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GS,
Hang in there, buddy. It is not a very dramatic change, going from 6 feet to 40 feet of water, depending on how you are fishing right now. DO NOT CHANGE LOCATIONS, IF THERE IS 40' OF WATER WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN CATCHING.
If you typically use soft plastics, you only need to change your angle of attack, and the weight of your leadhead. Also, you will find that fish respond much better to a very slow presentation, compared to a jerky topwater presentation.
In a full running tide, anchor your boat on the downtide side of a rockpile. Put on a 1 ounce jig with your favorite plastic. Cast uptide to the top of the rockpile. Give the lure time to settle, and when it hits bottom, begin to reel very slowly, and give it only small twitches.
As you reel, you should be able to feel the lure bumping bottom on occasion. You will not need to reel much, because, as the lure comes closer to you, it is also falling into deeper water. If you have perfect conditions, you can work a dropoff, almost without reeling.
What stripers typically want in this situation are baitfish being swept over the edge of the dropoff by the tide, so they can ambush them. Remember that a baitfish does not flail all over the place, when being swept by a tide. They basicly just ride it out, trying to draw as little attention to themselves as possible. So you do not want a lot of action in your lure, very unlike topwater action. There are times when it will work, but typically if you move it a lot, you will get a lot of followers but few takers.
I've spent the last three years fishing a structure like this extensively. It took a lot of time to really get it down pat, but I can now take guests, and with a few lessons, they are outfishing a lot of very experienced guys. There are a lot of variables, but it is really not that difficult, once you know the drill.
I shot you my phone number. Give me a call, and I can fill you in on the details a lot better.
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