1) we were fishing unharrassed fish, we varied from 1 mile to about a 1/4 mile from the folks at the mouth. I was in a boat.

2) We did use bobbers and herring, small herring, and they were the middle of the pods. The fish were off the bite, and were biting on Friday.
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