I can’t remember exactly when I started utilizing a simple trolling method using small jigs for catching summertime fish. However, I know it is a pattern I have fished for 30 years or more.

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My first experience with using downriggers for stripers and hybrid stripers occurred 30 years ago. I was fishing with a very ...

My first experience with using downriggers for stripers and hybrid stripers occurred 30 years ago.I was fishing with a very ...

Best fishing is from 5 to 9 a.m. Crappie are biting fair for anglers trolling crank baits. Lures that run 10 to 15 feet work well. Have them 75 feet behind the boat and troll at 1.5 to 2 mph.