On Jan 20, 10:09*am, HK wrote:
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On Jan 20, 9:59 am, HK wrote:
Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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It seems like a majority of the striper fishermen in Chesapeake Bay use
heavy tackle to try to catch these fish. In trolling season, they slow
troll huge and heavy umbrella rigs, or single but monster sized hard
baits, or they'll further pollute the Bay by "chumming." It isn't unusual
to see 20 to 40 boats trolling the same small area, in hopes I guess, of
snagging a fish.
All this for fish that, relative to their size, don't fight that hard, at
least not around here. But typically they are the biggest fish in most of
the Bay, so lots of guys target them. The sad thing is that the larger
fish just don't taste very good.
Sometimes you'll see a pod of small, breaking fish, and if you have some
light tackle handle, you can toss a bait into the pod and catch a bluefish
or a striper.
If you want to catch a variety of decent-sized "fighting" fish around
here, you should fish the mouth of the Bay, near the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunner around Norfolk-Virginia Beach, or the nearshore or offshore
wrecks down there.
Good Lord...sounds like a light commercial operation.
I'm not that interested in fishing, but did enjoy taking the boys out with a
rod & reel when they were young. *Oddly enough, my #2 son seems to enjoy
fishing with his buddies on occasion. He's already eying my Yukon but I
insisted he take the course & get his 'Operator' card first.
Plus...some first hand familiarization on operating the boat.
Might be easier just to send him down to Capt Tom SW for a bootcamp first.
Yeah, that'll do it...bootcamp with SW Tom. The mounties will arrest him
at the border upon his return.

As for the slow trolling with heavy tackle, well, there are plenty of
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That's got to be almost as boring as flounder fishing...

Especially flounder fishing in Lake Lanier.- Hide quoted text -

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Your childish nature is something to behold.....