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Hi & welcome to the most informative website on the Wellcraft V-20/V-21. I see you live in Va Beach..I am just north of you on the Eastern Shore. I'll be enclosing my V-21 Sunday in hopes of snagging a few cows in our beautiful Chesapeake Bay in the coming weeks. Lots of knowledge here so feel free to seek it out. Dave

this is my first seaon striper fishing, so i'm still learning. been out to the hrbt 3 times in the past month and only brought 2 fish home the first time we went. working on saving some money up now to get my enclosure repaired here soon so i don't freeze my *** off out there. have not made it out to the cbbt yet, but hoping to soon, but i know nothing about that area out there. so hopefully it wo't be too hard to figure it out.

congrats on your new FREE boat. have fun with her....:beer:

You do not want to troll Mojo's around the rocks because as you found out those rocks are rig takers. Get some large sinkers and either bucktails or sassy shade and make up a three way. Use about a 3' leader for the sinker and about a 6' for the bait. You need to hang on to the pole and reel in line and let out line to keep it off the rocks. Your trying to run the baits as close to the rocks as you can without hitting the rocks. You will still loose some rigs but now your talking $4.00 instead of $30.00. I use the Mojo's in the ocean when the big striper are moving down the coast. If you go to the local tackle shop they can hook you up with what you need and they can show how to rig stuff up. I highly recomend building a relationship with one shop and as they see ou more they will offer out more info. One other thing to remember. If your trolling the 3rd and 4th if you look at the building on the 4th island you just want to be able to see the side facing the ocean. This should but you just on the side of the rocks and does help produce more fish.

This guy has a site and has podcast on striper fishing and if you scrol down you will see several.
http://www.chumlordfishing.com/Podcasts/Podcasts.html

we use side-planers down here...sounds like a good application for 'em against the rocks up there as well...:beer:

3 ways here just like said, I use a lighter line on the sinker so it will just break off with out losing everything else.

He was talking about trolling over the tunnels which are covered with rocks. They run from 10 to 70 feet under the water so you have to ajust your line as you fish them. He is probably letting out his lines and then just trolling but with the different depths its easy to loose the rigs. Is the function of the side planers to spread the lines out from the boat? I've heard of them but have never seen them used.

Yeah, side-planers spread away from the path of the boat...I think it's one reason they are so effective is because they travel a line outside that of the boat...we use them w/live herring easing along w/electric trolling motor so can pull 4 lines...two on planers and two straight off the transom..they're also effective w/lures when trolling w/gas motor...lure or bait can be way behind the planer or close to it...I've seen stripers actually strike the planer-board itself!!...

One thing about planers...since the line goes out to the board and then straight back, this can sometimes diminish the pressure of the line's hook-setting ability...so when a fish hits a planer line, I always wind down and SET it hard w/a little heavier drag...

1974--- thats 34 years old and i still love looking at them
thre the best looking boats till today is it me or does anybody feel that same way
I have my 78 sitting in my driveway and have to work on her this winter and shes 3 years old and still looking greatBUT she needs to be painted on the bottom,ive been saying that for 10 years now but this year she will be painted

Yeah...I like the look of the earlier models too...classic lines that are hard to beat...but I would swap mine for a later model inna snap...the belly tank(w/ 20 more gals of fuel), more flotation and self-bailing hulls of the later models are no-brainers in terms of improvements...:clap: