Come on aboard and enjoy a combined Crabbing and Bottom Fishing trip. Bring the kids for a great day on the bay!
All Equipment, line, bait and one person license will be provided.
During the summer months we enjoy great bottom fishing for Perch, Spot, and Hardhead. We can include bottom fishing if time and energy permits.
Our morning crabbing will be done with commercial style “Trotline” for the Maryland Blue Crab and dipping your limit.
A trotline is nothing more than a long line, resting on the bottom and anchored at both ends, to which a series of baits are attached at intervals of about six feet. The baits are attached to the main line by simple slipknots or by shorter lines called dropper lines (known as trots or snoods.)
As you begin this age-old pursuit you will of course want to get the parlance right, so you don’t seem too much like a ckicken-necker. Calling the dropper lines “snoods” will put you right up there with the old salts. Also, don’t ever talk about “checking” your trotline or “taking a look at” your trotline. You always “run” a trotline. This makes sense because the word trotline comes from the old Germanic word “trotten,” meaning “to tread, pace, or run.” So when you “run” your trotline you are in keeping with the proper etymology of the sport.
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