The striped bass may not be the greatest gamester of the sea--though there are many on this site who believe they are--but they are unpredictable, and they play the hard to get game well. I learn about the bass when I fail to catch the bass, and it's in this failing that keeps me going night after night. The more the angler knows about the fish, the tides, lunar phases, sea states, bait movement, turbidity, the better are his chances--and for many of us it makes the pursit all the more enjoyable
