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DZ · 07-14-2007, 02:11 PM

Luds,
Depends on where I fish. Often times I like the lower stages because it puts my offering in the zone of the bass. Many times the bass are grubbing and they will not come off the bottom - during high water they have an extra 4-10 feet of water over them(depending on where you're fishing). You can cast your plugs during high water and they will pay no attention. As the tide drops and the cobble starts to show your offering will be closer to the strike zone of these grubbing bass. Now this is only one scenario. If the bass are actively feeding throughout the water column then any tide may produce strikes.

The outer cape is another extreme example - huge difference between high and low. Low water allows me get on the finger bars to reach the outside drops - high water I'm casting onto the bar where I was standing during low water.

In the rocks I'll fish anywhere that will float a fish. Bass like the shallow stuff - lots of food - as long as they have a way in and out. Lots of guys today fish too deep - they wade or swim right through the bass.

Very good question. One that can have multiple answers. Just another part of the striper puzzle - I just love solving it.

DZ

07-14-2007, 02:11 PM	#8
DZ Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,574	Luds, Depends on where I fish. Often times I like the lower stages because it puts my offering in the zone of the bass. Many times the bass are grubbing and they will not come off the bottom - during high water they have an extra 4-10 feet of water over them(depending on where you're fishing). You can cast your plugs during high water and they will pay no attention. As the tide drops and the cobble starts to show your offering will be closer to the strike zone of these grubbing bass. Now this is only one scenario. If the bass are actively feeding throughout the water column then any tide may produce strikes. The outer cape is another extreme example - huge difference between high and low. Low water allows me get on the finger bars to reach the outside drops - high water I'm casting onto the bar where I was standing during low water. In the rocks I'll fish anywhere that will float a fish. Bass like the shallow stuff - lots of food - as long as they have a way in and out. Lots of guys today fish too deep - they wade or swim right through the bass. Very good question. One that can have multiple answers. Just another part of the striper puzzle - I just love solving it. DZ
	DZ Recreational Surfcaster "Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit" Bi + Ne = SB 2 If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.