Hey Cameron,
I used to catch an awful lot of Stripers on the Santee-Cooper waters from my little boat but they were always small .. maybe 14 inch range. Never could figure out how to get to the larger fish … guys with more experience always said the little fish stayed nearer the top while the big guys lurked below them…. the little guys would grab whatever you were throwing before it could get down to the big guys … the little guys traveled in huge schools.
Ken