Almost spring trophy striped bass season or as they call them in the Chesapeake Bay, rockfish. Some of the trolling spoons are $30 and a good high quality umbrella rig will set you back $75. Even if you build the umbrella rig yourself with components, you're still looking at $40 to $50. We troll between 4 and 6 rods. When adding up all the rigs, rods, reels, lines you're looking at a couple thousand dollars worth of fishing gear. It ain't cheap... But I figure, a lot of guys spend that much in beer a year and since I don't drink I can drop it on fishing tackle instead!
