Okay if these fish are holding and I mean holding in tidewater then try a whole herring beneath afloat with the bait set for the depth the fish are holding. Or try dead drifting a whole herring with just enough weight(slip sinker) to have the bait settle in to a plunk position amongst the fish. Sometimes a neutral colored cheater or clear bobber can be used to improve the presentation in their faces. They will pick this bait up but you have to feed it to them ...don't get in a hurry unless bobber fishin. If the bobber goes down slam them. If using the other methods you'll have to have a little patience...give them a little slack until you feel it come up tight then slam them!

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