I fished lake Murray this past Saturday and I was marking alot of fish in 125 to 150 feet of water. I could not get them to bite. I tried dropping cut bait and live bait. What am I doing wrong?
He must Increase,but I must decrease. John 3:30
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Originally posted by C TackleI fished lake Murray this past Saturday and I was marking alot of fish in 125 to 150 feet of water. I could not get them to bite. I tried dropping cut bait and live bait. What am I doing wrong?
He must Increase,but I must decrease. John 3:30
not necessarily anything wrong, striper can be a finicky bunch. the weather has a big impact on their feeding. what time were you doing this? what day? a cold front can shut them down in a second.
what type depth finder/fish finder you using???
Was it set on fish ID mode???
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Smaller fish finders do not enough power to really mark fish in that deep water…
Fish ID mode is not good in Lake Murry…it shows fish at 125’ which is the tops of the trees…
I made these mistakes myself…
This time of year and forward with the heat, stretch 25’s & 30’s work well at daylight til 8:30 or so. When the sun starts to get up live bait in 40-70 feet does ok til 11:00 or so. After theat,drink beer and swim until 1930 or so and repeat. When sun goes down try some free lines (I also do that when bottom fishing) and maybe some cut bait. Good luck
2007 TRITON CC
2007 MERC VERADO 250 “HEMI”
i was told by people much more experienced than myself that you want at least 500 RMS power at a minimum to read the bottom of murray. and like carl said… turn off the fish mark crap. unlike triton… i’m a live bait fisherman all day every day (that i fish). i try to put the bait about 5-10 feet ABOVE where i’m marking fish as stripers are ambush eaters that attack from the bottom.
YO PHISH! I guess I shoulda worded it better about the stretchs’-pull them in the chanell from spences to towers in deep water. Also like to keep my live bait a little above the fish marked as well 
. As far as the depthfinder stuff goes I run a lowrance lcd38hd or something like that. I have found it much better to turn the sensitivity down some and can find the fish and fish size better. As far and the fish id I have no idea.
2007 TRITON CC
2007 MERC VERADO 250 “HEMI”
I’ve seen the same fish in the channel right in front of the tip of Shull Island, right around 120ft on 2 independent sounders. Dropped live bait, cut, butterfly jigged…Nothing. Dunno
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Originally posted by RootspookI’ve seen the same fish in the channel right in front of the tip of Shull Island, right around 120ft on 2 independent sounders. Dropped live bait, cut, butterfly jigged…Nothing. Dunno
might not be a fish? 
especially right there. lot’s of structure
Yeah, I have fished for fish that deep up there and only caught tree limbs. I have seen the deep ones around the dam (100’+) that I know were not trees, never could get a hit.