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1. PB Striped Bass

   … targeted these fish with stock-and-trade spring trophy trolling tactics. Planer boards, tandems, and umbrellas were … today, though stinger hooks should be removed from your trolling rigs; during March the use of stingers in Maryland waters is prohibited while trolling, as is the use of barbed hooks (barbless only). …

2. Middle Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, June 2025

   … doing the trick and a speck also hitting on occasion. Boats trolling around the mouth of the Choptank near the Sharp’s … Two boats checked in each with less than a dozen after trolling the area with hoses and spoons. Unfortunately, … the “spoonbrella” rigs have been out catching other trolling gear on recent trips. Most of these blues are …

3. Southern Chesapeake and Virginia Fishing Report, August 2017

   … croaker are mixed in with the catch as well. Inshore trolling, Spanish mackerel and small blues remain the name … but a few boats are getting into them either chunking or trolling. 

4. Middle Chesapeake Bay fishing Report, July 2022

   … mixed in with the blues. Uber-fast retrieves and bumping trolling speed up to six mph or over will help keep the … with similar reports of hefty bluefish catches while trolling Clark spoons, and we also had a report of one …

5. Coastal Mid-Atlantic Fishing Report, June 2018

   … sea bass. The Ocean City Fishing Center reported that trolling has been the most popular tactic, however it has … docks, with most reports are coming from the canyons where trolling has been the primary mode of fishing. A couple of …

6. Lower Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report, October 2019

   … throughout the rivers and accessible to anglers slow-trolling with small white bucktails or casting plastics to … down. The Spanish mackerel bite remains stellar for anglers trolling the channel edges and the Middle Grounds. Boats … and fishing under them is producing a variety of species. Trolling through working birds or casting a metal lure and …

7. June 2017 Upper Chesapeake Bay Fishing Report

   … of these spots and filling their coolers have either been trolling red hoses and Tsunamis, or chumming with bunker. … the mud flats. There is both a chumming bite as well as a trolling bite in these areas, with red hoses and Tsunamis … pulling spoons, umbrella rigs, and shad-body lures. The trolling bite hasn’t seemed quite as good as chumming, …

8. Spring Virginia Bull Redfish

   … sight fishing may not be in the cards for a few more weeks, trolling wobbling spoons is another way to get early birds on the line. Rig up heavy trolling gear with four- to eight-ounce inline weights, …

9. Urban Opportunity: Baltimore’s Best Kayak Fishing Launches

   … seek out some striped swimmers. Many anglers have success trolling between these spots and jigging on schools of fish … and has some great structure just south of its bulkheads. Trolling throughout this area and between groups of birds …

10. Baltimore Canyon: Bluewater Fishing at its Best

    … Zone B - The tip of the canyon allows you to try trolling through constantly rising and falling depths, as … waters from 70 fathoms or so to 100 or 150 fathoms. Trolling the walls is a classic technique, and it works. …