[TheSpecialist]

Crazy AL made excellent points. Let me further add that in 7yrs of fishing on the same charter boat in the harbor, that trolling does not produce the numbers of large, that a well thought out chunking game does. I can tell you a couple of things.

1. Fresh bait for chunks, herring, pogies, macs.
2. Live, live, live works well also.
3. Structure, and current go hand in hand. Big stripers are lazy, they will hide behind a hump where the current pushes bait over to get an easy meal.
4. presentation is key, stripers are selective, and even wary at times.

Get a good chart of the harbor, Captain Seagulls is excellent, look for changes in depth, example to the left of Green island, by the south channel is a place called devils back. If you look at the chart water depth is 25'-35' all around it, that is a hump. Now if you know which direction the current runs as the tide is rising or dropping, you will know where to set up. You want to be on the side of the hump that the current is coming from,anchored up with the stearn pointed in the direction the current is going. Now start chumming cut up chunks of bait, and free spool out a chunk from the rod. Use no weight, you want your bait to run with the current. If the current is ripping, then try a little split shot to help get your bait down. The stripers will take a run with your bait, I should tell you that the best type of reel for this are the Penn 320gti reels, put your thumb tight to the spool, set the hook, put the reel in gear now you are in business. If you can get you own fresh bait by netting or jigging do it. It is very tough to find bait that is fresh., You don't want frozen bait for this, you want fresh bloody bait, it leaves a better scent. Thats all I have for you.