On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:54:49 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:47:47 -0500, John H
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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:48:51 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:37:21 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:12:10 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Damn - that's a lot of choggies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ZpZ6zvVJM

In case you don't know what a choggie is, the family name is Wrasse
and it's a close relative of the tautog (black fish).

Looks like some nice, healthy water. Wonder if there are any spots
left in the Chesapeake like that. I doubt it.

Got me - I haven't been to the Chesapeake in years.

I have it on shaky authority that you can slow troll the Chesapeake
and catch huge amounts of stripers, both in size and quantity, in
record time.

The Chesapeake can't be that bad.

I've heard of folk slow trolling and catching stripers, trout,
flounder, croaker and a few spot and blue fish. All in one day, and,
presumably, all with the same bait.

Some folk are just excellent fishertaletellers.

Well, I've heard that some folks only pretend to use their boats and
make up stories about going out on other friends boats when they are
really at home posting on wrecked boats.

I've also heard that one person doesn't actually own the boat that
person claims to own and that it really belongs to a type of
corporation for member use.

That's what I heard anyway.

No real way to know if it's true though - if you get my drift.

Drift fishing is a whole 'nuther method in and of itself. There's an
art to drift fishing. Lotsa lobstermen use the drift fishing method.
Makes it easier to find the traps if you just use one. Just kind of
drift around. Let the lobsters jump in as you go by.

Yup. Drift fishing is where it's at, I reckon. Don't know for a fact
though. If you ...
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John H