Troll or Chunk??

[Jim Hensley]

Going out of Chinco on Wednesday for the first time in three weeks. Would you chunk or troll or a combination of both??

[Mike H]

I was offshore from Chincoteague last Monday, and we, like many other people on this board, caught well chunking. When we arrived, some boats were chunking and some were trolling. I did see some charter boats that were trolling stopped and fighting fish, but by late morning all boats around me were chunking. I think you will catch using either technique, but my hunch is that you will catch more and bigger fish on the chunk.

Mike

[TerpHeels]

chunk. Hopefully you'll get a couple that way then you can switch over to the troll. Take 2 flats easy as you may run into the bluefish/mahi clones.

[Brian P]

Be ready for both, but I would chunk first. We fished out there last Mon. and ran outta room for fish. We hit them on every drift, and like Terp said be ready for the mahi/bluefish clones they eat everything you throw in, even an unbaited hook.

Brian

[Jim Hensley]

Yeah that's pretty much what I was thinking but wanted others opinions. Good to hear that they are still catching them on the chunk. Thanks guys.

[TommyTuna]

chunking only improves as the water temps drop, soon it will be a deep water canyon chunk, my favorite time of the year

[Pat N Mike]

Jim-
With this forcast, I bet someone will be chunking even if you troll !!!! I know that Regulator is Sweet, but keep an eye out... NE winds at 10-15 knots with 4' - 7' waves on Tuesday night is enough to keep me at the dock ! I think you'll have some nasty stuff in the am but looking better as the day goes by.

Good luck if you go !!!

TUE NIGHT
WINDS SHIFTING TO NE AND DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS ENDING EARLY.

WED
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT LATE.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT.


Patrick
Pat N Mike

[hd232]

Pat I hope you are not trying to fish Saturday, I am trying to get out[grin]

[David]

Jim,
IF you have a diligent crew trolling in ALL the weeds you will find is managable but if they aren't ready to constantly Clean lines ALL day...CHUNK.The weeds also brought alot of Mahis and Flyers.Gonna try ONE last time this weekend if Winds are doable.Good luck buddy.

[Jim Hensley]

Pat, I hope they are wrong to some degree but if we have to go slow then so be it. More of a reason to chunk early I guess.

Dave, thanks I hope to have a good day as this is it for me up North this year. I'll give it a couple of more trys down at OI and HI in November and possibly December before switching to all Rock. Do you have plans for the CBBT? Good luck this weekend if you go.

[Pat N Mike]

HD- you are fine, my day is Sunday, so everyone can now make plans around the blow on Sunday !! [tongue]

Jim-

Good luck, chunkin' ain't fun in slop. I'd rather troll in bigger seas. Either way you should throw something in the box. Have some fun !

Patrick
Pat N Mike

[TerpHeels]

Jim, let's hook up in Dec for the CBBT thing. Really what I'd like to do is watch those bft heading south about that time. We can run out beyond the CLT and dump rod or 2 to try to hook up. Do that for a 1/2 day then run back in bail rock on the bridge/tunnel. I did that 1 day last year, didn't hit a bft but caught some monster blues and had a 36" rock take a cedar plug chain at 6kts 17 miles from the beach.

Good luck this week. If you're headed out 1 day next week let me know cuz I'll be ready.

[Jim Hensley]

Thanks Terp. Sounds good. I plan on fishing down there a number of times in Nov/Dec. I'll let you know.

Keep you fingers crossed that they are on the low side for tomorrow as we are going. I guess we'll put the Regulator to the test[grin]