TM> Striped Bass can be caught with minnows, shad, perch, or artificia
 TM> They  are normally deep open water fish, so catching them from a p
 TM> is  difficult, although I have seen it happen. They throw about 50
 TM> yards out  into the lake with live bait. Usually it is around some
 TM> point that the fish  might gather. It's tough, but it can be done.
DH> I'm suprised that they dont come into shallow water especially
DH> in the Summer. Shallow water holds a lot of food, and other kinds 
DH> of bass feed in shallow water at least for a little while. I dont 
DH> think we have striped bass here in Detroit. Wish we did.
Stripers are originally open water fish from the ocean. The fact that they 
love to school lends them to the open water. Only during the Spawn will 
they come into shallower water.
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