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Key Fishing
Areas of the Chesapeake Bay
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Bloody
Point
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Thomas
Point
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Buoy # 83,
Off Chesapeake Beach
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C & R
Buoy
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Clay Banks
Buoy
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Gooses
Bell Buoy
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Mouth of
Eastern Bay
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Parkers
Creek
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Calvert
Cliffs Power Point
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Cove Point
Gas Plant
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Love Point
Buoy
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Swan
Point, Channel Edge Along Brewerton Channel
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Bay Bridge
Along Shipping Channel
Spring Time
Trolling Set Up
Weight (oz)
Line Out (Ft)
Lure
0
200
Bucktail
2
300
Bucktail
4
250
Bucktail
6
175
White
or Chrome Tony Acetta
8
125
Umbrella
10
125
Umbrella
12
85
Umbrella
16
90
Umbrella
20
100 or
75
Umbrella
24
50
Umbrella
28
50
Umbrella
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All
weights are in line cigar sinkers
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Some of
the bucktails are double rigged with 9" shads
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Some of
the umbrella rigs are double rigged and other have a single bucktail or
parachute with a 9" shad on the baits with the hook(s)
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Colors of
choice are White, Chartreuse, Chartreuse Sparkle, Pearl with Black and Pearl
with Blue Back
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Planner
boards are very effective with umbrella rigs fished just below the surface
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Use a 25 ft to a 30 ft
leader of at least 50-60lb test
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Use good Sampo swivels,
both barrel and snap lock swivels
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Use dummy lines as
another means to get additional lines in the water without the use of a
rod/reel. Fishes deep in the water column of 35-40 feet with a 5lb
weight
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Use monofilament or Dacron
lines for long distances and light weights and wire line or the newer
Spider lines for heavy weights and short distances
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Fish in 40' to 100' of
water and watch for baitfish. Look for temperature breaks. Troll
East to West until you locate fish and then troll North and
South
The above patterns and recommendations
have been proven to very productive over many years of fishing for Trophy
Stripers in the Chesapeake Bay
How to rig Double Rig,
Deep lines and Roof Rod
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Q. What are the best spoons to use in the spring?
A. Tony Acetta spoons and Crippled Alewives.
Q. What color is the best for spoons?
A.
FGY- fluorescent green/yellow. Then white and chrome. But the FGY
seems to be the biggest draw.
Q. What about size?
A.
Big fish take big lures. Alewives come in sizes 9, 11 and 13. You
might want to use a #13 in the spring. But, as you know, elephants eat peanuts,
too, so a smaller lure also will take fish.
Q. How do you fish them?
A. The big spoons do best on "roof rods" or one that run near
the top of the water. Use no weight or up to 5 ounces of inline sinker to keep
them running high. These can be double rigged with a parachute or bucktail if
you would like.
Q. What's double rigging?
A. Running two lures off the same line. For example, running a spoon on a
20 to 25-foot leader and a bucktail on a 10'-15' leader, both hooked into the
same inline sinker. See double-rigged
lines.
Q. What other lures are effective in the spring?
A. Banjo-eye or sometimes called Big Eye bucktails (3oz.- 6 oz.) head
with 8/0 - 10/0 hook and parachutes. Both rigged with a Sassy Shad or a grub.
Q. What color?
A. As the older captains say, any color bucktail is good as long as it's
white or chartreuse. White on white and chartreuse are the best dressed with
6" or 9" shads or the same color.
Q. How do you fish them?
A. Both high and low. And they can be double
rigged. And they can be fished deep (see trolling
techniques and deep
lines.
Q. What about Sassy Shads?
A. They're used to trim bucktails and parachutes. Most popular colors are
white, pearl and chartreuse.
Q. What about umbrella rigs?
A. We'll fish them, too, using 0-28 ounces of weight and on dummy lines.
Umbrella rigs have been very effective fishing them off of planner boards in the
very early spring and late fall/early winter seasons. When fishing off of
planner boards trying using no additional weights and only let out about 75-100
of line.
Q. Where will you be fishing?
A. Generally, in deep water, 40 feet to 100 feet. Following the deep water
from 83A (just east of Deale) south to the C&R buoy (near mouth of Choptank)
to the Goosesbell (76) to Calvert Cliff Nuclear Power Plant to Cove Point Gas
Plant
"Hooked on Fishing"
Grady White Fishing Machine
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Thanks for visiting my website. I hope
the fishing ideas and suggestions help make your fishing experience for
"Trophy Stripers" a success. My lures are custom made on the
eastern shore of Maryland and you will not find the bucktails in any major retail
outlet. I would like hearing from you regarding your fishing success
throughout the year. Drop me an email
hookedonfishing_1999@yahoo.com
Photos
of "Trophy Stripers"
for 2000
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The
largest striper to date is
45lbs
and 45 inches long with a 29 inch girth
caught by Bill Mills on a Prime Time Big Eye 6 oz. bucktail trimmed with a 9"
white
sassy
shad
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