How To Troll for Fall Chesapeake Bay Rockfish and Bluefish
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- Lenny Rudow is joined by Anglers pro staffers Roger Sexauer and Alex Gallardo Perez to show you some fishing tips on how to troll for Fall Striped Bass and Bluefish on the Chesapeake Bay. Trolling can be a very effective method of fishing for getting some meat in the boat.
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Love these instructional videos you fellas put out on the Bay fishing, there is always something new to learn!
When trolling for rockfish & bluefish simultaneously what speed are you running the boat? I was under the impression that rockfish speed was closer to 3MPH while bluefish speed was closer to 5MPH?
Thanks Jesse!! You have the numbers right, but when the water's relatively warm (warm enough that the blues are around in big numbers) the rockfish will happily hit at four or five mph, no problem. It's early spring and later fall, when the water is cool, that going slower becomes really critical to catching the stripers. So, if it's warm enough that the fish are mixed, and you want to favor catching rock, shoot for four or so mph. If you'd rather favor the blues, kick it up a hair. And when it gets chilly enough that the blues start heading south for the season, slow back down to three mph. Good luck!!
Thank you. Definitely been struggling with the lengths/depths of my gear for trolling. I hate trolling. Just trying to get it dialed for spring trophy season
Good luck and go get 'em!!
Nice tutorial. I prefer light tackle myself, but still troll every now and then. What size line do you have spooled on the reels?
Our reels were spooled with 40 or 50 lb mono!
In Maryland, We Love Our Rock Fish!
YES we do!!!
Nice job guys!
In the 1960's My Dad would come home from the Telephone co. in Parole near Annapolis Md . and go down to his small boat with a cabin and a 35 hp Johnson docked at Chestnut Hill next to the RT2 South River bridge. He would follow the South River to the Chesp. Bay ...He would seemingly never be too far from the Thomas Point Lighthouse ...He would alway Troll with the same couple Rigs , Penn reels and Always White Lead-head Bucktails ..On a few occassions a silver Tony Accetta spoons .
Although He enjoyed fishing the main objective was keep the freezer full for his 4 kids.
Dad on some occasions would take me and i felt special when dad would let me take one sip of beer.
I remember on one trip i caught about a 5lb Rock (striped bass) on a tony accetta and as we were going under the South River bridge the man that opened the bridge for big boats came down and congratulated me when i held up my fish ..
Ah the good ole days ,,, rip dad
Wow, that's a great memory. Maybe your dad and mine fished together, because my dad's tacklebox was full of... white bucktails and Tony Acettas!!!
@@FishTalkMagazine Wouldn't doubt it 🚤
Question about the 4 arm Umbrella rig you used. You mentioned you downsized to 6" shades but is that for the teasers running off the umbrella rig only? Are you using a 6" shad off the trailing bait as well? Would running a 9" shad off a mojo be to big for this time of year?
Yes, it's a smaller shad on the bait as well. It's as much a matter of matching the hatch (there are a lot of smaller bunker in the Bay at this time of year) as it is offering a bait the 20" to 28" fish can get a hold of.
FishTalk Magazine Thank you!
Lenny, you ever use live eels and drift? I don't recall seeing you ever using eels. Would you use eels this time of year?
Absolutely, when I was much younger that was the main tactic we employed, particularly around the lumps off Poole's Island, off Heart-Miller, and also at the Bridge. Not as many people do it today but it does still work, when you can locate some bigger fish (those under 28 or 29 inches rarely hit a live eel) and just last week I spoke with someone who just gotten a 32-inch rock at the bridge on an eel.
@@FishTalkMagazine thanks for the comment and always enjoy your videos! fish on!
I personally don't run that much weight weight in the fall, or complicated planer rigs... Maybe in Solomons not really necessary in most of the bay...
what speed are you boys running? 10 oz for 25 feet?
Very slow - 3.0 to 3.5 mph is probably about average.
@@FishTalkMagazine Thanks for the info
Someone told me I needed 100’ from planer to lure, because the planet will scare the fish, is that not true?
In our experience, that is definitely not the case. In fact many anglers believe the boards are so effective because they make a lot less noise/disturbance than the boat does.
I’m sorry I didn’t specify I meant the metal planer if I’m just running an in-line metal #1 or #2 planer he said I needed 100 feet of line from the planer to lure. I haven’t gotten into using the wooden board planers yet.
@@matthewmueller4060 Aha - gotcha & sorry!! 100' is definitely too long - and many people believe the metal planers' flash actually attracts the fish (regardless, with that much line behind them if one trips you're asking for a tangle). See Multispecies Summer Trolling, which was written with a full time charter captain who knows his stuff, (scroll down to the section on trolling planers) for the lowdown on each line's distance behind the planer: fishtalkmag.com/blog/chesapeake-bay-multispecies-summer-trolling
@@FishTalkMagazine great stuff, thanks so much for the help! I went out and tried it with 100' of line and it was such a pain in the butt. 20-30 feet of leader sounds so much more reasonable. Great article, I am going to try that spread. Thanks again!
Is 80 pound monofilament to heavy to troll for stripers
Well, that certainly is on the heavy side. And with is being mono, is also likely to cut the depths your lures are running at.
@@FishTalkMagazine would 20 pound test monofilament be a better choice? I'm fairly new to trolling.
@@raymondgeiter3484 LOL - that would be a little light! Most guys use 40 pound test for this type of trolling. Many opt for braid as opposed to mono, since it cuts through the water a bit better and also makes for a solid hook-set, but this is really a personal call. When it comes to the spring trophy season, most folks up-size this a bit to 50 pound mono or in the case of braid, 60 or 65.
@@FishTalkMagazine thank you for taking the time to help me out! I really do appreciate it!
What do you use to calculate your depths with weights and lengths?
Hey Eric - We have a good idea of how counting bars on the reel relates to running depth, having hit bottom a zillion and one times. If you're not sure about depth (and/or don't want to risk snagging bottom and losing your gear) we'd recommend checking out the Troll Master Depth Calculator app. We had one of our trolling sharpies use it for a season and he found it was quite accurate with a wide variety of lures, lines, and speeds.