What do you THINK????

[Fish_Eye]

So many of you have said what I've always felt -- the fact that there are no definitive rules, or guaranteed formulas keeps the game fresh and alive. However, trying to figure out some of the subtle nuances that turns on the cows can often lead to the difference between a poor day and a great day.

6 hours spent in the water two weeks ago verified that the big cows were holding in the dirty water and a week later we made sure we fished all the roiled water and we caught large.

A week later when five foot surf was slamming the beaches we made sure we pushed into the milky water and again we were blessed with big feeding stripers.

Massive schools of sand eels are responsible for the large concentrations of bass and in many cases smaller eels are producing big stripers while large eels get eaten by bluefish.

I would love to hear some other examples of when making a small change proved to be the key to success.

[Back Beach]

Remember where we use to fish the cape, Mike? Fish used to pile in there mid/late June and just swim around for a couple weeks before we could actually catch them. You'd be drifting along when a school of super large fish would suddenly surround the boat without warning. Never figured out how to catch them, but at some point there would always be a trigger which would put them into a frenzy. Usually happened around 7/10-7/15 or so every year.

[cow tamer]

warmer temps = lethargy

[jonnyfish]

do you guys eat every minute of the hour or every second of the minute? i guess thats why it is fishing and not catching. fished this morning off block island in pea soup. had a friend took three bass and two blues before the rest of 5 guys even get a bump. now what were we doing wrong? then 20 minutes later we had a 35 weighed and two 20s at the same time in same spot we have been fishing. so whats the deal???my two cents to this mystery is luck...being there and having your offering in front of them, not on top,side,or bottom and oh yeah they must really want what u are offering to them.....wow the mystique of fishing can drive a person crazy.