Fishing Techniques
Bait with live herring, eels and chunk herring
Drifting with sand or blood worms and eels
Trolling with downriggers and planerboards
Usually all of the techniques will be used during the trip. The river conditions will determine what fishing techniques to use to produce the most fish. The changing river conditions to watch for are water temp, incoming tide, slack tide, outgoing tide, and weather.
The Boat
26 foot Penn Yan with 10 foot beam
Hard top with full cabin to get out of the weather
Bathroom facilities on board
Excellent electronics, electric downriggers
Extremely stable boat with lots of room to fish
Fishes 4 people comfortably but we can fish 6