dave-j
Well-known member
My boys and I went down to Baltimore this weekend to fish with a buddy (tim-a on this board) on B-Faithful's old ride, the Maycraft. Nice boat. Well thought out and very comfy. We had a couple of minor mech/electrical issues, but for the most part, a great ride! Greg was called a couple of times for technical consult and once had a simple solution to an oil reserve problem that I wouldn't have thought of in a million years. Thanks!
Man, we worked it hard. Trolled eight lines out. Plenty of bait in the water, location seemed good right off spawning rivers, etc. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. In fairness, nobody else seemed to be getting a lot either. Bay was all coffee colored from the rains last week. Maybe that was it. Maybe they had moved further south. Maybe there was another hatch that they preferred. Who knows? Still a great time just being on the water!
Three observations. First, the gear used down there for trolling is only a step removed from what we use up in Mass for tuna! I mean heavy, 60 lb rods and line. It was wild.
Second, the use of planer boards is wild. I had never seen them before. They really do get the lines out there. However, some of the charter guys in particular were essentially using up 75 yards of ocean when they trolled with their boards out so far. On Stelwagen that would last maybe ten minutes before somebody told them to go screw and drove right over the lines!
Last, I propose that anybody from the Bay be automatically dismissed from discussions about deep vee vs. modified! Just kidding, of course, but there is absolutely no comparing the "chop" on the bay to what we deal with on the Atlantic. It just is not nearly the same. Mod vee works great down there where it would be sub optimal up here.
Man, we worked it hard. Trolled eight lines out. Plenty of bait in the water, location seemed good right off spawning rivers, etc. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. In fairness, nobody else seemed to be getting a lot either. Bay was all coffee colored from the rains last week. Maybe that was it. Maybe they had moved further south. Maybe there was another hatch that they preferred. Who knows? Still a great time just being on the water!
Three observations. First, the gear used down there for trolling is only a step removed from what we use up in Mass for tuna! I mean heavy, 60 lb rods and line. It was wild.
Second, the use of planer boards is wild. I had never seen them before. They really do get the lines out there. However, some of the charter guys in particular were essentially using up 75 yards of ocean when they trolled with their boards out so far. On Stelwagen that would last maybe ten minutes before somebody told them to go screw and drove right over the lines!
Last, I propose that anybody from the Bay be automatically dismissed from discussions about deep vee vs. modified! Just kidding, of course, but there is absolutely no comparing the "chop" on the bay to what we deal with on the Atlantic. It just is not nearly the same. Mod vee works great down there where it would be sub optimal up here.
