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Originally Posted by Ed B
I would agree with that, and extend it to most gamefish day or night. The percentage of hookups on bigger fish dramatically increases when the offering stays in the zone to which the fish feels the safest while feeding.
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Good post, but perhaps an over-simplification. Injured baitfish go to the top. Big fish like easy meals. Many times I have seen large (20-40 lbs) bass come up during the day in 15-18 feet of water to crush a danny plug struggling on top, while ignoring deeper running artificals. The opposite is a much less common an occurence in my experience unless fishing in hard tide or deeper water. If you are feeding fish bait, deeper is certainly better. If you are fooling fish with plugs, then triggering their attack instinct becomes the primary factor, and surface plugs often are better at this than deeper running artificals. It is true, however, that fishing deep with artificals from shore in rocky water is sufficently difficult that most of us don't try it. The fact that eels sink is a major factor in their effectiveness.
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