This method seemed to work fairly well for me, as I ended up with several keepers and one fish that I would call "good" at 42 inches and 27.5 pounds. Here she is

And here she is next to the 21 and 23 inchers that I caught the same day. These were all caught in the channel, running deep near Ragged Point.


This was a pretty good one, too. Caught this one near Buoy 7 on the Potomac
