sorry guys,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
but i'll have to differ a bit with yer sweet
to salt comparison. in my experience, the
BIGGER the LM the deeper and closer to structure i must get.
just like our bigger striper gurls,,,,,,,,,,,on the bottom and in an ambush spot.
secondly, DZ speaks of THE Preferred Lie.
it relates to my first point and has to do with how COWS,
and the dominant one also, will pick the best position to wait
for bait, current, tide depth, time of night~striper/day~lm.
i've had the same LMB be at the same sunken tree ~1 week apart~
taking the same offering and the first offering being the biggest bass
of the preferrred lie. if i let the area lie fallow, then return, the cycle repeats.
in a preferred spot, the bigger bass of the waters will be there consistently,
and that has proven to be true for both LM and Striped Bass.
lastly, something i've noticed that echoes the above comments
with regard to offerings presented to SMB, LMB, and SB.
i would liken smallies to schoolies/teeners/up to 20#'ers in that they can be enticed to bite on various and multiple offerings; however, it is the take and the fight that i find STRIKINGLY similar. smallies hit the flashy, top of the water column stuff more often~~ as does the smaller end of the Striper Spectrum and they seem to want to fight more from start to finish,,,,,,,ever had a tiny sweetwater bass go ballistic on ya just before ya grab its lip; kinda like sum rambunctious schoolies, know?
i would relate largies to cows/trophy/monster stripers in that the ones i've landed/lost have MOSTLY been taken from the bottom half of the water column, and the largest Larry's i've landed/lost have fallen for Yammimoto's (rubber worms), or salamander/frog imitators, or jigs. and like big stripers, LAHGE lmb tend to take two or three runs and then they are done. does anyone else see the similarity with eeeeeeeeeels/sluggos and Yammi's??
HUGE difference on the retrieve though. i work my Yammi's low and slow with a FL whip retrieve~~ more like a live eel presentation ~~than the sluggo "90mph+/- retrieve" ala Daignault and McKenna. there is also something else that i brought from fresh to salt that has worked nicely in limited applications,,,,,,,,,,,,,
i use the FL whip retrieve with Storm swim shads. low and slow with my tip almost touching the water and working parallel to the surface that imparts a rise and sinking motion while the offering swims thru the strike zone. i'll also use this technique with darters deep night and danny's after first light.
caught my first keeper that way, and have landed some decent stripers since then with the same type of retrieve. i'll be experimenting this summer with sum sluggos and riggies using the FL whip,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it shore seems worth a shot anyways?
just don't tell steve, allright!!
