just a weird anchovie question

[DennisW]

Anchovies work best at Lake Powell when the stripers are inactive. And for the past few years that's been most of the time (except during boils) since the shad were pretty depleted. But this year there are more shad, the stripers are bigger, and they want a bigger, active bait. When fish are inactive and negative, you can usually entice them to bite by dangling a sweet treat in front on their noses. But when they're active and feeding, they want something more substantial.