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Another Beautiful Bay Day!
Calif Bill wrote:
"John H" wrote in message ... With my buddy Rich (better known as "Gimp") I took the "PocoLoco" out for her first fishing trip after my trip to Holland. We left the dock about 7:15, headed for buoy #83 east of Deale. Upon hitting 30' of water we put the lines out, two umbrella rigs and two tandem parachute rigs. Within 30 minutes one of the reels began screaming and we pulled in a 35" rockfish on a chartreuse parachute. (That's similar to a bucktail, with a plastic 9" sassy shad attached.) The fish put up a decent fight, although rockfish are not known for their fights. We continued trolling for about four more hours, but didn't even have a bite. At $2.20 per gallon for gas, a total of five hours trolling at a four gallon per hour fuel consumption rate, that fish cost about $44. Not bad for a nice rockfish, only a little over $1 per inch! The weather was spectacular, light breeze, waves about one foot. It was a gorgeous day! John H On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! I do not understand the trolling for stripers with umbrella rigs. No wonder there is little fight. Too much gear. We troll for stripers in the Sacramento Delta and SF bay with either HairRaisers or rebels with a worm tail trailer. That way we can catch them on 12-17# line. Fight well. Bill There is a growing contingent of fishermen in Chesapeake Bay who are beginning to realize that when you use an umbrella rig, what you really are doing is catching heavy metal. Stripers are not great fighters, especially on the heavy tackle you need to handle the typical umbrella rig. Many fishermen have good success trolling for stripers with parachute jigs tipped with artificials. I use these once in a while, but I use the lightest chutes around...and I use fairly light tackle, even when trolling for stripers. There are a couple of places between where Herring fishes and I fish where you can catch stripers by trolling nothing more than a real or artificial sandworm. Sandworms are the traditional striper trolling bait up north, and they work in the Bay, too. I've also caught stripers while anchored near structure...using chunk bait. The endless hours of trolling heavy rigs for stripers...and then reeling in a heavy umbrella rig...not for me. Besides, at best, stripers are third-rate table fare. To me, the real Bay table fish is flounder. |
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