We always keep an eye out for Herons along the shoreline to help locate potential targets or diving seagulls out in open water. We have a bunch of these guys (Western Grebe) around here and lately have keyed in on them out in open water. There are times when there are hundreds of them mixed with some seagulls and we'll immediately head for them. They can dive probably 15-20ft and usually as soon as you approach them at a slower speed. We have been targeting them lately when other patterns are slow with some luck. We've caught them from 3-7lbs and usually gorged on bait. Depth has varied from shallow cranks at surface to 15'-25'
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These are huge bait balls being attacked from below and from the surface...LOL (image taken from a recording in Humviewer)
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