Whats your opinion....

[Nebe]

I may be wrong, but I have always assumed that bass feed on top in the day light and grub the bottom at night. (in most cases) That being said, I prefer to avoid plugs that cruise the surface unless the water is less than 10 feet deep.. any deeper and I am using sinking needles or deep diving swimers.

[Saltheart]

I fished atom poppers at night with a dropper for years. usually black and white dropper. I liked the atoms cause they would sink slowly. In the day tiem you work them agressively on top (a whole art in itself) but at night i like to let it sink just below the surface then a small tug to get it to break the surface and call attention to my fly.

Anyway , it works great.

Funny thing is that many times I would catch fish all night and have guys come over and ask what I was using. When i held up a popper they would say "Oh , poppers don't work at night" (this after seeing me catchong with it when they were skunked) . I could never figure out what they were thinking .

[Back Beach]

Black pencils used to be murder off the race when the wind was blowing onshore hard.

My basic belief is that the biggest fish will most always be on the bottom. If you're taking good fish on top, chances are larger stuff is underneath. Keep things honest by probing deep for bigger stuff, even if you're doing well near the surface.