Trolling Tackle Box Basics

[nb1214]

Hello all! Great forum you have here. Ive been reading and learning alot. I have been a large mouth angler for years and recently decided to take up stripper fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. I have a 17 ft Boston Whaler and will be running a 5-7 rod spread. Could some of you give me advice on what and how many I need in my tackle box? Thanks in advance!

[Gotta Gaff 'Em]

this is easy, you need barrel swivels, just the basic ones, snap swivels, 3-ways, beads, and spare hooks. your swivel gear should test around 60-80lb nothing really big but nothing really small.Get yourself a spool of 60lb mono and a spool of 40lb mono for rigging purposes. and youre set. Gear wise for rigs etc, bay fishing is different from ocean fishing and i fish ocean, we use heavier jigs than the bay guys so consult with one of them on rigs to use as well as rod setups.

[nb1214]

Thanks for the response, Maybe asking in the Chesapeake Bay Forum might get a better responce?

[fishinblues]

Spring Trolling: 150 lb sampo cost locks, 3 way swivels, 60lb ande mono for leaders. A few small umbrellas. Parachutes with 6 and 9 inch shads. 6 and 8 oz in line sinkers. Tony 21.
Summer Trolling : a #2 down planer with a 00 clark spoon. Small spoon umbrella rig. 2 and 4 ox tandem bucktail rigs.
Summer livelining: 4/0 hooks , 30 lb ande for leader, few swivles, and egg sinkers.

[pipewrench]

Don't forget Tomics, ya gotta have Tomics! Some will tell you Stretches, pesonally I hate them treble hooked SOB'S, don't like fishing them, must have about 25 or so of them in various sizes and colors, they DO catch fish, that doesn't mean I gotta like them. I'm talking about when you got 6 or 7 lines out, everything is towing good, spaced out nice, got the whole water coloum covered then somebody says Hey, we don't have a stretch in the spread! It can go bad quickly from there. Usually you hear someone say, Jesus H. Christ, have you ever seen 8 lines all tangeled up like that? And the reply is Yes, the last time you had the bright idea of running a stretch in the spread, just shut up and start cutting.