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1. November Way North and Delaware Fishing Report

   … poor water clarity, you may want to take heed and move on. Trolling about the south portions of the flats with … anglers to mostly limited success with just a few methods. Trolling hasn’t exactly been the best way to catch fish up … heading for destinations slightly to the south. Trolling up north in clear water has been working as has …

2. Midwinter Micro-Trolling

   Midwinter Micro-Trolling As long as the fresher … under-utilized method of prospecting for winter panfish is trolling. But in order for it to be effective you have to … Fish like crappie are suckers for micro-trolling. Micro-trolling like this will allow you …

3. February 2018 Coastal Mid-Atlantic Fishing Report

   … a surprising number of yellowfin tuna, caught mostly while trolling ballyhoo. Another interesting report from down … that some yellowfin have been caught out of Oregon Inlet trolling ballyhoo. There are a few reports of big winter … on hapless schools of bunker. When they aren't up top, trolling Drone or Tony Acetta spoons is the way to get the …

4. Way South Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, October 2019

   … to focus on the mackerel before they head south have been trolling the channel edges with small Drones, Clarks, and … scoop up a few more mackerel as they head south have been trolling the channel edges with small Drones, Clarks, and … some striper around, too, with anglers slinging jigs and/or trolling in the lower James and at the CBBT catching a few …

5. Ranger Z520CI: Bass Boat or Bay Boat?

   … or dropped on it. On top of that, the bow-mounted electric trolling motor is switched to a RipTide SF80, which is … shallow-water casting and useable for open water jigging. Trolling or bait fishing, however, is a bit of a stretch – …

6. The Best Batteries for Boats: LiFePO4 Play

   … to crank over that boat’s engine, power your electric trolling motor, and feed juice to everything from … us enjoy their benefits in the form of bow-mounted electric trolling motors. A single 36-volt, 60 amp-hour battery … battery that works out so well on boats with electric trolling motors? It’ll cost you over $1700, as compared to …

7. Crappie Fishing Spider Rigs: Creepy Crawlie Catching

   … sonar, and if there was a school under the boat, would stop trolling and monitor all 12 rods while drifting. Any number … would get strikes and once the bite stopped, we resumed trolling. The bait that got hit most was a 1/16th oz … of Eric Packard. For this trip we were slow trolling. Once a bobber went down we would simply lift the …

8. Bass 'N Blue: Sea Bass and Blueline Tilefish

   … Whenever you see them mark the spot - even if you're trolling for pelagics or running to a completely different … fish, so many areas traditionally thought of as good for trolling or chunking can also hold bass and blueline …

9. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, September 2025

   … have been enjoying a great bluefish bite in the area. Trolling hoses, spoons, and spoonbrella rigs has been the … for Blues, mackerel, and cobia. They had limited success trolling for toothy critters, only catching a handful of each. Adam says that while they were trolling, they spotted a few cobia up top, so they switched …

10. Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, October 2021

    … week, striped bass action in the bay was good, as anglers trolling and jigging were reporting solid hits. Trollers … and anglers in search of bigger fish are switching over to trolling tactics. Bowleys Bait & Tackle let us know fishing … Brad Spittel reported catching a few keeper sized rockfish trolling small umbrellas near Love Point this past week. …