reported that anglers trolling six-inch green Tsunami shads were getting into some …