Great reply. Thanks. That all makes perfect sense actually. So will he (Larry) locate them on the fish finder the reposition himself for a specific drift over them or is it that much more of a scattered bite in the winter that the fish are literally ALL over the reef? I plan on going out on the 'Dust at some point in the near future as Jason provides me with my only option for getting out there...any pointers for fishing the plastic from the 'Dust? Use Calico Sauce or do you think that makes a difference? Colors? Head size etc... Thanks in advance.



>The reason Larry scores all kinds of bass in the winter on
>the one mile and the horshoe is that he drifts for them. In
>the winter, the fish scatter and stay close to the bottom.
>I've had the pleasure of fishing with Larry for them, and I
>was just amazed at how many bass we would catch using his
>drifting techniques.
>
>The reason the Stardust doesn't get the fish is because the
>bass won't chum up in the winter like they do in the summer
>time. In the warmer water the fish are higher in the water
>column and will come from all over the reef when a chum slick
>is set. In the winter, it's just not like that. Jason could
>anchor over one area, catch the fish that are there, maybe 10
>to 50 fish, and that's it, then he's gotta move to get more.
>Add to that, the fact that a lot of times it takes the bass a
>while to bite in the winter when fishing bait.
>
>The next thing you're going to think is, why doesn't Jason
>drift for the bass? There's a lot of reasons but the bottom
>line is that most people who fish his boat aren't big on
>fishing plastics, or may not know how to fish at all. It's
>just better for him to anchor for his clientele. Drifting
>with bait results in lots of snags and unhappy customer's.
>When I've fished with Larry, we lots lots of lures, but we
>were ready for that. Not everyone is so happy to lose a dozen
>plastics a day, or a dozen bait setups.
>
>The bass are there on the one mile, they will bite when the
>water gets greener. I'm sure Larry will demonstrate that for
>us :)