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Bass are where you find 'em...
(to borrow a phrase about gold).....
It is quite a sight to see stripers finning in shallow water, chasing sand eels and such. I have literally seen them *on their sides* in scant inches of water grubbing bait along Nauset...
On the other hand, bass can be incredibly spookable, and that is in part why large fish are caught at night or during the day in deep holes far from shore.....However, the shallows of the lower Elisabeth Islands (Cuttyhunk, Naushon, etc.) regularly hold BIG stripers, but a few flicks of their tails can send them to the nearby deep in a hurry, thereby affording some boldness to hunt the shallows, I guess. You can catch big fish in 5-10' of water, even under bright sun in this area, barring traffic and if you know how.
Generalities invite "Yah, buts"....but I take this to be Rule Number One of Successful Striper Fishing: THE FISH MUST BE PRESENT. Like the Real Estate mavens say: Location, Location, Location.
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