1. Dunking bunker chunks. while anchored. The 39 pound striped bass shown on the right was caught from a 21 foot boat while anchored in Delaware Bay. The bait was a bunker head. Chumming was used.

2. You can also fish with clams while anchored. Boat fisherman who fish their local waters often, especially charter captains, get to know where all the clam beds are in their area. In the days after a storm, these fishermen anchor over these clam beds, and fish using clams for bait. They know that the storms stir up the clam beds, and that stripers will be there feeding on broken clams.

3. Drifting bunker chunks or other bait. This is usually done over structure or lumps on the bottom. Success with this technique can be improved by chumming.

4. Live lining bunker. This often involves snagging bunker, then fishing them live. Most boat fishermen snag the bunker using a treble hook, place them in a live well, then fish them on another rod rigged with a circle hook.

5. Drifting over or near rips caused by tidal currents going over structure or lumps on the bottom. The Cape May rips at the mouth of the Delaware Bay are noted for this type of fishing. Live eels are often the bait of choice.

6. Jigging with diamond jigs or other lures. This is a good choice when sand eels are the prevalent bait.

7. Trolling deep diving plugs, like Mann's Stretch 25s.

8. Trolling bunker spoons, surgical tubes with worms, umbrella rigs, or parachute rigs. This often requires the use of wire or lead core line to get the lures deep. Planar
boards are often used to keep lines from crossing and away from the boat.
See photo below.

9. Casting plugs or other lures close to bars, shore points, or jettys.

10. Drifting live eels or spot. Some fishermen drift the live eels under bobbers.

11. Live lining herring in rivers in the spring.

12. Casting plugs or other lures to the edge of sod banks within the many estuaries along the east coast. This works best in the early hours before sunrise.

13. Fishing near bridge pilings, for example at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge - Tunnel.

14. Chasing birds, and fishing blitzes
during both the spring and fall migrations.
Snag a bunker or throw a pencil popper.

Trolling for striped bass using planar boards in the Chesapeake Bay.
Photo by Keith Lockwood.