To the beginners, I might suggest either taking a charter or tagging along with one of the top dogs to see how its done first hand. There are a lot of subtle nuances, and you can pick up a lot of tips going with a charter or one of the many ringers who post here.
Book a charter with Capt. Wayne Morgan out of Deale. He runs a 'teaching charter' where he shows you what to use and how to use it.
If people are hooking up around you and you aren't getting hits, then its either lure size or depth. After the spring season, you want to try and /match the hatch' by putting out spreads that match the size bait the predators are feeding on.
I went through my first year catching exactly 2 keepers until my last trip out. For that one I went to single lures and made them much smaller...caught 5 in an hour.
I'll second Ed as Capt. Wayn Morgan runs a nice Teaching Trip.
As a side note I have a friend who would fish just fine and catch fish all the time and then one spring he was skunked EVERY time. I asked about his spread and speed ,, all seemed fine. Until, I went on his boat on a HH trip that summer. I kept getting small shocks when reaching into the water. Well long and short is he had a ground fault running through his motor!! Had that fixed and he is back on the fish.
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Well long and short is he had a ground fault running through his motor!! Had that fixed and he is back on the fish.
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