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1. Five Tricks for Catching More Tuna

   … the same day. There will be times when the fish are on a trolling bite, others when chunking is the for-sure … trap floats for mahi-mahi. After many fruitless hours of trolling, we began that hacking and prepped a five-gallon bucket of chunks. Then we cranked in the trolling lines and started heading for a line of floats. But …

2. Fishing for Oceanic Winter Stripers

   … shot at hooking into a once-in-a-lifetime rockfish. Trolling for Ocean Run Stripers Most seasons the … locate them on any given day without covering some water. Trolling allows you to do so. Spreads consist of … Standard umbrellas and tandems are effective trolling gear for oceanic stripers. A standard …

3. Weather to Make the Call: Offshore Fishing Backup Plans

   … carrying a box of squid regardless of Plan B, because trolling the “Squidly” will often save the day when tuna … and how fast they’re moving? Yeah, we thought so. Trolling the Lumps Whichever port you leave from there … rather catch the fish on light spinning gear start out by trolling, and after you hook up and figure out where the …

4. Way South Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, August 2021

   … number-three planers. As the mackerel prefer a rather zippy trolling speed, tugging your set up along at seven or eight knots is a good idea. See Finding the Ideal Mackerel Trolling Speed to ascertain the best possible pace at any … drum in town, vying for the attention of anglers. Trolling for Spanish mackerel and blues was popular again …

5. Offshore Fishing Tips: Catch what you CAN!

   … of his kids inheritance was spent on 30 and 50 pound class trolling rods, a couple deep dropping outfits, lures, … the weather over the course of the next few days, offshore trolling, bailing, and deep dropping tactics were all … yellowfin. I watched as the boat grew smaller and smaller, trolling northward on the 100 fathom line, and thought: you …

6. Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, December 2023

   … rockfish have anglers braving the cold and jigging and trolling their way to new PBs one after the next. Reader … Todd got into this striped sea monster while trolling in the Potomac. Potomac anglers have been … and 36-inch fish while light tackle jigging. Another boat trolling umbrellas reeled in some very big fish at 41 and 49 …

7. Tuna on Topwater

   … all around us at Poormans Canyon, there are five boats trolling for yellowfin in the frenzy, and all of our baits … We’re going to need a tougher plug. We ditch all the trolling gear and try chugging a seven-inch Chug Norris and … from June through September, and never had a problem trolling up strikes when tuna were at the surface. There was …

8. Casting for Spanish Mackerel: Mack Speed

   … for predicting the most effective Spanish mackerel trolling speed on any given day based on water temperatures (see Finding the Ideal Spanish Mackerel Trolling Speed ). It works like a charm - and we generally … to the perfect time to chase Spanish mackerel. The ideal trolling speed when the water is 85 degrees is estimated at …

9. Three Must Have Lures For Mid-Atlantic Anglers

   … fishing is your favorite way to wet a line, offshore trolling is your main gig, or you think nothing beats … mid-sized bucktails for jigging, and giant bucktails for trolling. You can find ‘em in a million different shapes, … through the water, and they can be used for everything from trolling from a boat to casting from the shoreline. Some …

10. Flat Out Fantastic Flounder Fishing

    … in deeper water, in hopes of ambushing their meals. Slow-trolling usually allows you to cover more area and … more groceries on those very humid late summer days. Trolling for Flounder Slow-trolling is just that: going super-slow and hovering over, …