for Maryland Blue Crabs

• All Bait and Equipment provided

• Help layout a traditional Chesapeake Trot Line

• Dip your own with professional advise

• Great family fun

• Keep your catch limit of the day!

• Recreational Limits Only Allowed

with Capt. Frank J. Tuma
443-949-8030                              Boat) 443-995-8666
Crab Fishing Charters
June - October
6am to 12 noon only

Bring the kids for a great day on the bay!

You Dip'em and You Cook'em

A trotline is nothing more than a long line, resting on the bottom and anchored at both ends, to which a series of baits are attached at intervals of about six feet. The baits are attached to the main line by simple slipknots or by shorter lines called dropper lines (known as trots or snoods.)

As you begin this age-old pursuit you will of course want to get the parlance right, so you don't seem too much like a ckicken-necker. Calling the dropper lines "snoods" will put you right up there with the old salts. Also, don't ever talk about "checking" your trotline or "taking a look at" your trotline. You always "run" a trotline. This makes sense because the word trotline comes from the old Germanic word "trotten," meaning "to tread, pace, or run." So when you "run" your trotline you are in keeping with the proper etymology of the sport.

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