Pacemaker Fishing Forum

We have a boat that we are building at a marina on the Yeomoco river.  This river has striper, croaker, and what ever else is in that type of water.  It is brackish water(mix between salt and fresh).  Their are also crabs(which taste delishous...crab down their a lot and come back with numbers in the twenties).  I have never fished for Striper or Croaker.  What should I fish with?  Can I use my bass rods?  I will be bringing my shark boat down their and I will fish around the dock and maybe venture out in the river on a calm day.  The river also eventually flow into the Chesepeake so when the boats done I can finally fish the Chesapeake!!!!