Key to doing well is to use a depth finder and note what features (depth, water flow, channels, weeds, structure, etc.) hold fish and fish those areas. There is a saying that 10% of the area holds 90% of the fish and that often seems to be true. And the areas that hold fish will change from day to day and within a tidal cycle. A depth map of the bay is good to have when getting started in an area but I have most of the areas I fish memorized by now. I will also save dropped pins on my phone so I can go back to the same spots in future outings or even the same outing.
Most of the fish were caught on 4" curly tail grubs fished slowly on the bottom using a standup jig head. Not to say other lures wouldn't work, I just stuck with what did. Saw bait fish several times near the surface where I caught most of the fish so maybe that is what attracted the bigger spotties.
