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We launched out of Deale, MD. The trip included my dad, a guy he works with, and his son. Two father-son combos. We were trolling umbrella? rigs with planer boards? to spread them out. We landed the first fish within about 10 minutes but then had about an hour and 45 minutes of no action. Then we boated two immediately, including a nice 39". Then a bunch of lines started going off. We ended up with 10 fish total between the four of us (we could each only keep one though). I have never been trolling before. My arm is KILLING me. It seemed like everytime I was handed a rod I was hooked up with another rig or had something fouled. One time I was working on a rig and pulled it up to find out there were two other lines tangled in it AND a fish on my rig. The other guys were making fun of me for having so much trouble reeling in my fish until they realized that I was bringing in tangled messes both times. The third fish I landed was the only fish that I landed that wasn't tangled with other lines or rigs and by the time I caught it, my arms were already tired.

I had a lot of fun. Trolling isn't my favorite way to fish but you can't argue with results...

Anyway, here are some pictures.