WOW sounds like you had great time next time you get in that situation not that I'm an expert I would switch to a heavy weighted chunk to get down below the smaller fish where hopefully the COW is.
I do this in a Blitz on the outer portion have had some sucess, no bragging rights but I out there to have FUN no matter what
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Tried to use heavier chunks and even a whole herring... the schoolies were dominant. Anyone make a "schoolie plug"?
Had the same thing happen to me, while fishing under a bridge inlet. Using a schoolie rod, I hooked into a schoolie only to have a monster striper come up and approach, either looking for an easy meal or as its guardian.
I’m amazed by what the bigger fish eat. Big lobsters, blackfish, bluefish and even stripers. Makes even the biggest plugs I own look small. I haven’t seen it much myself (unfortunately) but I found a blue that was probably 20” long in a bass’s belly recently. Also got one with a pretty large lobster tail sticking out of its mouth. Night Tides (the book about Billy the Greek) gives some good accounts on what really big bass eat and how they’re different from the smaller fish.
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